EXHIBIT 10.1

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

AMONG

CNET NETWORKS, INC.,

AS ISSUER,

AND

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

AND

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

AS INITIAL PURCHASERS

DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2004

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        REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of April 27,
2004 between CNET Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (the “Initial
Purchasers”) pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated April 21, 2004 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Initial Purchasers. In order
to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the
Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this
Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under
the Purchase Agreement.

        The Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, (i) for their benefit as
Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the beneficial owners (including
the Initial Purchasers) from time to time of the Notes (as defined herein) and
the beneficial owners from time to time of the Underlying Common Stock (as
defined herein) issued upon conversion of the Notes (each of the foregoing a
“Holder” and together the “Holders”), as follows:

Section 1.     Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition
shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

        “Affiliate” means with respect to any specified person, an “affiliate,”
as defined in Rule 144, of such person.

        “Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(d) hereof.

        “Business Day” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

        “Common Stock” means the shares of common stock, par value $.0001 per
share, of the Company, and any other shares of common stock as may constitute
“Common Stock” for purposes of the Indenture, including the Underlying Common
Stock.

        “Conversion Price” has the meaning assigned such term in the Indenture.

        “Damages Accrual Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.

        “Damages Payment Date” means each April 15 and October 15.

        “Deferral Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(h) hereof.

        “Deferral Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(h) hereof.

        “Effectiveness Deadline Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

        “Effectiveness Period” means the period commencing on the date hereof
and ending on the date that all Registrable Securities have ceased to be
Registrable Securities.

        “Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.

        “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

        “Filing Deadline Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

        “Holder” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this
Agreement.

        “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of April 27, 2004, between the
Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, pursuant to
which the Notes are being issued.

        “Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc.

        “Initial Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a) hereof.

        “Issue Date” means April 27, 2004.

        “Liquidated Damages Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(e)
hereof.

        “Material Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(h) hereof.

        “Notes” means the 0.75% Senior Convertible Notes Due 2024 of the Company
to be purchased pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

        “Notice and Questionnaire” means a written notice delivered to the
Company containing substantially the information called for by the Selling
Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering
Memorandum of the Company dated April 21, 2004 relating to the Notes.

        “Notice Holder” means, on any date, any Holder that has delivered a
completed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.

        “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement
(including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as
amended or supplemented by any amendment or prospectus supplement, including
post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference or
explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

        “Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

        “Record Holder” means with respect to any Damages Payment Date relating
to any Notes or Underlying Common Stock as to which any Liquidated Damages
Amount has accrued, the registered holder of such Note or Underlying Common
Stock on the April 1 immediately preceding a Damages Payment Date occurring on
an April 15, and on the October 1 immediately preceding a Damages Payment Date
occurring on an October 15.

        “Registrable Securities” means the Notes until such Notes have been
converted into or exchanged for the Underlying Common Stock and, at all times
subsequent to any such conversion, the Underlying Common Stock and any
securities into or for which such Underlying Common Stock has been converted or
exchanged, and any security issued with respect thereto upon any stock dividend,
split or similar event until, in the case of any such security, (A) the earliest
of (i) its effective registration under the Securities Act and resale in
accordance with the Registration Statement covering it, (ii) expiration of the
holding period that would be applicable thereto, under Rule 144(k) and assuming
that the Holder is not an affiliate of the Company or (iii) its sale to the
public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not
Rule 144A or Regulation S) under the Securities Act, and (B) as a result of the
event or circumstance described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through
(iii), the legend with respect to transfer restrictions required under the
Indenture is removed or removable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture
or such legend, as the case may be.

        “Registration Statement” means any registration statement of the Company
that covers any of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, all exhibits and
all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated
by reference in such registration statement.

        “Restricted Securities” means “restricted securities” as defined in Rule
144.

        “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

        “Rule 144” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be
amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the SEC.

        “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rule may
be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter
adopted by the SEC.

        “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

        “Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)
hereof.

        “Special Counsel” means Davis Polk & Wardwell or one such other
successor counsel as shall be specified by the Holders of a majority of the
Registrable Securities, but which may, with the written consent of the Initial
Purchasers (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), be another nationally
recognized law firm experienced in securities law matters designated by the
Company, the reasonable fees and expenses of which will be paid by the Company
pursuant to Section 5 hereof. For purposes of determining the Holders of a
majority of the Registrable Securities in this definition, Holders of Notes
shall be deemed to be the Holders of the number of shares of Underlying Common
Stock into which such Notes are or would be convertible as of the date the
consent is requested.

