Editor Jason Snell Frequency monthly Company Mac Publishing (IDG) | Categories Computing / Mac Final issue 2014 (print) | |
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Macworld is a web site dedicated to products and software of Apple Inc., published by Mac Publishing, which is headquartered in San Francisco, California. It started life as a print magazine in 1984 and had the largest audited circulation (both total and newsstand) of Macintosh-focused magazines in North America, more than double its nearest competitor, MacLife (formerly MacAddict). Macworld was founded by David Bunnell (publisher) and Andrew Fluegelman (editor). It was the oldest Macintosh magazine still in publication, until September 10, 2014, when IDG, its parent company, announced it was discontinuing the print edition and laid off most of the staff, while continuing an online version.
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History
In 1997, the publication was renamed to Macworld, incorporating MacUser (a name reflected subtly on the magazine's Table of Contents page) to reflect the consolidation of the Ziff-Davis-owned MacUser magazine into the International Data Group-owned Macworld within the new Mac Publishing joint venture between the two publishers. In 1999, the combined company also purchased the online publication MacCentral Online, because Macworld didn't have a powerful online news component at the time. In late 2001 International Data Group (IDG) bought out Ziff-Davis' share of Mac Publishing, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of IDG.
The magazine was published in many countries, either by other IDG subsidiaries or by outside publishers who have licensed the brand name and its content. These editions included Australia, Germany (Macwelt), Italy, Spain, Sweden (MacWorld), Turkey, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Indonesia. Its content was also incorporated into a number of other IDG publications.
The magazine's publisher licenses its name to another IDG subsidiary, IDG World Expo, for the Macworld Conference & Expo (now Macworld/iWorld), which takes place every January at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.
In addition to publishing a monthly print magazine, Macworld also operates numerous web sites, including Macworld (www.macworld.com), Playlist (www.playlistmag.com), MacUser (www.macuser.com), and Mac OS X Hints (www.macosxhints.com).
Every year, Macworld uses its expertise in technology to find the best device in each category in the market.
Podcast
The Macworld Podcast is a weekly podcast published by Macworld, a magazine and web site devoted to Apple's Macintosh computers. It was formally hosted by Macworld Senior Editor Chris Breen, and consists mostly of interviews with Macworld editors and other Mac luminaries. Macworld editorial director Jason Snell is a frequent guest and occasional guest host. The program's original host was Cyrus Farivar.
The Macworld Podcast began life on April 26, 2005 as the "Geek Factor Podcast", but was upgraded into the official "Macworld Podcast" with its fifth installment, in August 2005. Its current hosts as of August 2015 are Glenn Fleishman and Susie Ochs.