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| Type of site | News website |
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| Available in | English |
| Owner | Seth Weintraub |
| URL | 9to5mac |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | March 15, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-15) |
| Current status | Online |
9to5Mac is a website covering news and rumors about Apple Inc. and its products. Founded by Seth Weintraub, the website is the oldest in Weintraub's 9to5 network of tech blogs, which also includes 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, DroneDJ, and Electrek.
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. 9to5Mac has developed and implemented its affiliate program for freelance writers to earn from advertising banners being shown on their articles' pages.
History
9to5Mac was founded in 2007 by Seth Weintraub as an Apple news website initially focused on Macs in the enterprise. 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. 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.
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.
Incidents
In 2018, Guilherme Rambo paid a source around $500 in Bitcoin in exchange for leaked data from the company. He wrote an article billed as an "exclusive" look at new features for the then-upcoming iPad Pro. 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."
References
- ^ Smith, Dave (October 16, 2014). "This Blog Has A Simple But Wildly Lucrative Way Of Paying Its Writers". Business Insider. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- Maxwell, Tom (May 17, 2019). "Going beyond its Apple roots, 9to5 sees success in new verticals". Digiday. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
- 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.
- Popper, Ben (June 1, 2016). "Ace Apple reporter Mark Gurman leaving 9to5Mac". The Verge. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- "Prolific Apple Leaker Mark Gurman Departing 9to5Mac [u] • iPhone in Canada Blog". June 1, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.