        “Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(b) hereof.

        “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

        “Trustee” means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee
under the Indenture.

        “Underlying Common Stock” means the Common Stock into which the Notes
are convertible or issued upon any such conversion.

Section 2.     Shelf Registration. (a) The Company shall prepare and file or
cause to be prepared and filed with the SEC, as soon as practicable but in any
event by the date (the “Filing Deadline Date”) ninety (90) days after the Issue
Date, a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act (a “Shelf
Registration Statement”) registering the resale from time to time by Holders
thereof of all of the Registrable Securities (the “Initial Shelf Registration
Statement”). The Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 or
another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Securities
for resale by such Holders in accordance with the methods of distribution
elected by the Holders and set forth in the Initial Shelf Registration
Statement. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act as promptly as is practicable but in any event by the date (the
“Effectiveness Deadline Date”) that is one hundred eighty (180) days after the
Issue Date, and to keep the Initial Shelf Registration Statement (or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) continuously effective under the
Securities Act until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period. At the time the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, each Holder that
became a Notice Holder on or prior to the date fifteen (15) Business Days prior
to such time of effectiveness shall be named as a selling securityholder in the
Initial Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus in such a manner
as to permit such Holder to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of Registrable
Securities in accordance with applicable law. None of the Company’s security
holders (other than the Holders of Registrable Securities) shall have the right
to include any of the Company’s securities in the Shelf Registration Statement.

(b)     If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during
the Effectiveness Period (other than because all Registrable Securities
registered thereunder shall have been resold pursuant thereto or shall have
otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities), the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending
the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall within thirty (30) days of
such cessation of effectiveness amend the Shelf Registration Statement in a
manner reasonably expected to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the
effectiveness thereof, or file an additional Shelf Registration Statement
covering all of the securities that as of the date of such filing are
Registrable Securities (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement”). If a
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to
become effective as promptly as is practicable after such filing and to keep
such Registration Statement (or subsequent Shelf Registration Statement)
continuously effective until the end of the Effectiveness Period.

(c)     The Company shall supplement and amend the Shelf Registration Statement
if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the
registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement, if
required by the Securities Act or as necessary to name a Notice Holder as a
selling securityholder pursuant to Section 2(d) below.

(d)     Each Holder agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus, it
will do so only in accordance with this Section 2(d) and Section 3(h) hereof.
Following the date that the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is declared
effective, each Holder wishing to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus agrees to deliver a Notice
and Questionnaire to the Company at least three (3) Business Days prior to any
intended distribution of Registrable Securities under the Shelf Registration
Statement. Each Holder who elects to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Shelf Registration Statement agrees by submitting a Notice and Questionnaire to
the Company, it will be bound by the terms and conditions of the Notice and
Questionnaire and this Agreement. From and after the date the Initial Shelf
Registration Statement is declared effective, the Company shall, as promptly as
practicable after the date a Notice and Questionnaire is delivered pursuant to
Section 8(c) hereof, and in any event no later than (x) fifteen (15) Business
Days after such date or (y) fifteen (15) Business Days after the expiration of
any Deferral Period in effect when the Notice and Questionnaire is delivered or
put into effect within fifteen (15) Business Days of such delivery date:

  (i)     if required by applicable law, file with the SEC a post-effective
amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and, if required by
applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or
amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other
required document so that the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is
named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the
related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder to deliver such
Prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in accordance with
applicable law and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to the
Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to cause such
post-effective amendment to be declared effective under the Securities Act as
promptly as is practicable, but in any event by the date (the “Amendment
Effectiveness Deadline Date”) that is sixty (60) days after the date such
post-effective amendment is required by this clause to be filed;

  (ii) provide such Holder copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section
2(d)(i); and

  (iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness
under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to
Section 2(d)(i);

provided that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral
Period, the Company shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and
Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period in accordance with Section
3(h). Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (i) the Company
shall be under no obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a
selling securityholder in any Registration Statement or related Prospectus and
(ii) the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date shall be extended by up to ten
(10) Business Days from the expiration of a Deferral Period (and the Company
shall incur no obligation to pay Liquidated Damages during such extension) if
such Deferral Period shall be in effect on the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline
Date.

