Английская Википедия:Computer Shopper (US magazine)
Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Infobox magazine Computer Shopper was a monthly consumer computer magazine published by SX2 Media Labs. The magazine ceased print publication in April 2009.[1][2] The website was closed and redirected to the PCMag website in late May 2018.[3][4]
History
Computer Shopper magazine was established in 1979 in Titusville, Florida.[5] It began as a tabloid-size publication on yellow newsprint that primarily contained classified advertising and ads for kit computers, parts, and software. The magazine was created by Glenn Patch, publisher of the photo-equipment magazine Shutterbug Ads, in the hopes of applying its formula to a PC-technology magazine.[6] The magazine expanded into prebuilt home computers and white box IBM PC compatibles through the 1980s.[7]
The magazine grew to several hundred pages, mostly of advertisements.[7] It was during this time that the magazine was sold to Ziff Davis Publishing, first as a limited partnership,[8] then solely owned. It was sold in 2000, along with Ziff-Davis' ZDNet Web site, to CNET. CNET sold Computer Shopper to new owners, SX2 Media Labs, in 2006.[9] In April 2009, SX2 Media Labs discontinued the print version of the magazine.[10] The business continued on as a Web entity, ComputerShopper.com, which was reacquired by Ziff-Davis in 2012.[9]
Magazine
Computer Shopper, the print magazine, comprised the following sections at the end of its publication:
- Boot Up. A commentary and product-news section written by the magazine's expert editors. A column written by Senior Editor Sarah E. Anderson examined tech-buying and related issues from a working mother's perspective.
- Reviews. Each issue contained more than two dozen reviews.
- Features. Typically two or three per issue, the feature stories were often product-centric, comprising product comparisons and buying guides.
- Help and How-To. These articles provided assistance for technical problems and gave step-by-step directions on how to perform common tasks.
- Shut Down. A retrospective look at technology through the archives of Computer Shopper.
- A user-submitted listing of Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) throughout the US and Canada.
List of editors-in-chief
- Stan Veit (1983–1989)
- Bob Lindstrom (1989–1991)
- John Dickinson (1991–1994)
- John Blackford (1994–2000)
- Janice Chen (2000–2006)
- Rik Fairlie (2006–2007)
- John A. Burek (2008–2017)[11]
References
- Английская Википедия
- Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
- Home computer magazines
- Monthly magazines published in the United States
- Magazines established in 1979
- Magazines disestablished in 2009
- Magazines published in Florida
- 1979 establishments in Florida
- 2009 disestablishments in Florida
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- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
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