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Harry McCracken
Harry McCracken is technology editor for ''Fast Company (magazine), Fast Company'' and the founder of Technologizer, a website about personal technology. He was an editor at large for ''Time (magazine), Time'', covering technology, from February 2012 to June 2014. McCracken is also a former contributing editor at CNET. Until June 2, 2008, McCracken was the editor-in-chief of ''PC World (magazine), PC World'' for four years; he had previously held other editorial positions for ten. Biography He was educated in the Newton Public Schools, public schools of Newton, Massachusetts, the Cambridge School of Weston, and Boston University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. McCracken is the son of the late Samuel McCracken, a professor at Boston University and a long-time assistant to BU president John Silber; and Natalie Jacobson McCracken, a retired editor in chief for development and alumni publications at BU. Controversy On May 1, 2007, McCracken resigned abruptly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wired (magazine)
''Wired'' (stylized as ''WIRED'') is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. Owned by Condé Nast, it is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has been in publication since March/April 1993. Several spin-offs have been launched, including '' Wired UK'', ''Wired Italia'', ''Wired Japan'', and ''Wired Germany''. From its beginning, the strongest influence on the magazine's editorial outlook came from founding editor and publisher Louis Rossetto. With founding creative director John Plunkett, Rossetto in 1991 assembled a 12-page prototype, nearly all of whose ideas were realized in the magazine's first several issues. In its earliest colophons, ''Wired'' credited Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan as its "patron saint". ''Wired'' went on to chronicle the evolution of digital technology and its impact on society. ''Wired'' quickly became recognized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folio (magazine)
''Folio'', also known as ''Folio: The Magazine of Magazine Management'' and ''Folio: magazine'', is a trade magazine for the magazine industry. The magazine was established in 1972 by Joe Hanson of Hanson Publications, Inc. and became known as "the bible of the magazine publishing industry". Associated initiatives include The FOLIO: Show, a magazine industry trade show and conference; FOLIO: 400, a comprehensive review of major America magazines; The FOLIO: Ad Guide, analyzing magazine advertising; and the FOLIO: Source Book, a buyer’s guide for publishers. The publishers of ''Folio'' also organize the Eddie & Ozzie Awards in recognition of high-quality magazines and induct new members into the Editorial & Design Hall of Fame. As of 2020, it was announced that ''Folio'' magazine would cease publication. However, the publisher would continue to support its other industry activities. Overview The publishing company name is Folio Publishing Corporation. It also produces tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Business Media
American Business Media is an association of business information providers that was founded in 1906. Currently, the association has more than 300 member companies and gives business intelligence to industry, Madison Avenue, Wall Street and the Beltway, having almost 5,000 print and online titles as well as 1,000 trade shows. ABM also sponsors the annual Jesse H. Neal Awards, rewarding editorial skills in business-to-business publications. References Business intelligence organizations[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slate (magazine)
''Slate'' is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States. It was created in 1996 by former '' New Republic'' editor Michael Kinsley, initially under the ownership of Microsoft as part of MSN. In 2004, it was purchased by The Washington Post Company (later renamed the Graham Holdings Company), and since 2008 has been managed by The Slate Group, an online publishing entity created by Graham Holdings. ''Slate'' is based in New York City, with an additional office in Washington, D.C. ''Slate'', which is updated throughout the day, covers politics, arts and culture, sports, and news. According to its former editor-in-chief Julia Turner, the magazine is "not fundamentally a breaking news source", but rather aimed at helping readers to "analyze and understand and interpret the world" with witty and entertaining writing. As of mid-2015, it publishes about 1,500 stories per month. A French version, ''slate.fr'', was launched in February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrappy
