TechRepublic

{{short description|Online information technology trade publication}}

{{Infobox website

| name = TechRepublic

| logo = TechRepublic.png

| url = {{Official URL}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Online magazine
Online community

| registration = Optional

| language = English

| owner = TechnologyAdvice

| author = Tom Cottingham and
Kim Spalding

| launch_date = {{start date and age|1997}}

| key_people = Mary Weilage (Interim Director of Content)

}}

TechRepublic is an online trade publication and social community for IT professionals, providing advice on best practices and tools for the needs of IT decision-makers.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/16663Z:US|title=TechRepublic Inc - Company Profile and News|date=2019-07-15|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190715191018/https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/16663Z:US|archive-date=2019-07-15|access-date=2019-07-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.techrepublic.com/about/|title=News, Tips, and Advice for Technology Professionals|date=2019-07-15|website=TechRepublic|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126090644/http://www.techrepublic.com/about|archive-date=2011-01-26|url-status=live|access-date=2019-07-15}}

It was founded in 1997 in Louisville, Kentucky, by Tom Cottingham and Kim Spalding,{{cite news|title=Cottingham named regional entrepreneur of the year|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/stories/2000/07/03/daily21.html|publisher=American City Business Journals| access-date=2008-02-11|date=2000-07-07}} and debuted as a website in May 1999.{{cite web|title=TechRepublic readies IT community site|author=Erich Luening|url=http://www.news.com/TechRepublic-readies-IT-community-site/2100-1017_3-225306.html|publisher=CNET Networks|access-date=2008-02-11}}

The site was purchased by CNET Networks in 2001 for $23 million.{{cite news|url=http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2001/04/09/daily5.html|title=CNET acquires TechRepublic for $23 million|publisher=Advance Publications|access-date=2008-01-19|date=2001-04-09|first=San|last=Francisco}} TechRepublic was a part of the Red Ventures business portfolio alongside ZDNet, CNET, GameSpot, and Metacritic.

On August 9, 2021, a Nashville-based technology marketing company, TechnologyAdvice, announced the acquisition of TechRepublic.{{Cite web|title=TechnologyAdvice buys trade publication|url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/business/marketing/technologyadvice-buys-trade-publication/article_da5219d8-f909-11eb-81b0-63eea1875e85.html|access-date=2021-08-18|website=Nashville Post|date=9 August 2021 |language=en}}