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After a fabulous 17-year run by Anand Shimpi it brings mixed feelings to announce that AnandTech has been sold to Purch for an undisclosed sum. AnandTech is obviously a competitor to Legit Reviews, but the hardware industry is small and we’ve had the pleasure of knowing Anand and his team for the past twelve years. Those that have been following who owns what might know the Purch name as they also own Tom’s Hardware. AnandTech and Tom’s Hardware remain editorially independent, but are no longer competitors. That is going to take some getting used to and it means the list of independently owned websites continues to decline. Legit Reviews is like AnandTech in the sense that it been profitable since its inception and remains to be one of the few sites online today that is fully independent and not tied to any corporations. Legit Reviews sees being independently owned as being a draw to independent reviews and we hope our readers do as well. We have full editorial freedom and at the end of the day we think that shows. Anandtech’s Editor-In-Chief is now Ryan Smith and has been since Anand stepped down from the site for Apple earlier this year.
Read more at http://www.legitreviews.com/anandtech-sold-purch-now-owns-toms-hardware-anandtech_155413#kUmshPoliLW...