It’s time to bid farewell to Personal Computer World, a monthly computer magazine from UK that has been in publication since 1978. What you see on the right is their 30th anniversary issue that came out just last year.
The magazine publishers say that the current economic climate and declining revenue from advertisements are partially responsible for the closure.
Advertisement and copy sale revenues have declined in parallel with the contraction of the monthly personal computer magazine market, to the point that the title is no longer economically viable.
Tim Anderson, who has been writing for Personal Computer World since ‘93 adds that "PCW found itself caught between the demands of an aging readership which had grown up with the magazine, and that of a new generation."
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/computer-magazine-ceases-publication/9021/
Reader Comments
I remember when there were 6-10 computer magazines on the news stands. I have an 1985 issue of Creative Computing which was a favorite. It has ads for Apple II 256K Z-ram, HP Vectra 640K.
I was proud of my Radio Shack Color Computer 4K upgrade to 32K bought a few years earlier. There was no WWW but perhaps the internet was being established. It all sounds a bit weird now. Love this new technology!
Written by Grampa Ken on 06.10.09
I used to be an avid reader of PC world when I was a kid. However as time passed I got hooked onto the internet; thus ignoring PCW. Probably that’s what happened with most youngsters. Thereby the readership came down and now it is closed; a warm good bye to PCW anyways.
Written by iWrite2Know on 06.11.09
The end of an era but technology must advance. Could they not at least have published a limited edition for paper-print media loyalists.
Written by naysh on 06.11.09
Amit,
PCW is on stand and releasing their July and August edition too.
Written by Nitin on 06.11.09