(e)     The parties hereto agree that the Holders of Registrable Securities will
suffer damages, and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of
such damages with precision, if, other than as permitted hereunder,

  (i) the Initial Shelf Registration Statement has not been filed on or prior to
the Filing Deadline Date,

  (ii) the Initial Shelf Registration Statement has not been declared effective
under the Securities Act on or prior to the Effectiveness Deadline Date,

  (iii) the Company has failed to perform its obligations set forth in Section
2(d)(i) within the time period required therein,

  (iv) any post-effective amendment to a Shelf Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) has not become effective under the Securities Act on
or prior to the Amendment Effectiveness Deadline Date, or

  (v) the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the
number of days permitted in respect of such period pursuant to Section 3(h)
hereof.

Each event described in any of the foregoing clauses (i) through (vi) is
individually referred to herein as an “Event.” For purposes of this Agreement,
each Event set forth above shall begin on the dates set forth in the table below
and shall end on the dates set forth in the table below:

              Type of Event
                    by Clause

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                              Beginning Date

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                              Ending Date

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            (i) Filing Deadline Date the date the Initial
Shelf Registration
Statement is filed

            (ii) Effectiveness Deadline
Date the date the Initial
Shelf Registration
Statement becomes
effective under the
Securities Act

            (iii) the date by which the
Company is required to
performs its obligations
under Section 2(d)(i) the date the
Company performs
its obligations set
forth in Section
2(d)(i)

            (iv) the Amendment
Effectiveness Deadline
Date the date the
applicable post-
effective amendment
to a Shelf
Registration
Statement becomes
effective under the
Securities Act

            (v) the date on which the
aggregate duration of
Deferral Periods in any
period exceeds the
number of days
permitted by Section
3(h) termination of the
Deferral Period that
caused the limit on
the aggregate
duration of Deferral
Periods to be
exceeded

        Commencing on (and including) any date that an Event has begun and
ending on (but excluding) the next date on which there are no Events that have
occurred and are continuing (a “Damages Accrual Period”), the Company shall pay,
as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, to Record Holders of Registrable
Securities an amount (the “Liquidated Damages Amount”) accruing, for each day in
the Damages Accrual Period, (i) in respect of any Note, at a rate per annum
equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount of such Note for the first 90
days in the Damages Accrual Period and 0.5% of the aggregate principal amount of
such Note thereafter and (ii) in respect of each share of Underlying Common
Stock at a rate per annum equal to 0.25% on the Conversion Price for the first
90 days in the Damages Accrual Period and 0.5% on the Conversion Price
thereafter, as the case may be; provided that in the case of a Damages Accrual
Period that is in effect solely as a result of an Event of the type described in
clause (iii) or (iv) of the preceding paragraph, such Liquidated Damages Amount
shall be paid only to the Holders (as set forth in the succeeding paragraph)
that have delivered Notices and Questionnaires that caused the Company to incur
the obligations set forth in Section 2(d) the non-performance of which is the
basis of such Event. In calculating the Liquidated Damages Amount on any date on
which no Notes are outstanding, the Conversion Price and the Liquidated Damages
Amount payable with respect to shares of Common Stock that are Registrable
Securities, shall be calculated as if the Notes were still outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liquidated Damages Amount shall accrue as to
any Registrable Security from and after the earlier of (x) the date such
security is no longer a Registrable Security and (y) expiration of the
Effectiveness Period. The rate of accrual of the Liquidated Damages Amount with
respect to any period shall not exceed the rate provided for in this paragraph
notwithstanding the occurrence of multiple concurrent Events.

        The Liquidated Damages Amount shall accrue from the first day of the
applicable Damages Accrual Period, and shall be payable on each Damages Payment
Date during the Damages Accrual Period (and on the Damages Payment Date next
succeeding the end of the Damages Accrual Period if the Damages Accrual Period
does not end on a Damages Payment Date) to the Record Holders of the Registrable
Securities entitled thereto; provided that any Liquidated Damages Amount accrued
with respect to any Note or portion thereof redeemed by the Company on a
redemption date or converted into Underlying Common Stock on a conversion date
prior to the Damages Payment Date, shall, in any such event, be paid instead to
the Holder who submitted such Note or portion thereof for redemption or
conversion on the applicable redemption date or conversion date, as the case may
be, on such date (or promptly following the conversion date, in the case of
conversion); provided further that, in the case of an Event of the type
described in clause (iii) or (iv) of the first paragraph of this Section 2(e),
such Liquidated Damages Amount shall be paid only to the Holders entitled
thereto pursuant to such first paragraph by check mailed to the address set
forth in the Notice and Questionnaire delivered by such Holder. The Trustee
shall be entitled, on behalf of registered holders of Notes or Underlying Common
Stock, to seek any available remedy for the enforcement of this Agreement,
including for the payment of such Liquidated Damages Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the parties agree that the sole damages payable for a violation of
the terms of this Agreement with respect to which liquidated damages are
expressly provided shall be such liquidated damages. Nothing shall preclude any
Holder from pursuing or obtaining specific performance or other equitable relief
with respect to this Agreement.

