- This article refers to 'PC World' magazine. It should not be confused with an unrelated British magazine called Personal Computer World.
PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services. The magazine was founded by David Bunnell and Cheryl Woodard; its first editor was Andrew Fluegelman. The magazine's slogan is "Technology Advice You Can Trust" and it is known for criticizing poor computer products or companies, even at the risk of losing advertising revenue.
| Editor | Harry McCracken |
|---|---|
| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | March 1983 |
| Company | IDG |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.pcworld.com |
| ISSN | 0737-8939 |
The publication was announced at the COMDEX trade show in November 1982, and first appeared on newsstands in March of 1983; its original staff consisted of people who left PC Magazine en masse after that publication was acquired by Ziff-Davis.
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 an American Magazine Award.
Many well-known technology writers have contributed to PC World, including Steve Bass, Stephen Manes, Lincoln Spector, Stewart Alsop, David Coursey, and others. Editors have included Harry Miller, Richard Landry, Phil Lemmons, Cathryn Baskin, Kevin McKean, and the current editor in chief, Harry McCracken.
As of 2006, PC World's audited rate base of 850,000 makes it the largest-circulation computing magazine in the world.
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 Advisor in the United Kingdom
- PC World in Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, India, New Zealand, Norway, Turkey
Translated versions are also published, most notably PC Welt in Germany.
External links
- PC World Magazine website
- Australian PC World
- PC World Bangladesh
- PC World Brazil
- PC World India
- PC World New Zealand
- PC World Norway
- PC World Hungary
- PC World Komputer (Poland)
- PC World Professional (Spain)
- PC World Türkiye Web Sitesi
- PC Advisor (UK)
- PC World Denmark
- PC World Greece
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