OWNERSHIP OF "MACWORLD" MAGAZINE RETURNS TO IDG.International Data Group (Boston, MA) has purchased the 50% interest in Mac Publishing Mac Publishing is a publishing company based in San Francisco, California, and is wholly owned by the International Data Group. It is the publisher of Macworld magazine and numerous web sites, including Macworld.com, Playlistmag.com, and MacOSXHints.com. (San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , CA) owned by partner Ziff Davis Media (Ziff Davis Media Inc., New York, www.ziffdavis.com) A leading integrated media company that serves the computer, videogame and consumer lifestyle markets. Its offerings include PC Magazine and the PCMag.com Network, which includes PCMag.com, ExtremeTech. (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). No terms of the deal were given. Mac Publishing produces Macworld magazine. Mac Publishing, originally called Mac Partners, was established in mid-1997 as a joint venture between IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) and Ziff Davis. Ziff Davis' MacUser magazine, launched in 1985, was merged into IDG's Macworld, a monthly launched by IDG in 1984. As part of the merger, Mac Publishing also produced Ziff's now-closed MacWeek. In addition to Macworld, the purchase included online sites Macworld.com and MacCentral.com. Macworld is currently published by IDG in 11 countries, including Australia, Sweden, France, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. IDG also produces the annual MacWorld Conference & Expo. IDG president/ceo Kelly Conlin said the purchase "reflects IDG's commitment to the Mac market, our belief in its future, and our strategy of delivering our content across print, online and event platforms." |
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