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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 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, and the related schedule, which
report appears in the December 31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of CNet
Networks, Inc.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.
San Francisco, California
November 6, 2000
