PC Magazine Stops Killing Trees
PC Magazine is going 100% digital:
Starting in February 2009, PC Magazine will become a 100-percent digital publication. So, in addition to our popular network of Websites, which includes our centerpiece, PCMag.com, as well as ExtremeTech, blogs like Gearlog and AppScout, and audio and video content that includes PCMag Radio, Cranky Geeks and DL.TV, we’ll offer PC Magazine Digital Edition to all of our print subscribers. The PC Magazine Digital Edition has actually been available since 2002. So for thousands of you, the benefits of this unique medium are already clear. And those benefits will continue to multiply in the coming months, as we work hard to enhance your digital experience.
I’m a former PC Magazine subscriber who found it hard to justify the subscription cost when so much content is available for free on the internet. I’m guessing many magazines will try to make the same transition in the coming years.
The first issue of PC Magazine was published in January of 1982, about six months after IBM announced the IBM PC. Read the startup story on publishingbiz.com. Here’s the first cover:
