[paudashlake]

CAN YOU BELEIVE IT!?!? The almighty PC Magazine is going online. Never to print an issue again! I just got my last issue. They think of everything! They gave me two copies.....and they are both in bags. So I will only open one and save the other one as a 4reminder to my favorite magazine company EVER!

Good Bye PC Magazine

-even though I can still read you online...

It won't be the same!


I miss you already!


so.....what do you guys think of this?

[evilfantasy]

Sign of the times I suppose. That's the first computer magazine I ever bought years ago and I had a subscription for a while. I prefer the magazine to the online part. They tend to follow the money in their online write ups and ignore a lot of good free stuff.

[serverguy]

I would have never thought...

Here's the full article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2335009,00.asp

[Hybr!d]

Also with the economy advertisers are cutting back, print will be one of the first hit as it has a low ROI, compared to others. No ads no income no magazine.

[paudashlake]

well, the ads are pretty heavy in this magazine, so that would be nice to get rid of.

[Hybr!d]

Newspapers are already feeling it and are probably next, soon.

People are also moving to reading online much more, which is a big part.

[evilfantasy]

Some of the largest and oldest Newspapers in the US are on the brink of bankruptcy.

[domain]

Man, This is the last thing us printers need. The printing Industry is dying a slow death!

I have been doing Graphic Arts / Prepress for printing companies for the past 14 years and every year it gets slower and slower with companies going out of business...

What is a printer/prepress man supposed to do?

[serverguy]

Originally Posted by domain

What is a printer/prepress man supposed to do?

Become a web hoster.

[Hybr!d]

Yup, sometimes you just gotta switch and move with the times.