        All of the Company’s obligations set forth in this Section 2(e) that are
outstanding with respect to any Registrable Security at the time such security
ceases to be a Registrable Security shall survive until such time as all such
obligations with respect to such security have been satisfied in full
(notwithstanding termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8(k)).

        The parties hereto agree that the liquidated damages provided for in
this Section 2(e) constitute a reasonable estimate of the damages that may be
incurred by Holders of Registrable Securities by reason of the failure of the
Shelf Registration Statement to be filed or declared effective or available for
effecting resales of Registrable Securities in accordance with the provisions
hereof.

Section 3.     Registration Procedures. In connection with the registration
obligations of the Company under Section 2 hereof, during the Effectiveness
Period, the Company shall:

(a)     Prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement or Registration
Statements on any appropriate form under the Securities Act available for the
sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof in accordance with the
intended method or methods of distribution thereof, and use its reasonable best
efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain
effective as provided herein; provided that before filing any Registration
Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto with the SEC
(other than any amendments or supplements solely to update the selling
stockholder information in the Prospectus or any amendments caused by the filing
of a report under the Exchange Act), the Company shall furnish to the Initial
Purchasers and the Special Counsel of such offering, if any, copies of all such
documents proposed to be filed at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
filing of such Registration Statement or amendment thereto or Prospectus or
supplement thereto.

(b)     Subject to Section 3(h), prepare and file with the SEC such amendments
and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary
to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the applicable
period specified in Section 2(a); cause the related Prospectus to be
supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the
Securities Act; and use its reasonable best efforts to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act applicable to it with respect to the
disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during the
Effectiveness Period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by
the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement as so amended or
such Prospectus as so supplemented.

(c)     As promptly as practicable give notice to the Notice Holders, the
Initial Purchasers and the Special Counsel, (i) when any Prospectus, prospectus
supplement, Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to a Registration
Statement has been filed with the SEC (other than any amendments or supplements
solely to update the selling stockholder information in the Prospectus or any
amendments caused by the filing of a report under the Exchange Act) and, with
respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the
same has been declared effective, (ii) of any request, following the
effectiveness of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement under the Securities
Act, by the SEC or any other federal or state governmental authority for
amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or related Prospectus or
for additional information, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any other
federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of
any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any
jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such
purpose, (v) of the occurrence of, but not the nature of or details concerning,
a Material Event and (vi) of the determination by the Company that a
post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement will be filed with the SEC,
which notice may, at the discretion of the Company (or as required pursuant to
Section 3(h)), state that it constitutes a Deferral Notice, in which event the
provisions of Section 3(h) shall apply.

(d)     Use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the lifting of any
suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been
qualified for sale, in either case at the earliest possible moment, and provide
immediate notice to each Notice Holder and the Initial Purchasers of the
withdrawal of any such order.

(e)     As promptly as practicable furnish to each Notice Holder, the Special
Counsel and the Initial Purchasers, upon request and without charge, at least
one (1) conformed copy of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto,
including exhibits and if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference.

(f)     During the Effectiveness Period, deliver to each Notice Holder, the
Special Counsel, if any, and the Initial Purchasers, in connection with any sale
of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, without charge,
as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses relating to such Registrable
Securities (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or
supplement thereto as such Notice Holder may reasonably request; and the Company
hereby consents (except during such periods that a Deferral Notice is
outstanding and has not been revoked) to the use of such Prospectus or each
amendment or supplement thereto by each Notice Holder in connection with any
offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or
any amendment or supplement thereto in the manner set forth therein.

