IDG shutters Macworld Magazine, much of the editorial staff let go
Pretty much the whole Macworld staff has been let go. Looks like the end. Sad
— Roman Loyola (@pinatubo2000) September 10, 2014
A personal announcement: I'm leaving Macworld after 17 years. http://t.co/gozwnjN0z5
— Jason Snell (@jsnell) September 10, 2014
International Data Group (IDG) is shutting down Macworld Magazine, the long time Apple periodical according to tweets by staff and conversations I’ve had with personnel. Dan Miller, Editor, Macworld tweeted the following:
The Macworld.com website will remain open [although as a shell of its former self -ed] with a reduced staff according to Miller, who himself is leaving in a month.
As a former contributor and fan of Macworld.com it is sad to see the publication go. Ironically, the transition from print to digital hastened by Apple’s own iPad and other online tools made the publication one of the last remaining Apple publications in print.
There’s no word yet on the fate of the annual trade show of the same name that has also taken a hit since Apple stopped attending. We’ll update as we hear more.
Update: Dan Miller wrote in to clarify that he never implied that the magazine “would be a shell of its former self” (even though most of the names and faces that were the backbone of the magazine have been let go).
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