PC Magazine Goes Web Only

Peter Brantley
November 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3) | Listen

PC Magazine's January 2009 edition will mark the end of its print run. A reduced staff will focus on the PCMag Digital Network. From paidContent.org:

The magazine, which was started in 1982, has a storied history, but its print base eroded over the years as its core brand of journalism -- news you can use while shopping for computers -- moved online. It cut back from bi-weekly to monthly earlier this year. PCMag, which literally invented the idea of comparative hardware and software reviews, at one time during the '80s averaged about 400 pages an issue, with some issues breaking the 500- and even the 600-page marks, according to this Wikipedia history.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball says this is likely an ever more frequent transition as the recession deepens. Both U.S. News & World Report and the Christian Science Monitor have announced plans in recent weeks to end/reduce print editions.

Edit - 11/20/08 - John Gruber's name was misspelled in the original post.

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3 Comments

bowerbird said:
November 20, 2008 2:27 AM

> John Guber of Daring Fireball says

well, first of all, his name is "gruber", not "guber".

but more to the point, why use him for the quote?
he's a bright guy, but this isn't really his subject...

or is this just a play for some of his google juice?

-bowerbird

Mac Slocum said:
November 20, 2008 8:52 AM

@bowerbird - Thanks for the catch.

Jen Nocera said:
November 23, 2008 3:38 PM

This is really interesting. I'm currently taking a Technical and Scientific Writing class and I'm focusing my interest on the publishing field and new changes. Any other information about publications going strictly web that anyone could offer would be really appreciated! Thanks!

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