(g)     Prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a
Registration Statement, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify
or cooperate with the Notice Holders and the Special Counsel in connection with
the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or
qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as
any Notice Holder reasonably requests in writing (which request may be included
in the Notice and Questionnaire); and prior to any public offering of the
Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, use its
reasonable best efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or
exemption therefrom) effective during the Effectiveness Period in connection
with such Notice Holder’s offer and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to
such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) and do any and all
other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition
in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities in the manner set forth in
the relevant Registration Statement and the related Prospectus; provided that
the Company will not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a
dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be
required to qualify but for this Agreement or (ii) take any action that would
subject it to general service of process in suits or to taxation in any such
jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

(h)     Upon (A) the issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of
proceedings with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d)
or 8(e) of the Securities Act, (B) the occurrence of any event or the existence
of any fact (a “Material Event”) as a result of which any Registration Statement
shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, or any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein
or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) the occurrence or existence
of any pending corporate development that, in the reasonable discretion of the
Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Shelf
Registration Statement and the related Prospectus:

  (i)     in the case of clause (B) above, subject to the next sentence, as
promptly as practicable prepare and file, if necessary pursuant to applicable
law, a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement
to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or
file any other required document that would be incorporated by reference into
such Registration Statement and Prospectus so that such Registration Statement
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, and such Prospectus does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as thereafter
delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder,
and, in the case of a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement,
subject to the next sentence, use its reasonable best efforts to cause it to be
declared effective as promptly as is practicable, and

  (ii)     give notice to the Notice Holders, and the Special Counsel, if any,
that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is suspended (a
“Deferral Notice”) and, upon receipt of any Deferral Notice, each Notice Holder
agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration
Statement until such Notice Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or
amended Prospectus provided for in clause (i) above, or until it is advised in
writing by the Company that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies
of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the use of the
Prospectus may be resumed (x) in the case of clause (A) above, as promptly as is
practicable, (y) in the case of clause (B) above, as soon as, in the sole
judgment of the Company, public disclosure of such Material Event would not be
prejudicial to or contrary to the interests of the Company or, if necessary to
avoid unreasonable burden or expense, as soon as practicable thereafter and (z)
in the case of clause (C) above, as soon as in the reasonable discretion of the
Company, such suspension is no longer appropriate. The Company shall be entitled
to exercise its right under this Section 3(h) to suspend the availability of the
Shelf Registration Statement or any Prospectus (the “Deferral Period”) without
incurring or accruing any obligation to pay liquidated damages pursuant to
Section 2(e); provided that any such Deferral Period shall not exceed 30 days
and that the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods shall not exceed 30 days in
any three month period (or 60 days in any 90-day period in the event of a
Material Event pursuant to which the Company has delivered a second notice as
required below) or 90 days in any 360-day period; provided further that in the
case of a Material Event relating to an acquisition or a probable acquisition or
financing, recapitalization, business combination or other similar transaction,
the Company may, without incurring any obligation to pay liquidated damages
pursuant to Section 2(e), deliver to Notice Holders a second notice to the
effect set forth above, which shall have the effect of extending the Deferral
Period by up to an additional 30 days, or such shorter period of time as is
specified in such second notice.

(i)     If requested in writing in connection with a disposition of Registrable
Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, make reasonably available for
inspection during normal business hours by a representative for the Notice
Holders of such Registrable Securities, any broker-dealers, attorneys and
accountants retained by such Notice Holders, and any attorneys or other agents
retained by a broker-dealer engaged by such Notice Holders, all relevant
financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents and properties of
the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the appropriate officers, directors
and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to make reasonably available
for inspection during normal business hours on reasonable notice all relevant
information reasonably requested by such representative for the Notice Holders,
or any such broker-dealers, attorneys or accountants in connection with such
disposition, in each case as is customary for similar “due diligence”
examinations; provided that such persons shall first agree in writing with the
Company that any non-public information shall be kept confidential by such
persons and shall be used solely for the purposes of exercising rights under
this Agreement, unless (i) disclosure of such information is required by court
or administrative order or is necessary to respond to inquiries of regulatory
authorities, (ii) in the opinion of Special Counsel, disclosure of such
information is required by law (including any disclosure requirements pursuant
to federal securities laws in connection with the filing of any Registration
Statement or the use of any prospectus referred to in this Agreement), (iii)
such information becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of a disclosure or failure to safeguard by any such person or (iv) such
information becomes available to any such person from a source other than the
Company and such source is not bound by a confidentiality obligation, and
provided further that the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall,
to the greatest extent possible, be coordinated on behalf of all the Notice
Holders and the other parties entitled thereto by the Special Counsel. Any
person legally compelled to disclose any such confidential information made
available for inspection shall provide the Company with prompt prior written
notice of such requirement so that the Company may seek a protective order or
other appropriate remedy.

