rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (10/09/84)
"73 magazine" to continue publication
contrary to what you may have heard, "73 magazine" is alive and
well and its financial future is secure. it is a well known
fact, however, that amateur radio is not the direction that cw
communications (73's new parent) is moving toward. when wayne
green, w2nsd/1, sold out his publishing empire for 60
megabucks, it included "73 magazine" one of the pioneer amateur
radio publications.
cw communications did indeed try to unload "73 magazine" it
even offered it back to wayne green but wayne has so many irons
in the fire now with his wayne green enterprises, that he said
he just didn't have time to get further involved. he still
writes his famous "never say die" monthly editorial. right now
wayne is on his way to asia to a computer show in japan with a
side trip to the caroline islands.
cw communications has now made a strong commitment to 73
magazine and we are told that we can look forward to some
exciting things from them. the publication received a very
positive letter from debra weatherbee a cw
communications/peterborough vice president...
next year will be 73 magazine's 25th anniversary and i
understand that there will be "some surprises." editor perry
donham, kk2y, would not say exactly what. "i'm pledged to
secrecy," he said. 73's publisher , jack burnet, is a non-ham,
although he has a solid background in publishing. perry is the
same age as the publication.
two of peterough's magazines are ceasing pudlication, however.
these are "pc jr world" and "microcomputing". cw communications
published 52 computer publications in 19 major countries and
is, by far, the world's largest publisher of computer related
information. only "73 magazine" remains ouside the computer
field.
(from gateway)sunny@sun.uucp (Sunny Kirsten) (10/10/84)
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> "73 magazine" to continue publication
>
> cw communications
> published 52 computer publications in 19 major countries and
> is, by far, the world's largest publisher of computer related
> information. only "73 magazine" remains ouside the computer
> field.
>
It sounds like 73 would be the perfect vehicle for a publication whose
focus would be: Amatuer Packet Radio. How about all subscribers (and anyone
who can get 73's address through the net here) mail a postcard to 73 requesting
they utilize the talents of their parent organization in the computer area
to apply to rapid developments in Packet Radio.
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{ucbvax,decvax,ihnp4}!sun!sunny (Sunny :-> Kirsten of Sun Microsystems Inc.)lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (10/16/84)
If Wayne gets involved packet radio will go right down the tubes. "73" has been a joke for years and has been going steadily downhill, thanks mainly to Wayne's "talents." Just my opinion, of course. --Lauren--