PC Magazine Is Dead, Long Live PCMag.com

19 11 2008

A few days ago I explained why Nine Lives Media Inc. would never launch a print magazine (unless someone paid us a handsome bounty to do so).

Now comes word that PC Magazine will distribute its final print edition in January 2009, becoming an online-only publication thereafter.

Nobody should be surprised by this move. PC Magazine’s parent, Ziff Davis Media, hinted in multiple SEC filings that the company was strongly considering a move to online-only distribution. And we all know how painful the print IT magazine business has become.

Thank you for the memories, PC Magazine. Long live PCmag.com.