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InfoWorld
March 26, 2007 cover of InfoWorld
First issue11 December 1978 (1978-12-11)
Final issue2 April 2007 (2007-04-02)[1] (since published online)
CompanyFoundryCo, Inc. (Regent LP)
CountryUnited States
Based inSan Francisco
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.infoworld.com
ISSN0199-6649

InfoWorld (IW) is an American information technology media business that began as a monthly magazine in 1978, but transitioned to a Web publication in 2007. Having Macworld and PC World as its sister publications, it has been owned by Regent LP since 2025.[2]

Overview

Based in San Francisco, IW has contributors and supporting staff based across the U.S.[3] Since its founding, InfoWorld's readership has largely consisted of IT and business professionals.

InfoWorld focuses on how-to, analysis, and editorial content from a mixture of experienced technology journalists and working technology practitioners. The site averages 4.6 million monthly page views and 1.1 million monthly unique visitors.[4]

History

InfoWorld, the weekly paper of the personal-computer industry ... has enough gossip, shoptalk, and scandal to be interesting even if you don't get excited about computers.

— Edward Mendelson in The Yale Review, 1986[5]

The magazine was founded by Jim Warren in 1978 as The Intelligent Machines Journal (IMJ).[6]

In February 1980, one year after being sold to International Data Group (IDG),[7] the magazine changed its name to InfoWorld.[1] In 1986, the Robert X. Cringely column began; for many, that pseudonymous column was the face of InfoWorld and its close ties to Silicon Valley in particular.[1][8][9]

Up to and including the 15 June 1987 issue 24, volume 9, InfoWorld was published by Popular Computing, Inc., a subsidiary of CW Communications, Inc. Since then, it has been published by InfoWorld Publishing, Inc., a subsidiary of IDG Communications, Inc.

Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe was CEO and publisher from 1991 to 1996, and contributed a weekly column until 2000.[10][11] As the magazine transitioned to be exclusively Web-based, the final print edition was dated 2 April 2007 (Volume 29, Issue 14, Number 1384).[1]

In its web incarnation, InfoWorld has transitioned away from widely available news stories to a focus on how-to, expert testing, and thought leadership.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "InfoWorld Through the Years". InfoWorld. Vol. 29, no. 14. 2007-04-02. p. 17. #1384. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  2. ↑ "Blackstone-backed IDG Completes Sale of Foundry to Regent". Regent LP. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  3. ↑ "About Us". InfoWorld. 2018-12-06. Archived from the original on 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  4. ↑ "Media Kit 2015" (PDF). InfoWorld. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  5. ↑ Mendelson, Edward (Spring 1986). "Word Processing: A Continuing Guide for the Perplexed" (PDF). The Yale Review (75): 454–480.
  6. ↑ McCracken, Harry (2008-11-20). "The Twelve Greatest Defunct Tech Magazines Ever". Technologizer. Archived from the original on 2015-08-09. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  7. ↑ Lohr, Steve (2008-05-05). "Publisher Tested the Waters Online, Then Dove In". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  8. ↑ Computer Science Resources: A Guide to Professional Literature. American Society for Information Science. 2006-04-18. ISBN 9780914236801. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  9. ↑ Freiberger, Paul; Swaine, Michael (2000). Fire in the Valley: The Making of the Personal Computer (illustrated 2nd ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07135892-7. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  10. ↑ Metcalfe, Bob (1993-08-23). "Telecommunicating via ISDN is getting cheaper". InfoWorld. From the Ether. Vol. 15, no. 34. p. 46. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  11. ↑ Metcalfe, Bob (1993-12-13). "Stuck in the non-eeny PC mindset for 15 years". InfoWorld. From the Ether. Vol. 15, no. 50. p. 47. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  12. ↑ McMillan, Robert (2009-07-17). "The NSA Wiretapping Story That Nobody Wanted". The New York Times. IDG News.

External links

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  • Digitized InfoWorld magazines on Google Books
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