9to5Mac

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9to5Mac
9to5Mac Logo.jpg
Type of site
 News website
Available in English
Owner Seth Weintraub
URL 9to5mac.com
CommercialYes
LaunchedMarch 15, 2007;17 years ago (2007-03-15)
Current statusOnline

9to5Mac is a website covering news and rumors about Apple Inc. and its products. [1] Founded by Seth Weintraub, the website is the oldest in Weintraub's 9to5 network of tech blogs,[ citation needed ] which also includes 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, DroneDJ, and Electrek . [2] [3]

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As one of many Apple news websites, the site drastically rose in traffic in its earlier years for publishing the first photos of the third-generation iPod Nano, the original iPod Touch, early images of the first iPhone, etc. [2] 9to5Mac has developed and implemented its affiliate program for freelance writers to earn from advertising banners being shown on their articles' pages. [1]

History

9to5Mac was founded in 2007 by Seth Weintraub as an Apple news website initially focused on Macs in the enterprise. [2] In June 2016, Mark Gurman, one of the world's most influential Apple reporters, left 9to5Mac for Bloomberg News. He has been writing articles for 9to5Mac for seven years. [4] [5] Gurman has had major scoops, such as uncovering iSlate.com, confirming a tablet was coming from Apple back in 2009, while he’s also leaked news about Siri, iOS 7, the first Retina iMacs, and last year’s 12-inch MacBook before the company’s special events. [6]

In 2012, in a research paper entitled The Outreach of Digital Libraries: A Globalized Resource Network (Taipei) 9to5Mac was ranked as having the highest Jaccard index among Mac-related websites, including MacRumors . [7]

Incidents

In 2018, Guilherme Rambo paid a source around $500 in Bitcoin in exchange for leaked data from the company. [8] He wrote an article billed as an "exclusive" look at new features for the then-upcoming iPad Pro. [9] However, this approach contradicts the rules of the 9to5Mac. Later 9to5Mac updated the story, removing its content and replacing it with a disclaimer: "Update: This post has been removed due to 9to5mac's sourcing policies." [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Smith, Dave (October 16, 2014). "This Blog Has A Simple But Wildly Lucrative Way Of Paying Its Writers". Business Insider . Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Smith, Dave (October 14, 2014). "How An IT Guy Stranded In Paris Turned Himself Into The Most Powerful Source Of Apple News". Business Insider . Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ Maxwell, Tom (May 17, 2019). "Going beyond its Apple roots, 9to5 sees success in new verticals". Digiday . Retrieved January 5, 2024.
  4. ↑ Smith, Dave (June 1, 2016). "Mark Gurman, one of the world's most influential Apple reporters, is leaving 9to5Mac for Bloomberg". Business Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ Popper, Ben (June 1, 2016). "Ace Apple reporter Mark Gurman leaving 9to5Mac". The Verge. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Prolific Apple Leaker Mark Gurman Departing 9to5Mac [u] • iPhone in Canada Blog". June 1, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ Chen, Hsin-Hsi; Chowdhury, Gobinda (November 2, 2012). The Outreach of Digital Libraries: A Globalized Resource Network: 14th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Digital Libraries, ICADL 2012, Taipei, Taiwan, November 12-15, 2012, Proceedings. Springer. ISBN   978-3-642-34752-8.
  8. ↑ Franceschi-Bicchierai, Lorenzo (August 18, 2021). "9to5Mac Writer Paid Source $500 in Bitcoin for Stolen Apple Data". www.vice.com. Retrieved April 11, 2023. A reporter for 9to5Mac paid a source in exchange for data extracted from a stolen iPhone prototype.
  9. ↑ "Exclusive: iPad Pro Face ID details, 4K HDR video over USB-C, AirPod-like Apple Pencil 2 pairing, more [Update: A12X processor] - 9to5Mac". June 4, 2021. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  10. ↑ Rambo, Guilherme (October 10, 2018). "Exclusive: iPad Pro Face ID details, 4K HDR video over USB-C, AirPod-like Apple Pencil 2 pairing, more [Update: A12X processor]". 9to5Mac. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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