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| editor_title = Executive Editor| frequency = Monthly (digital)DATE= DECEMBER 2012 BPA WORLDWIDE>ACCESS-DATE=FEBRUARY 22, 2013, | circulation_year = December 2012| category = Computer magazineWEBSITE=BLOOMBERG NEWS, International Data Group>IDGLoc.govWEB,www.computerworld.com/article/2542531/it-management/slide-show--memorable-computerworld-front-pages.html, Slide show: Memorable Computerworld Front Pages, July 9, 2007, Computerworld, 2012-04-29, Framingham, Massachusetts>Framingham, Mass.| language = English| website = {{Official URL}}| issn = 0010-4841| founder = Patrick Joseph McGovernComputerworld (abbreviated as CW) is an ongoingNEWS, The New York Times,markets.on.nytimes.com/research/stocks/news/press_release.asp?docTag=201806181000PR_NEWS_USPRX____CL28893&feedID=600&press_symbol=168066, Computerworld Names International Paper to 2018 List of 100 Best Places to Work in IT, August 26, 2018, August 26, 2018, December 3, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201203201446/https://markets.on.nytimes.com/research/stocks/news/press_release.asp?docTag=201806181000PR_NEWS_USPRX____CL28893&feedID=600&press_symbol=168066, dead, decades-old professional publication which in 2014 “went digital.” Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals,MAGAZINE,www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2014/11/26/computerworlds-2015-forecast-predicts-security-cloud-computing-and-analytics-will-lead-it-spending/#441abfb421a0, Computerworld’s 2015 forecast predicts security cloud computing and analytics will lead IT spending, Forbes, 26 March 2017, and is available via a publication website and as a digital magazine.As a printed weekly during the 1970s and into the 1980s, Computerworld was the leading trade publication in the data processing industry. Based on circulation and revenue it was one of the most successful trade publications in any industry.BOOK, Kathleen L., Endres, Trade, Industrial, and Professional Periodicals of the United States, Greenwood Press, 1994, 146, Later in the 1980s it began to lose its dominant position.NEWS, Chief Executive Magazine, 1990, 55, 49, It is published in many countries around the world under the same or similar names. Each country’s version of Computerworld includes original content and is managed independently. The parent company of Computerworld US is IDG Communications.

History

The publication was launched in 1967 by International Data Group in Boston, whose founder was Patrick J. McGovern.WEB, ComputerWorld – First Issue, ComputerHistory.org (Computer History Museum),www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102631381DATE=2002-09-30 URL=HTTPS://WWW.COMPUTERWORLD.COM/ARTICLE/2577819/COMPUTERWORLD-S-FOUNDER-LOOKS-BACK-ON-35-YEARS.HTML WEBSITE=COMPUTERWORLD, en,

Going international

The company IDG offers the brand “Computerworld” in 47 countries worldwide, the name and frequency differ slightly though.International brands of Computerworld International Data Group When IDG established the Swedish edition in 1983 i.e., the title “Computerworld” was already registered in Sweden by another publisher. This is why the Swedish edition is named {{ill|Computer Sweden|sv}}. The corresponding German publication is called Computerwoche (which translates to “computer week“) instead.Computerworld was distributed as a morning newspaper in tabloid format (41 cm) in 51,000 copies (2007) with an estimated 120,000 readers. From 1999 to 2008, it was published three days a week, but since 2009, it was published only on Tuesdays and Fridays.WEB,libris.kb.se/bib/8260437, Computer Sweden, LIBRIS, 2012-04-29, WEB,computersweden.idg.se/2.2683/1.205185/sa-gor-vi-om-cs, SÃ¥ gör vi om CS, Computer Sweden, 2012-04-29, WEB,ts.se/Mediefakta/Index.aspx?mc=004277, Mediefakta: sök mediefakta – ts.se – Computer Sweden, ts.se, 2012-04-29,

Going digital

In June 2014, Computerworld US abandoned its print edition, becoming an exclusively digital publication.WEB,www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249103/Scot_Finnie_The_continuing_evolution_of_Computerworld, Scot Finnie: The continuing evolution of Computerworld, June 19, 2014, computerworld.com, 2014-06-20, In July 2014, the publisher started the monthly Computerworld Digital Magazine. In 2017 it published features and stories highlighting the magazine’s history on the fiftieth anniversary.WEB,www.computerworld.com/article/2491471/it-management/get-cw-s-new-monthly-digital-magazine.html, Get CW’s new monthly digital magazine, computerworld.com, 2014-07-29, Computerworld{{’}}s website first appeared in 1996.WEB, Russel Brown, October 22, 2014,teara.govt.nz/en/digital-media-and-the-internet/page-2, 1996: Computerworld became the first print newspaper to hire dedicated online editorial staff, The early days of the internet, 1990s,

Ongoing

Computerworld US serves IT and business management with coverage of information technology,WEB, Scammers tricked the New York Times’ Digital Advertising department into ... the company confirmed Monday.,www.computerworld.com/article/2527511/enterprise-applications/new-york-times-tricked-into-serving-scareware-ad.htmlauthor=Robert McMillanDATE=APRIL 30, 2017DATE=MARCH 17, 2015 ACCESS-DATE=2015-05-11, HTTP://WWW.COMPUTERWORLD.COM/ARTICLE/2518662/TECHNOLOGY-LAW-REGULATION/-ELENA-S-INBOX--DETAILS-H-1B-BATTLE-IN-CLINTON-WHITE-HOUSE.HTML>TITLE=’ELENA’S INBOX’ DETAILS H-1B BATTLE IN CLINTON WHITE HOUSE -- MEMOS TO SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ELENA KAGAN FROM CLINTON ADMINISTRATION OPENS DOOR TO BATTLE OVER H-1B VISA IN CRITICAL YEARPUBLISHER=COMPUTERWORLD.COM, 2015-05-11,

Staff

The executive editor of Computerworld in the U.S. is Ken Mingis, who leads a small staff of editors, writers and freelancers who cover a variety of enterprise IT topics (with a concentration on Windows, Mobile and Apple/Enterprise).WEB,www.computerworld.com/about/editorial.html#editcontacts, Computerworld Editorial Beats/Contacts, IDG Enterprise, 2014-09-12,

See also

• Patrick Joseph McGovern

References

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Further reading

• NEWS, At the start: Pat McGovern and the birth of Computerworld, Lucas, Mearian, 2017, Computerworld, IDG Communications, Inc.,www.computerworld.com/article/3159129/at-the-start-pat-mcgovern-and-the-birth-of-computerworld.html, 2020-01-18, live,archive.today/20200118142349/https://www.computerworld.com/article/3159129/at-the-start-pat-mcgovern-and-the-birth-of-computerworld.html, 2020-01-18, weblink

External links

• WEB, Computerworld archive from Google News Archive Search,news.google.com/newspapers?nid=v_xunPV0uK0C&dat=19670614&b_mode=2&hl=en, news.google.com,
• NEWS,archive.org/details/pub_computerworld, Computerworld 1967–2014, The Internet Archive, December 30, 2020, January 15, 2021,

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