Michael Arrington at TechCrunch has the scoop: Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica.

Ars Technica is really more of an online-only tech magazine rather than a blog, but they've long been an independent voice so certainly qualify as "new media" (whatever that means!).

Here's how they stack up against Wired's existing blogs, per Technorati:

#				Blog		T Rank
1		?		Ars Technica		7
2				Threat Level		46
3				Gadget Lab		70
4				Wired Science		74
5				The Underwire		169
6				Danger Room		182
7				Epicenter		402
8				Game|Life		425
9				Compiler		577
10				Listening Post		733
11				Autopia		1,422
12				Geekdad		4,148
13				Beyond the Beyond		6,630
		Legend
				Link directly to the blog
?				Arguably not a blog (what do you think?)