Computer Shopper (US magazine)
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| Editor | John A. Burek |
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| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Final issue | April 2009 |
| Company | SX2 Media Labs |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Titusville, Florida |
| Language | English |
| Website | computershopper.com |
| ISSN | 0886-0556 |
Computer Shopper is a monthly consumer computer magazine that was published by SX2 Media Labs. The magazine ceased print publication in April 2009.[1][2] The website was closed and redirected to the PCMag website in late May 2018.[3][4]
History
[edit]Computer Shopper magazine was established in 1979 in Titusville, Florida.[5] It began as a tabloid-size publication on yellow newsprint that primarily contained classified advertising and ads for kit computers, parts, and software. The magazine was created by Glenn Patch, publisher of the photo-equipment magazine Shutterbug Ads, in the hopes of applying its formula to a PC-technology magazine.[6] The magazine expanded into prebuilt home computers and white box IBM PC compatibles through the 1980s.[7]
The magazine grew to several hundred pages, mostly of advertisements.[7] It was during this time that the magazine was sold to Ziff Davis Publishing, first as a limited partnership,[8] then solely owned. It was sold in 2000, along with Ziff-Davis' ZDNet Web site, to CNET. CNET sold Computer Shopper to new owners, SX2 Media Labs, in 2006.[9] In April 2009, SX2 Media Labs discontinued the print version of the magazine.[10] The business continued on as a Web entity, ComputerShopper.com, which was reacquired by Ziff-Davis in 2012.[9]
List of editors-in-chief
[edit]John A. Burek (2008–2017)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Computer Shopper Is Going All Digital; April Is Last Print Issue".
- ^ "Subscriber Bulletin".
- ^ "Desktop Computers | Laptop Computers | Computer Deals - Computer Shopper". May 21, 2018. Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ "403 Forbidden". Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ^ Carey, Chris (November 21, 1987). "Brevard Concerns Make Inc.'s List 3 Are Among the Fastest-Growing Companies in the Nation". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ Carey, Chris (February 22, 1988). "Taking Time to Turn Loose Publisher Glenn Patch Rides Wave of Future to Top of His Wish List". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ a b Madrigal, Alexis S. (July 11, 2013). "An Ode to Computer Shopper". The Atlantic. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ Yasuda, Gene (June 3, 1995). "Titusville Publisher Moving Magazines, Jobs to Missouri". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ a b "Ziff Davis acquires Computer Shopper". May 14, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ Callahan, Sean (February 27, 2009). "'Computer Shopper' moves to online only". Ad Age. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ^ "John Burek Bio and Latest News, Articles and Reviews". PCMAG. Retrieved August 28, 2021.