(j)     Comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC and make
generally available to its security holders earning statements (which need not
be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and
Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act)
for a 12-month period commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of
the Company commencing after the effective date of a Registration Statement,
which statements shall be made available no later than 45 days after the end of
the 12-month period or 90 days if the 12-month period coincides with the fiscal
year of the Company.

(k)     Cooperate with each Notice Holder to facilitate the timely preparation
and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities sold or to be
sold pursuant to a Registration Statement, which certificates shall not bear any
restrictive legends, and cause such Registrable Securities to be in such
denominations as are permitted by the Indenture and registered in such names as
such Notice Holder may request in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior
to any sale of such Registrable Securities.

(l)     Provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities covered by each
Registration Statement not later than the effective date of such Registration
Statement and provide the Trustee and the transfer agent for the Common Stock
with certificates for the Registrable Securities that are in a form eligible for
deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

(m)     Cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(n)     Upon (i) the filing of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and (ii)
the effectiveness of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement, announce the
same, in each case by release to Reuters Economic Services and Bloomberg
Business News.

Section 4.     Holder’s Obligations. Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the
Registrable Securities, that no Holder shall be entitled to sell any of such
Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement or to receive a
Prospectus relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Company with a
Notice and Questionnaire as required pursuant to Section 2(d) hereof (including
the information required to be included in such Notice and Questionnaire) and
the information set forth in the next sentence. Each Notice Holder agrees
promptly to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in
order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Notice
Holder not misleading and any other information regarding such Notice Holder and
the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to
time reasonably request. Any sale of any Registrable Securities by any Holder
shall constitute a representation and warranty by such Holder that the
information relating to such Holder and its plan of distribution is as set forth
in the Prospectus delivered by such Holder in connection with such disposition,
that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale contain any untrue
statement of a material fact relating to or provided by such Holder or its plan
of distribution and that such Prospectus does not as of the time of such sale
omit to state any material fact relating to or provided by such Holder or its
plan of distribution necessary to make the statements in such Prospectus, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

Section 5.     Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the performance by the Company of its
obligations under Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement whether or not any
Registration Statement is declared effective. Such fees and expenses shall
include, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, fees and expenses (x) with respect to filings required to be
made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and (y) of
compliance with federal and state securities or Blue Sky laws (including,
without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of the Special Counsel in
connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities under the
laws of such jurisdictions as Notice Holders of a majority of the Registrable
Securities being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement may designate), (ii)
printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing
certificates for Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The
Depository Trust Company), (iii) duplication expenses relating to copies of any
Registration Statement or Prospectus delivered to any Holders hereunder, (iv)
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company in connection with the Shelf
Registration Statement, (v) reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and
its counsel and of the registrar and transfer agent for the Common Stock and
(vi) any Securities Act liability insurance obtained by the Company in its sole
discretion. In addition, the Company shall pay the internal expenses of the
Company (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers
and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual
audit, the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing by the
Company of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange on which
similar securities of the Company are then listed and the fees and expenses of
any person, including special experts, retained by the Company. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 5, each seller of Registrable Securities shall
pay selling expenses, including any underwriting discount and commissions, and
all registration expenses to the extent required by applicable law.

Section 6.     Indemnification and Contribution.

(a)     Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Notice Holder, each person, if any, who controls any Notice Holder
within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, and each affiliate of any Notice Holder within the meaning of
Rule 405 under the Securities Act from and against any and all losses, claims,
damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with defending or investigating any
such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any amendment
thereof, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements
thereto), caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
arise out of or are based upon any such untrue statement or omission or alleged
untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to any Holder
furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein;
provided that the indemnification contained in this paragraph shall not inure to
the benefit of any Holder (or to the benefit of any person controlling such
Holder or any affiliate of such Holder) on account of any such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission made in any preliminary prospectus
provided in each case the Company has performed its obligations under Section
3(f) hereof if either (A) (x)such Holder failed to send or deliver a copy of the
Prospectus with or prior to the delivery of written confirmation of the sale by
such Holder to the person asserting the claim from which such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities arise and (y) the Prospectus would have corrected such
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or such omission or alleged
omission, or (B) (x) such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, omission
or alleged omission is corrected in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus
and (y) having previously been furnished by or on behalf of the Company with
copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, such Holder thereafter
fails to deliver such Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, with or prior to
the delivery of written confirmation of the sale of a Registrable Security to
the person asserting the claim from which such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities arise.

