''FamilyPC'' was a monthly American computer magazine published from 1994 to 2001. The collaboration between
The Disney Publishing Group and
Ziff-Davis
Ziff Davis, Inc. is an American digital media and internet company. First founded in 1927 by William Bernard Ziff Sr. and Bernard George Davis, the company primarily owns technology-oriented media websites, online shopping-related services, and ...
was a brainchild of
Jake Winebaum
Jake Winebaum (born 1959) is an American entrepreneur. Winebaum is the founder of FamilyFun magazine, Business.com, Brighter.com and co-founder of eCompanies and Applied Cognition.
Early life
Winebaum’s father, Sumner, was an advertising e ...
, with
Robin Raskin
Robin Raskin (born May 14, 1954) is an American writer, author, publisher, TV personality and conference and events creator best known for her ability to simplify technology for non-technologists.
Early publications
Raskin began writing about tec ...
serving as its first editor-in-chief. The circulation of the magazine was 400,000 copies in 1998.
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
Educational entertainment (also referred to as edutainment) is media designed to educate through entertainment. The term was used as early as 1954 by Walt Disney. Most often it includes content intended to teach but has incidental entertainment ...
software, applications, and creativity tools. An
Australia
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n version, ''Family PC Australia'', was published by APN Computing under the license of Ziff Communications and the Walt Disney Company.
The magazine was started in August/September 1995 and was published on a bimonthly basis.
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Ziff-Davis shut down the magazine in 2002. When ''FamilyPC'' was discontinued, Ziff-Davis switched ''FamilyPC'' subscribers to '']PC Magazine
''PC Magazine'' (shortened as ''PCMag'') is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009. Publication of online editions started in late 1994 and have continued to the present d ...
''.
References
Defunct computer magazines published in the United States
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Home computer magazines
Magazines established in 1994
Magazines disestablished in 2002
Monthly magazines published in the United States
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