InfoWorld folds print mag to focus on online and events

InfoWorld ^ | March 26, 2007 | Steve Fox

[HAL9000]

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Yes, the rumors are true. As of today, March 26, 2007, InfoWorld is discontinuing its print component. No more printing on dead trees, no more glossy covers, no more supporting the US Post Office in its rush to get thousands of inky copies on subscribers' desks by Monday morning (or thereabouts). The issue that many of you will receive in your physical mailbox this week -- vol. 29, issue 13 -- will be the last one in InfoWorld's storied 29-year history.

But let me dispel any other rumors. InfoWorld is not dead. We're not going anywhere. We are merely embracing a more efficient delivery mechanism --the Web -- at InfoWorld.com. You can still get all the news coverage, reviews, analysis, opinion, and commentary that InfoWorld is known for. You'll just have to access it in a browser (or RSS reader) -- something more than a million of you already do every month.

Frankly, the editorial staff foresaw the demise of print from a long way off and began making preparations for that inevitable day. Now that it is here ...

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[Incorrigible]

Yeah but reading Robert X Cringely on-line has never had the same feel as holding a copy of Infoworld in my hands as I took the long bus ride home.

[Fractal Trader]

I used to have copies of every controlled circulation publication I could get a hold of but settled on InfoWorld because of its broad coverage. Even when to a (paid) focus group session for them 5+ years ago.

As much as I like the web, there are some things I prefer to have pushed across my face in newsprint. I guess I am one of the last of those types, though.