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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF KPMG, LLP INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
CNET Networks, Inc.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-3, dated August 31, 2000 of CNET Networks, Inc. of our report dated February
29, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of CNET Networks, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999, and 1998, and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1999, which report appears in
the December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of CNET Networks, Inc..
/s/ KPMG LLP
San Francisco, California
August 31, 2000