(b)     Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder agrees severally and not jointly
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, its officers and
each person, if any, who controls the Company (within the meaning of either
Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) or any other
Holder, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to such
Holder, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished
to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in such Registration
Statement or Prospectus or amendment or supplement thereto. In no event shall
the liability of any Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar
amount of the proceeds received by such Holder upon the sale of the Registrable
Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement giving rise to such
indemnification obligation.

(c)     Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. In case any proceeding
(including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any
person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 6(a) or
6(b) hereof, such person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the
person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in
writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall
retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the
indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such
proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel
related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall
have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such
counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the
indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the
retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding
(including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the
indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would
be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It
is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in respect of the legal
expenses of any indemnified party in connection with any proceeding or related
proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of
more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all such
indemnified parties and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as
they are incurred. Such firm shall be designated in writing by, in the case of
parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a), the Holders of a majority (with
Holders of Notes deemed to be the Holders, for purposes of determining such
majority, of the number of shares of Underlying Common Stock into which such
Notes are or would be convertible as of the date on which such designation is
made) of the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement held
by Holders that are indemnified parties pursuant to Section 6(a) and, in the
case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b), the Company. The
indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding
effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to
indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason
of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at
any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to
reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated
by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party
agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected
without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 60
days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii)
such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in
accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No
indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified
party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect
of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could
have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement
includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability
on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

(d)     Contribution. To the extent that the indemnification provided for in
Section 6(a) or 6(b) is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in
respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then
each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the
indemnified party or parties on the other hand or (ii) if the allocation
provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred
to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or
parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other
hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company shall be deemed to
be equal to the total net proceeds from the initial placement pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement (before deducting expenses) of the Registrable Securities to
which such losses, claims, damages or liabilities relate. The relative benefits
received by any Holder shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving
Registrable Securities that are registered under the Securities Act. The
relative fault of the Holders on the one hand and the Company on the other hand
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Holders or by
the Company, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information
and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Holders’
respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 6 are several in
proportion to the respective number of Registrable Securities they have sold
pursuant to a Registration Statement, and not joint.

        The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if
contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata
allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account
the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph.
The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding
paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth
above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party
in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.
Notwithstanding this Section 6, no indemnifying party that is a selling Holder
shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the
total price at which the Registrable Securities sold by it and distributed to
the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that
such indemnifying party has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such
untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person
guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of
the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was
not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e)     The remedies provided for in this Section 6 are not exclusive and shall
not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to an
indemnified party at law or in equity, hereunder, under the Purchase Agreement
or otherwise.

(f)     The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 6
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of
any Holder, any person controlling any Holder or any affiliate of any Holder or
by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any person
controlling the Company and (iii) the sale of any Registrable Securities by any
Holder.

Section 7.     Information Requirements. The Company covenants that, if at any
time before the end of the Effectiveness Period the Company is not subject to
the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, it will cooperate with any
Holder and take such further reasonable action as any Holder may reasonably
request in writing (including, without limitation, making such reasonable
representations as any such Holder may reasonably request), all to the extent
required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the
exemptions provided by Rule 144, Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities
Act and customarily taken in connection with sales pursuant to such exemptions.
Upon the written request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder
a written statement as to whether it has complied with such filing requirements,
unless such a statement has been included in the Company’s most recent report
filed pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of Exchange Act. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Section 7 shall be deemed to require the Company
to register any of its securities (other than the Common Stock) under any
section of the Exchange Act.

Section 8.     Miscellaneous.

(a)     No Conflicting Agreements. The Company is not, as of the date hereof, a
party to, nor shall it, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into, any
agreement with respect to its securities that conflicts with the rights granted
to the Holders in this Agreement. The Company represents and warrants that the
rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with the
rights granted to the holders of the Company’s securities under any other
agreements.

