Tech media company Ziff Davis announced Wednesday that it will fold its 26-year-old print publication PC Magazine, with its final edition slated for January.
The magazine moved from bi-weekly to monthly earlier this year and a New York judge recently approved a reorganization plan for Ziff Davis to emerge from its bankruptcy protection.
It’s online network (ExtremeTech, Gearlog, Appscout, Smart Device Central, GoodCleanTech, DL.TV, Cranky Geeks, and PCMagCast) will be renamed PCMag Digital Network and PCMag.com will be its lead property.
"Moving our flagship property to an all-digital format is the final step in an evolutionary process that has been playing out over the last seven years," stated Jason Young, CEO of Ziff Davis Media. "Since 2000, online has been the focal point where technology buyers get their information and technology marketers are directing their dollars to drive demand and build their brands. We have been carefully preparing for this step and are fortunate to have a digital business that has the scale, profit, and opportunity to carry the brand powerfully into the future."
Young also told PaidContent thatdigital is about 70 percent of the revenues for the PCMag brand, so it's a logical move for the company.
The Christian Science Monitor announced similar plans last month where it would stop publishing its print newspaper but will still offer a weekly magazine.
