PC WEEK reaffirms its role as the leader in news for IT professionals; Expands its online coverage to provide the most timely up-to-date news in the industry.MEDFORD Medford. 1 City (1990 pop. 57,407), Middlesex co., E Mass., a residential and industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled 1630, inc. as a city 1892. Wax, paper, clothing, and furniture are among its products. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 1995--PC WEEK, the leading Information Systems (IS) newsweekly news·week·ly n. pl. news·week·lies A weekly newsmagazine or newspaper that reports current events. , is expanding its online presence and news gathering capabilities, reaffirming its role as the leading provider of news for IT and computer industry professionals. PC WEEK, which began daily postings of news stories focusing on the computer industry earlier this year, will expand that effort on CompuServe An online information service that provides access to the Internet, e-mail, instant messaging and an integrated contact list. Founded in 1969 as a timesharing service, CompuServe is one of the oldest online services, being the first to offer e-mail in 1979 and online chat a year later. , the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the and AT&T's forthcoming Interchange An interchange is a location where two things meet, usually perform some kind of exchange, and possibly go on their ways again. It is most commonly used in four contexts:
"This is a strategic statement. The paper and ink edition of PC WEEK will be supplemented by a robust online companion that offers additional daily spot news and analysis about the computer industry," said Dan Farber, vice president and editor-in-chief of PC WEEK. "In addition, our online efforts will allow our readers to have interactive access to PC WEEK content and editors, as well as to each other. The daily news feeds will deliver breaking computer industry news." The online news effort will carry the popular twice-weekly news column "Coops Corner" written by PC WEEK Online News Editor Charles Cooper, as well as material from the PC WEEK demographic editions: Inside, NetWeek and Executive. Online discussion areas in ZiffNet, the Internet and Interchange will be expanded as well. "We will selectively publish stories online as well as continue to post PC WEEK print edition stories. We will exploit both the immediacy im·me·di·a·cy n. pl. im·me·di·a·cies 1. The condition or quality of being immediate. 2. Lack of an intervening or mediating agency; directness: the immediacy of live television coverage. of online to cover breaking news and the capacity of online to provide additional depth and context," said John Dodge, senior executive editor/news. "This won't be another computer wire service. Rather, we will leverage our industry contacts and drill down capabilities to provide analysis or new information, customizing it for print, online or both mediums." Dodge oversees the PC WEEK news department and Cooper oversees the online news effort. PC WEEK Business Editor Neal Boudette will plan a major role in shaping the online effort. Also contributing will be new PC WEEK staff writer Evanthia Brickates, formerly with the Wall Street Journal. PC WEEK Online News can be accessed on ZiffNet (GO PCWEEK) or on the PC WEEK World Wide Web server (WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. .ziff.com/~pcweek). Headquartered in Medford, Mass., PC WEEK is published by Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. PC WEEK reaches a controlled subscriber base that includes more than 260,000 qualified buyers who make volume purchases of PC and networking products. PC WEEK is supplemented by a system of newspapers comprised of demographic sections specifically intended for buyers in the most important segments of the client/server market. The system of newspapers includes PC WEEK Executive, which provides coverage for executives evaluating technology and its business implications, PC WEEK Inside, edited for qualified computer industry professionals engaged in marketing and manufacturing, PC WEEK Netweek, edited for volume buyers of networking products, and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. and Application Development demographic editions. CONTACT: PC WEEK John Dodge, 617/393-3838 or Cathy Cantwell, 617/393-3753 |
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