Scrappy is a cartoon character created by Dick Huemer for Charles Mintz's Screen Gems Studio (distributed by Columbia Pictures). A little round-headed boy, Scrappy often found himself involved in off-beat neighborhood adventures. Usually paired with his little brother Oopy (originally Vontzy), Scrappy also had an on-again, off-again girlfriend named Margy and a Scotty dog named Yippy. In later shorts the annoying little girl Brat and pesky pet Petey Parrot also appeared. Huemer created the character in 1931, and he remained aboard Mintz's studio until 1933. With Huemer's departure, his colleagues Sid Marcus and Arthur Davis (animator), Art Davis assumed control of the series. The final regular entry in the series, ''Scrappy's Rodeo'' was released in 1939. Scrappy would continue to appear in the ''Phantasies'' and ''Fables'' series. The final cartoon featuring Scrappy, ''The Little Theatre'', was released on February 7, 1941. Shorts Note: "Holiday Land", "Doctor Bluebird", "I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Mintz
Charles Bear Mintz (November 5, 1889 – December 30, 1939)''Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014''. Social Security Administration. was an American film producer and distributor who assumed control over Margaret J. Winkler's Winkler Pictures after marrying her in 1924. The couple had two children, Katherine and William. Between 1925 and 1939, Mintz produced over 370 cartoon shorts. Career Charles Mintz was unhappy with the production costs on Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks's ''Alice Comedies'', and asked the two to develop a new character. The result was Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the first animated character for Universal Pictures. In February 1928, when the character proved more successful than expected, Mintz hired away all of Disney's animators except Iwerks, who refused to leave Disney, and moved the production of the Oswald cartoons to his new Winkler Studio, along with Margaret Winkler's brother, George. After losing the Oswald contract to Walter Lantz, Mintz focused on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byte Information Exchange
BYTE Information eXchange (BIX) was an online service created by ''BYTE''. History ''BYTE'' in the October 1984 issue announced BYTEnet, "a project in computer conferencing", with 200 beta testers who received free service during the "experiment". The magazine formally announced BIX in the June 1985 issue, offering an introductory sign-up fee of $25, and evening and weekend charges of $6 per hour of connect time: the service offered direct numbers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Boston. It was a text-only Bulletin Board System-style site running the CoSy conferencing software. BIX originally ran on an Areté multiprocessor system based on the Motorola 68000, then 68020. By June 1986 the company had more than 6000 subscribers, and the magazine printed excerpts of BIX discussions. In 1987, with 17,000 users, BIX moved to a Pyramid 9820 running DC/OSx. When the Pyramid became too expensive to run, BIX was ported to a DEC Alpha server. McGraw-Hill also used the same softw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animato!
''Animato!'' was a magazine that was dedicated to animation, generally viewed by animation fans as a successor to Michael Barrier's pioneering ''Funnyworld'' and David Mruz's ''Mindrot''/''Animania''. History and profile ''Animato!'' was first published in the summer of 1983.The magazine was founded and initially edited by Michael A. Ventrella in Boston in the early 1980s and featured the film '' Rock & Rule'' as its first cover. Harry McCracken later become editor and expanded the magazine to full sized with a color cover. Ventrella later sold the rights to G. Michael Dobbs and Patrick Duquette, who began distributing through newsstands. The magazine was first published under the new ownership in 1992. It ceased publication with issue #40 published in Spring 1999. External links Animato issues at the Internet Archive See also * List of film periodicals Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PC World
''PC World'' (stylized as PCWorld) is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. Since 2013, it has been an online only publication. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal technology products and services. In each publication, ''PC World'' reviews and tests hardware and software products from a variety of manufacturers, as well as other technology related devices such as still and video cameras, audio devices and televisions. The current editor of ''PC World'' is Jon Phillips, formerly of ''Wired''. In August 2012, he replaced Steve Fox, who had been editorial director since the December 2008 issue of the magazine. Fox replaced the magazine's veteran editor Harry McCracken, who resigned that spring, after some rocky times, including quitting and being rehired over editorial control issues in 2007. ''PC World'' is published under other names such as PC Advisor and PC Welt in some countries. ''PC World''s company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
