FamilyPC
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| Editor | Robin Raskin |
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| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 400,000 |
| Publisher | The Disney Publishing Group, Ziff-Davis |
| First issue | 1994 |
| Final issue | 2002 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
FamilyPC was a monthly American computer magazine published from 1994[1][2] to 2001. The collaboration between The Disney Publishing Group and Ziff-Davis was a brainchild of Jake Winebaum,[3] with Robin Raskin serving as its first editor-in-chief.[4] The circulation of the magazine was 400,000 copies in 1998.[5]
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.[6] The magazine was started in August/September 1995 and was published on a bimonthly basis.[6]
Ziff-Davis shut down the magazine in 2002. When FamilyPC was discontinued, Ziff-Davis switched FamilyPC subscribers to PC Magazine.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Disney, Ziff-Davis to start Family PC magazine". United Press International. January 5, 1994. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.David Salamie (2006). "Ziff Davis Media Inc". International Directory of Company Histories. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kids take to computers like fish to water. New magazines help tap that interest". Los Angeles Times. September 7, 1994. Archived from the original on January 21, 2025. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Robin Raskin Named Editor-in-Chief of FamilyPC". PR Newswire. May 30, 1995. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2026 – via The Free Library.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ziff-Davis Buys Disney's Interest in FamilyPC". Bloomberg. June 11, 1998. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Julian Sefton-Green (January 14, 2004). Digital Diversions: Youth Culture in the Age of Multimedia. Routledge. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-135-35897-6.
External links
- Official website (archived)
