I recieved this e-mail from Tim Nickels, Internet Operations Manager at Imagine Media. Imagine Media is the company that owns the MaximumPC Network, which we are a part of.
Network handles some of our advertising as well as a pretty big chunk of traffic that comes in.
It was great being affiliated with such a respected company and magazine, and working with the other affiliates who when combined bring together some of the best tech sites on the net. Sadly though, we're currently in an economy that is incredibly unforgiving of investments in the Internet that are not on very fast tracks to profitability. Between the hard facts of the economy and the realities of being part of a company traded on a public stock exchange, we were left with no choice but to close down. As a result of the closure, we will no longer be serving paid advertising to network affiliates. Payments will be made for campaigns sold during April, but no further campaigns will be sold.