FamilyPC

FamilyPC was a monthly American computer magazine published from 1994[1] to 2001. The collaboration between The Disney Publishing Group and Ziff-Davis was a brainchild of Jake Winebaum,[2] with Robin Raskin serving as its first editor-in-chief.[3] The circulation of the magazine was 400,000 copies in 1998.[4]

FamilyPC
June 1995 cover
EditorRobin Raskin
CategoriesComputer magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation400,000
PublisherThe Disney Publishing Group, Ziff-Davis
First issue1994
Final issue2002
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The magazine itself covered a wide varieties of topics that applied to families. In software, it tended to cover education software, further going into Edutainment software, applications, and creativity tools. An Australian version, Family PC Australia, was published by APN Computing under the license of Ziff Communications and the Walt Disney Company.[5] The magazine was started in August/September 1995 and was published on a bimonthly basis.[5]

Ziff-Davis shut down the magazine in 2002. When FamilyPC was discontinued, Ziff-Davis switched FamilyPC subscribers to PC Magazine.

References
  1. David Salamie (2006). "Ziff Davis Media Inc". International Directory of Company Histories. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  2. "Kids take to computers like fish to water. New magazines help tap that interest". LA Times. September 7, 1994.
  3. "Robin Raskin Named Editor-in-Chief of FamilyPC". The Free Library. May 30, 1995. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  4. "Ziff-Davis Buys Disney's Interest in FamilyPC". Bloomberg. June 11, 1998. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  5. Julian Sefton-Green (January 14, 2004). Digital Diversions: Youth Culture in the Age of Multimedia. Routledge. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-135-35897-6.


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