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| Editor | Jon Phillips |
|---|---|
| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Total circulation (December 2012) | 355,117 (United States)[1] |
| First issue | March 1983; 42 years ago (1983-03) |
| Final issue | August 2013 (2013-8) (print) |
| Company | IDG |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | San Francisco, California, US |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0737-8939 |
| OCLC | 1117065657 |
PC World (stylized asPCWorld) is a globalcomputer magazine published monthly byIDG.[2] Since 2013, it has been an online-only publication.
It offers advice on various aspects ofPCs 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 asstill andvideo cameras, audio devices and televisions.
The current editor ofPC World is Jon Phillips, formerly ofWired. 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 editorHarry McCracken, who resigned that spring,[3] after some rocky times, including quitting and being rehired over editorial control issues in 2007.[4]
PC World is published under other names such asPC Advisor andPC Welt in some countries.PC World's company name is IDG Consumer & SMB, and it is headquartered in San Francisco.[5] Some of the non-EnglishPC World websites nowredirect to other IDG sites; for example, PCWorld.dk (Denmark) is nowComputerworld.dk
The publication was announced at theCOMDEX trade show in November 1982, and first appeared on newsstands in March 1983.
The magazine was founded byDavid Bunnell and Cheryl Woodard, and its first editor wasAndrew 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 aNational Magazine Award.
Many well known technology writers have contributed toPC World, including Steve Bass,Daniel Tynan, Christina Wood,John C. Dvorak,Stephen Manes, Lincoln Spector,Stewart Alsop, David Coursey, James A. Martin, and others. Editorial leadership has included Harry Miller, Richard Landry, Eric Knorr, Karl Koessel, Phil Lemmons, Cathryn Baskin, Kevin McKean, and Harry McCracken.
In February 1999,PC World's number of paid subscriptions reached a record of 1,000,453. At the time, it was the first and only computing magazine with a monthly release schedule to hit that mark.[6] In April 2005, the showDigital Duo was slightlyrebranded and relaunched asPC 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.[7]
On July 10, 2013, owner IDG announced that the magazine would cease its thirty-year print run.[8] The issue of August 2013 was the last printed of the magazinePC World, future issues would be digital only.[9]
In December 2024, PCWorld expanded its coverage of personal tech by forming a more formal bond between PCWorld and sister siteTechHive, which had been covering smart home and video streaming tech since 2017.[10]
Based in San Francisco,PC World's original edition is published in the United States; however it is also available in other countries (51 in total), sometimes under a different name:
In May 2007, McCracken resigned abruptly under controversial circumstances. According to sources quoted inWired, McCracken quit abruptly because the new CEO ofPC World, Colin Crawford, tried to kill an unfavorable story aboutApple andSteve Jobs.[12] Crawford responded, calling media reports of McCracken's resignation "inaccurate".[13]CNET later reported that McCracken had told colleagues thatIDG "was pressuring him to avoid stories that were critical of major advertisers."[14][15]
On May 9, Crawford was transferred to another department, and McCracken returned toPC World until his departure in 2008.[16]
