• Skip to main content

Brad Linder

  • Podcast Editing
  • Podcasts
  • Radio Stories
  • Blog
  • About Me
  • Contact Me
Hide Search

PC World shakeup part 2

May 9, 2007 By Brad Linder Leave a Comment

Last week PC World editor Harry McCracken tendered his resignation after the magazine’s new CEO told him to kill a story titled “10 Things We Hate About Apple.” What a difference a week makes.

Today, McCracken has his job back and that CEO has been demoted to VP of online strategy.

The whole story involves a sordid tale of advertising interfering with editorial content. Although former CEO Colin Crawford denies that he wanted to kill the story because Apple was an advertiser, it’s unlikely McCracken would have quit his job had he not felt there was some serious advertorial meddling going on.

Meanwhile, PC World did eventually run the disputed article — and it turns out it’s nothing to write home about. Macs aren’t as good as PCs for gaming, and there’s no support for Blu-Ray discs yet. Meh.

IDG, which publishes PC World and Macworld will be conducting a search for someone to replace Crawford as CEO of the magazines.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Reddit
  • Email

About me

Brad Linder is editor of mobile tech blog Liliputing.com, host of the LPX Show podcast, and an independent journalist whose work has appeared on public radio and the web.

Popular articles

  • Saving an audio mixer after spilling water on it
    Saving an audio mixer after spilling water on it
  • Zoom H4 2.0 firmware update fixes almost everything
    Zoom H4 2.0 firmware update fixes almost everything
  • How to record in mono with a Zoom H4
    How to record in mono with a Zoom H4
  • Hearing Voices reviews the Fostex FR-2LE
    Hearing Voices reviews the Fostex FR-2LE
  • Sony PCM-D50 review
    Sony PCM-D50 review

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Take your podcast to the next level! Find out more

Copyright © 2021 Brad Linder · Privacy Policy · Go to top of page

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.