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''Electronic News'' was a publication that covered the electronics industry, from
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equipment and materials to military/aerospace electronics to supercomputers. It was originally a weekly
trade newspaper A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for this ...
, which covered all aspects of the electronics industry, including semiconductors, computers, software, communications, space and even television electronics.


History and profile

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started the newspaper in 1957, as a complement to its other trade newspapers, including
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, Home Furnishing Daily, Supermarket News, among others. At its peak in 1984, ''Electronic News'' took in $25 million in revenue with margins above 50%. The following year, the newspaper began losing advertising and influence to rival ''
Electronic Engineering Times ''EE Times'' (''Electronic Engineering Times'') is an electronics industry magazine published in the United States since 1972. EE Times is currently owned by AspenCore, a division of Arrow Electronics since August 2016. Since its acquisition ...
'', beginning a decline that eventually led to the newspaper's demise. In 1971, journalist
Don Hoefler Donald C. Hoefler (October 3, 1922 – April 15, 1986) was an American journalist, well known for using the term "Silicon Valley" for the first time in print. His friend Ralph Vaerst suggested the name "Silicon Valley" in a series of articles ent ...
published a series of articles entitled "Silicon Valley, USA" in ''Electronic News''. This is thought to be the first published use of the phrase
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to describe the area of the southern part of the
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in
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, United States, an area known for its concentration of companies making
semiconductors A semiconductor is a material which has an electrical resistivity and conductivity, electrical conductivity value falling between that of a electrical conductor, conductor, such as copper, and an insulator (electricity), insulator, such as glas ...
, among them
Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...
,
LSI Logic LSI Logic Corporation, an American company founded in Milpitas, California, was a pioneer in the ASIC and EDA industries. It evolved over time to design and sell semiconductors and software that accelerated storage and networking in data center ...
, and
National Semiconductor National Semiconductor was an American semiconductor manufacturer which specialized in analog devices and subsystems, formerly with headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The company produced power management integrated circuits, display drive ...
. Also in 1971, ''Electronic News'' was where
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first advertised the
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microprocessor, considered to be the first single-chip
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., citing personal email from
Nick Tredennick Harry L. "Nick" Tredennick was an American manager, inventor, VLSI design engineer and author who was involved in the development for Motorola's MC68000 and for IBM's Micro/370 microprocessors. He held BSEE and MSEE degrees from Texas Tech Uni ...
A decade later, in 1981, when IBM's top-secret Project Acorn emerged as the
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- the PC - the first reports were published in ''Electronic News'' in the weeks before the introduction, much to IBM's consternation. Also in 1982, ''Electronic News'' communications industry reporter Frank Barbetta broke the story on the
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which resulted in the break-up of
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, and published the first interview with Judge
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. The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full-time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full-time journalists in
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and bureaus in
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. In addition, stringers reported in from more than 100 locations around the world. In 1987, the paper's corporate parent,
Fairchild Publications Fairchild Media is a publisher of fashion trade magazines, websites, and conferences for the fashion, retail and beauty industries. Fairchild Media brands include ''Women’s Wear Daily'', ''Footwear News'' (FN), ''Beauty Inc'', ''M'' and ''Fairch ...
was acquired by Capital Cities Broadcasting, which went on to acquire the
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, now a unit of
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. The publication was transferred from Fairchild to Chilton, then a division of Capital Cities/ABC, as the result of a reorganization. After barely a year as part of Chilton, the paper was sold in 1991 to the publishing house
International Data Group International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry. IDG, Inc.’s mission is centered around supporting the technology industry through research, data, marketing technol ...
. After a year of losses, IDG sold the paper in 1993 to an independent investor group put together by one-time publisher Zachary Dicker. In 1996 the paper was sold to
Reed Business Information RELX plc (pronounced "Rel-ex") is a British multinational information and analytics company headquartered in London, England. Its businesses provide scientific, technical and medical information and analytics; legal information and analytics; ...
. Reed Business Information sold the magazine to
Canon Communications UBM Canon (formerly Canon Communications), founded in 1978 was a diversified business-to-business media company which is now part of Informa that publishes and produces 13 magazines, 54 trade shows & events and 21 web sites. In April 2005, Apprise ...
in February 2010. In October 2010 Cannon Communications was acquired by
United Business Media UBM plc was a British business-to-business (B2B) events organiser headquartered in London, England, before its acquisition by Informa in 2018. It had a long history as a multinational media company. Its main focus was on B2B events, but its p ...
, now UBM LLC. The final edition of ''Electronic News'' to be printed on paper was dated December 2, 2002. It continued online until it was later merged into '' EDN''.


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