Woe betide the print publications of the world -- the Internet is here, stealing your subscribers, and it's not going to go away. Adapt or die is the mantra of the newspapers and pulpy journals of the world, and Ziff Davis is the latest trying to do just that,
stopping print publication of the venerable PC Magazine, in favor of an exclusively online publication.
Founded in 1982, the magazine is following in the
(very recent) footsteps of the Christian Science Monitor, which is also moving to an online model. PC Magazine, which used to print editions in excess of 500 pages in the heydays of the industry, back in the late '80s and '90s, will print its last edition in January of 2009. After that, the only place to get the word from the original source of PC news and reviews will be online.
So, PC collectors with a closet full of old, beige hardware, you may want to get to the bookstore in the near future -- your tome of choice won't be around for much longer. Not to worry
too much, though, since you've probably been reading
PC Mag online for years, anyway, and it doesn't look like that part is going anywhere.
The sad part, though, is just how fast all these magazines are shutting down. Check out our gallery below of
five titles that have recently moved online only -- four out of five of them have announced the plans in the last couple of months alone. Though now make our living writing for the Web, we have to admit that we still like bringing the occasional newspaper or magazine when we're on, say, an airplane or bus (after all, that
Amazon Kindle isn't cheap!).
What do you think? Do you still read magazines? Which do you prefer for news and articles: magazines or Web sites? [From:
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