9to5mac.com


9to5Mac is a website covering news and rumors about Apple and its products.[1]

9to5 is consistently cited by the New York Times, the Washington Post,[2] the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Bloomberg,[3] and others.[4]

9to5Mac
Type of site
News
Available inEnglish
OwnerSeth Weintraub
URLhttps://9to5mac.com/
CommercialYes
LaunchedMarch 15, 2007
Current statusOnline

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.[4] 9to5Mac has developed and implemented its affiliate program for freelance writers to earn from advertising banners being shown on their articles’ pages.

History

9to5Mac[5] was founded in 2007 by Seth Weintraub as an Apple news website initially focused on Macs in the enterprise.[4] In June 2016, Mark Gurman, one of the world's most influential Apple reporters, left 9to5Mac for Bloomberg. He has been writing articles for 9to5Mac for seven years.[6][7] 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.[8]

In 2012, in a research The Outreach of Digital Libraries: A Globalized Resource Network (Taipei) 9to5mac was marked to have the highest Jaccard index among Mac-related websites, including MacRumors.[9]

Incidents

In 2018, Guilherme Rambo paid a source around $500 in Bitcoin in exchange for leaked data from the company.[10] He wrote an article billed as an "exclusive" look at new features for the then-upcoming iPad Pro.[11] 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."[12]

References


  1. Smith, Dave. "This Blog Has A Simple But Wildly Lucrative Way Of Paying Its Writers". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. "Some users report hearing a hissing noise coming from the iPhone 7". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  3. "Apple Watch Sales to Be Online Only Through May Amid High Demand". Bloomberg.com. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. Smith, Dave. "How An IT Guy Stranded In Paris Turned Himself Into The Most Powerful Source Of Apple News". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  5. "9to5Mac". 9to5Mac. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  6. Smith, Dave. "Mark Gurman, one of the world's most influential Apple reporters, is leaving 9to5Mac for Bloomberg". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  7. Popper, Ben (2016-06-01). "Ace Apple reporter Mark Gurman leaving 9to5Mac". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  8. "Prolific Apple Leaker Mark Gurman Departing 9to5Mac [u] • iPhone in Canada Blog". 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  9. Chen, Hsin-Hsi; Chowdhury, Gobinda (2012-11-02). 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.
  10. "9to5Mac Writer Paid Source $500 in Bitcoin for Stolen Apple Data". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  11. "Exclusive: iPad Pro Face ID details, 4K HDR video over USB-C, AirPod-like Apple Pencil 2 pairing, more [Update: A12X processor] - 9to5Mac". web.archive.org. 2021-06-04. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  12. Rambo, Guilherme (2018-10-10). "Exclusive: iPad Pro Face ID details, 4K HDR video over USB-C, AirPod-like Apple Pencil 2 pairing, more [Update: A12X processor]". 9to5Mac. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
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