[comp.sys.apple] Ziff-Davis and A+ and PC Tech Magazine

rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt) (03/12/89)

In article <8903090904.aa03118@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> lwv27@CAS.BITNET writes:
| Ziff Davis has just announced (according to sources on Applelink) that
| A+ has been sold to the InCider folks.  The magazines will be merged in name
| only - no staff will be transferred.  This is effected after the May issue.
| 
| On a personal note, this concludes the publication of the last good glossy
| mag for generate Apple II topics.  Surely this too indicates that the Apple
| II line is dying, at least from the publishing point of view.  Local non-apple
| specific book dealers no longer carry Apple II related books; they have been
| replaced with Amiga and Atari books and magazines.

So... Ziff-Davis not only is shutting down PC Technical Journal, but they
sold A+ to the InCider magazine people.  Is this the downfall of Ziff-Davis
in the works?

    [david]

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