(b)     Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the
provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and
waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given,
unless the Company has obtained the written consent of Holders of a majority of
the then outstanding Underlying Common Stock constituting Registrable Securities
(with Holders of Notes deemed to be the Holders, for purposes of this Section,
of the number of outstanding shares of Underlying Common Stock into which such
Notes are or would be convertible as of the date on which such consent is
requested). Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from
the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the
rights of Holders whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration
Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other
Holders may be given by Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable
Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to such Registration Statement;
provided that the provisions of this sentence may not be amended, modified or
supplemented except in accordance with the provisions of the immediately
preceding sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended
by written agreement signed by the Company and the Initial Purchasers, without
the consent of the Holders of Registrable Securities, to cure any ambiguity or
to correct or supplement any provision contained herein that may be defective or
inconsistent with any other provision contained herein, or to make such other
provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that
shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Registrable
Securities. Each Holder of Registrable Securities outstanding at the time of any
such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent or thereafter shall
be bound by any such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent
effected pursuant to this Section 8(b), whether or not any notice, writing or
marking indicating such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent
appears on the Registrable Securities or is delivered to such Holder.

(c)     Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted
hereunder shall be made in writing by hand delivery, by telecopier, by courier
guaranteeing overnight delivery or by first-class mail, return receipt
requested, and shall be deemed given (i) when made, if made by hand delivery,
(ii) upon confirmation, if made by telecopier, (iii) one (1) Business Day after
being deposited with such courier, if made by overnight courier or (iv) on the
date indicated on the notice of receipt, if made by first-class mail, to the
parties as follows:

  (i)     if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to
the Company in a Notice and Questionnaire or any amendment thereto;

  (ii)     if to the Company, to:

          CNET Networks, Inc.
          235 Second Street
          San Francisco, California 94105
          Attention: General Counsel
          Telecopy No.: (415) 344-1241

          and

          Latham & Watkins LLP
          135 Commonwealth Drive
          Menlo Park, California 94025
          Attention: Ora Fisher
          Telecopy No.: (650) 463-2616

  (iii)     if to the Initial Purchasers, to:

          Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
          388 Greenwich Street
          New York, New York 10013
          Telecopy No.: (212) 816-7912

or to such other address as such person may have furnished to the other persons
identified in this Section 8(c) in writing in accordance herewith.

(d)     Approval of Holders. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a
specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder,
Registrable Securities held by the Company or its affiliates (as such term is
defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) (other than the Initial Purchasers
or subsequent Holders if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be such
affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such Registrable Securities)
shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given
by the Holders of such required percentage.

(e)     Successors and Assigns. Any person who purchases any Registrable
Securities from the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed, for purposes of this
Agreement, to be an assignee of the Initial Purchasers. This Agreement shall
inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each
of the parties and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon each Holder
of any Registrable Securities, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to
permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities
in violation of the terms of the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder
shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law
or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the
terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities,
such person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to
perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such person shall
be entitled to receive the benefits hereof.

(f)     Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall be with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were
upon the same instrument.

(g)     Headings. The headings of the sections of this Agreement have been
inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed a part of
this Agreement.

(h)     Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(i)     Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this
Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder
of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall
remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated thereby, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to find
and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same
result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction, it
being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be
enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(j)     Entire Agreement. This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final
expression of their agreement and is intended to be a complete and exclusive
statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of
the subject matter contained herein and the registration rights granted by the
Company with respect to the Registrable Securities. Except as provided in the
Purchase Agreement, there are no restrictions, promises, warranties or
undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein, with respect to
the registration rights granted by the Company with respect to the Registrable
Securities. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings
among the parties with respect to such registration rights. No party hereto
shall have any rights, duties or obligations other than those specifically set
forth in this Agreement.

(k)     Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereunder
shall terminate upon the end of the Effectiveness Period, except for any
liabilities or obligations under Section 4, 5 or 6 hereof and the obligations to
make payments of and provide for liquidated damages under Section 2(e) hereof to
the extent such damages accrue prior to the end of the Effectiveness Period,
each of which shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.

CNET NETWORKS, INC.

By: /s/ Barry Briggs
——————————————
Name: Barry Briggs
Title: Chief Operating Officer

Confirmed and accepted as of
the date first above written:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

Acting severally on behalf of themselves and the
several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I to
the Purchase Agreement

By:   CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

By:   /s/ David M. Mastrangelo
       ——————————————
      Name:   David M. Mastrangelo
      Title:     Managing Director  .