PC Magazine to cease its print publication and go Internet only
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Brian (aka trav007)
Nov 20 '08, 07:07
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PC Magazine, a Flagship for Ziff Davis, Will Cease Printing a Paper Version
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: November 19, 2008
Ziff Davis Media announced Wednesday that it was ending print publication of its 27-year-old flagship, PC Magazine, and would take the title online only.
PC Magazine�s circulation was 1.2 million in the late 1990s.
It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.
�The viability for us to continue to publish in print just isn�t there anymore,� Jason Young, chief executive of Ziff Davis, said in an interview.
While most magazines make their money mainly from print advertising, PC Magazine derives most of its profit from its Web site. More than 80 percent of the profit and about 70 percent of the revenue come from the digital business, Mr. Young said, and all of the writers and editors have been counted as part of the digital budget for two years.
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