Publishing and research firm VNU has splashed out an undisclosed sum to buy tech news red-top the Inquirer.
Founded four years ago after its creator split with the Register, the will be brought into the VNUnet fold alongside the European versions of Gizmodo, among other things.
From the Technology Guardian story:
The deal will see Inquirer founder Mike Magee return to VNU - where he worked for several years in the 1990s - retaining the editor's chair but handing off advertising and administrative duties for the site. [Paul] Briggs will take the role of publisher, but according to him it will otherwise be "business as usual".
I spoke to Magee earlier on, and he said he was "very happy" at the deal, and admitted that he'd been thinking of selling up for some time, since the task of running the site was becoming more onerous.
