Electronic Gaming Monthly goes down
p2pnet news view | Games:- Ziff Davis’ EGM, Electronic Gaming Monthly, is shutting down just short of what would have been its 20th anniversary, joining a long line of other company owned pubs which have been axed.
A source at Ziff Davis confirmed January 2009 edition, issue no. 236, will be the last, says GameSpot.
“The closure comes as a result of a corporate deck shuffling at Ziff Davis,” it says.
“The publishing company announced today the sale of its 1UP network of sites to the Hearst Corporation’s UGO Entertainment. 1UP staff overlapped heavily with that of EGM, which was not part of the sale.
UGO touted the acquisition of “tenured editorial personalities” in a 1UP story announcing the deal. Despite that, it appears that many of the site’s
EGM, “is merely the latest in a succession of Ziff Davis gaming-enthusiast magazines to cease publication in recent years,” says the story, adding:
“Last year, the company terminated Games for Windows Magazine, a publication with a 27-year history, most of which was spent under the name Computer Gaming World. In late 2006, Ziff Davis also canned its Official US PlayStation Magazine after a nearly decade-long run marked by its PlayStation and PlayStation 2 demo discs. Two more Ziff publications, the Xbox-focused XBN and Electronics Boutique in-store mag GMR, ended their runs late in 2004.”
GameSpot – Electronic Gaming Monthly shutting down, January 6, 2009
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