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PCWorld ends print publication with August issue

PCWorld‘s August print edition will be its last after 30 years of publishing, its parent company announced Wednesday, and it will continue as an online magazine.

Bill Mickey of Folio writes, “There are 339,000 print subscribers, per the title’s AAM audit report, and if they want it, they’ll need to register online to receive the digital version of the title.

“No staff will be impacted by the move, says the company, and the transition to digital is only for the U.S. edition of PCWorld.

“‘Both technology users and marketers have led the way in the shift from print to online and our decision to end 30 years of PCWorld print publications reflects their preferences,’ said Bob Carrigan, CEO, IDG Communications in a prepared statement. ‘PCWorld colleagues in the U.S. will now focus on innovative digital-first editions featuring interactive multimedia presented in high resolution.’

“The digital version of PCWorld will be available on iOS and Android devices, including Kindle Fire, iPads and iPhones.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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BALLO YOUNOUSSE says:
July 11, 2013 at 12:45 pm
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Randy Sherry Craig says:
July 11, 2013 at 2:48 pm
P.C.World can cancel my subscription after 4years!! I paid for a PC magazine and will not settle for anything less!! I am paid up until Feb.2014 they can shove that money and I will go to another PC magazine!!
Harold Mullinax says:
July 11, 2013 at 6:14 pm
P.C.World can cancel my subscription after ?years!! I paid for a PC magazine and will not settle for anything less!! I am paid up until Apr.2014 they and they will not refund my remaining years.