Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

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media company publishing company

Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is an American media and publishing firm best known for its influential magazines in science fiction, technology, and computing.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Ziff Davis	6
Ziff-Davis	2
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company canonical	2
Ziff Davis, Inc.	1
Ziff-Davis Publishing	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6031070 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
Context triple: [Amazing Stories, subsequentPublisher, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company]

A. West Publishing Company
West Publishing Company is a major American legal publishing firm best known for producing comprehensive case law reporters, legal digests, and research tools used by lawyers and courts.
B. Computerworld
Computerworld is a long-running information technology magazine and online publication focused on news, analysis, and insights for IT professionals and business technology leaders.
C. International Data Group
International Data Group is a global technology media, data, and marketing services company known for publishing tech-focused content and organizing industry events worldwide.
D. Jossey-Bass
Jossey-Bass is an American publishing imprint known for its books on business, leadership, education, and nonprofit management.
E. Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation was a major American multinational IT services and consulting company that provided technology and professional services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
Target entity description: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is an American media and publishing firm best known for its influential magazines in science fiction, technology, and computing.

A. West Publishing Company
West Publishing Company is a major American legal publishing firm best known for producing comprehensive case law reporters, legal digests, and research tools used by lawyers and courts.
B. Computerworld
Computerworld is a long-running information technology magazine and online publication focused on news, analysis, and insights for IT professionals and business technology leaders.
C. International Data Group
International Data Group is a global technology media, data, and marketing services company known for publishing tech-focused content and organizing industry events worldwide.
D. Jossey-Bass
Jossey-Bass is an American publishing imprint known for its books on business, leadership, education, and nonprofit management.
E. Computer Sciences Corporation
Computer Sciences Corporation was a major American multinational IT services and consulting company that provided technology and professional services to government and commercial clients worldwide.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (26)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	media company ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
basedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
foundedBy	Bernard G. Davis ⓘ William B. Ziff Sr. ⓘ
genre	computing ⓘ science fiction ⓘ technology ⓘ
hasAudience	computer users ⓘ science fiction readers ⓘ technology enthusiasts ⓘ
hasFocus	consumer technology media ⓘ special-interest magazines ⓘ
hasFormat	online media ⓘ print magazines ⓘ
industry	media ⓘ publishing ⓘ
notableFor	computing magazines ⓘ science fiction magazines ⓘ technology magazines ⓘ
notableWork	Amazing Stories ⓘ Car and Driver ⓘ Computer Shopper ⓘ PC Magazine ⓘ Popular Electronics ⓘ linked to: Popular Electronics magazine

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amazing Stories → subsequentPublisher → Ziff-Davis Publishing Company ⓘ

Popular Electronics → publisher → Ziff-Davis ⓘ

subject linked to: Popular Electronics magazine