PC World, stylized PCWorld, is a global computer magazine published monthly by
IDG. Since 2013 it has been an online-only publication. It offers
advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other
personal-technology products and services. In each publication, PC World
reviews and tests hardware and software products from a variety of
manufacturers, as well as other technology related devices such as still
and video cameras, audio devices and televisions.
The current editor of PC World is Jon Phillips, formerly of Wired. In August
2012, he replaced Steve Fox, who had been editorial director since the
December 2008 issue of the magazine. Fox replaced the magazine's veteran editor
Harry McCracken, who resigned that spring, after some rocky times,
including quitting and being rehired over editorial control issues in 2007.
PC World is published under other names such as PC Advisor and PC Welt in some
countries. PC World‍ '​s company name is IDG Consumer & SMB, and it is
headquartered in San Francisco. Some of the non-English PC World
websites now redirect to other IDG sites; for example, PCWorld.dk is now
Computerworld.dk. History
The publication was announced at the COMDEX trade show in November 1982, and
first appeared on newsstands in March 1983; Felix Dennis set up Personal
Computer World which he later sold to VNU, and established MacUser which he
sold to Ziff Davis Publishing in the mid-eighties. PC Magazine was also
acquired by Ziff Davis. The magazine was founded by David
Bunnell and Cheryl Woodard, and its first editor was Andrew Fluegelman.
PC World‍ '​s magazine and web site have won a number of awards from Folio, the
American Society of Business Publication Editors, MIN, the Western Publications
Association, and other organizations; it is also one of the few technology
magazines to have been a finalist for a National Magazine Award.
Many well-known technology writers have contributed to PC World, including Steve
Bass, Daniel Tynan, Christina Wood, Stephen Manes, Lincoln Spector, Stewart
Alsop, David Coursey, James A. Martin, and others. Editors have included Harry
Miller, Richard Landry, Eric Knorr, Phil Lemmons, Cathryn Baskin, Kevin McKean,
and Harry McCracken. In 2005 the show Digital Duo was
slightly rebranded and relaunched as PC World's Digital Duo and ran for an
additional 26 episodes. As of 2006, PC World‍ '​s audited rate
base of 750,000 made it the largest-circulation computing magazine
in the world. On July 10, 2013 owner IDG announced
that the magazine would cease its 30-year print run. The August 2013 issue
was the last printed of PC World magazine, future issues would be
digital-only. Countries
Based in San Francisco, PC World‍ '​s original edition is published in the
United States however it is also available in other countries, sometimes
under a different name: PC World in Albania, Australia,
Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Kosovo,
New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Spain, Romania, Turkey, Vietnam,
Ecuador. PC Advisor in Ireland and the United
Kingdom. PC Welt, is the German-language edition.
Info Komputer, is the Indonesian-language edition.
Kompiuterija, is the Lithuanian-language edition.
Thế Giới Vi Tính, is the Vietnamese-language edition.
Computer!Totaal, is the Dutch-language edition
Mikro - PC World, is the Serbian-language edition
Controversy In May 2007, McCracken resigned abruptly
under controversial circumstances. According to sources quoted in Wired,
McCracken quit abruptly because the new CEO of PC World, Colin Crawford, tried
to kill an unfavorable story about Apple and Steve Jobs. Crawford responded,
calling media reports of McCracken's resignation "inaccurate." CNET later
reported that McCracken had told colleagues that IDG "was pressuring him
to avoid stories that were critical of major advertisers." On May 9, Crawford
was transferred to another department and McCracken returned to PC World until
his departure in 2008. See also
PC Magazine WorldBench
References External links
PC World website Official mobile website
PC World Bulgaria website PC World Romania website
PC World Italy website PC World India website
PC World Albanian website PC World Polish website
PC Welt German website PC World Czech website