The Register

The Register
Screenshot of the home page, July 2021
Type of site
Technology news
Available inEnglish
Headquarters
London
,
England
OwnerSituation Publishing
Created by
URLwww.theregister.com Edit this at Wikidata
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Launched1994 (1994)
Current statusActive

The Register is a British technology news website[1] co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.[2] The online newspaper's masthead sublogo is "Biting the hand that feeds IT."[3][needs update] The publication's primary focus is information technology news and opinions.

Situation Publishing Ltd is the site's publisher. Drew Cullen is an owner and Linus Birtles is the managing director. Andrew Orlowski was the executive editor before leaving the website in May 2019.[4]

  1. ^ Mitchell, Dan (26 November 2005). "Big Google Becomes Big Target". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Grossman, Wendy M. (2 June 2006). "How online journalism got its UK start". Press Gazette. Wilmington Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013.
  3. ^ Mellor, Chris (15 October 2015). "Dell-EMC merger could leave Lenovo out in the cold – analysts".
  4. ^ "It's Been Fun". The Register. 9 May 2019.