There are several different versions of PC Magazine

PC Magazine

PC Magazine is a computer magazine published by Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. A print edition was published from 1982 to January 2009...

. The UK edition was taken over by VNU

VNU

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 in 2000 and ceased publication in 2002, although they still maintain a website.
The columnists moved to Personal Computer World

Personal Computer World

Personal Computer World was a long-running British Computer magazine.Although for at least the last decade it contained a high proportion of Windows PC content , the magazine's title was not intended as a specific reference to this...

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PC Magazine UK's launch edition was dated April 1992, and the launch event, in March of that year, was on a scale that no other technology magazine had experienced before, or has experienced since. It was typical of the way that publisher Ziff-Davis conducted its business over the nine years of its presence in the UK.

Prior to the launch, ZD UK, headed by MD David Craver, started recruiting technology journalists and columnists some nine months before the launch. Star columnists - they were called Fellows - were Peter Jackson and Guy Kewney

Guy Kewney

Guy Kewney was a South African-born British journalist, regarded by some as the first UK technology journalist. He was best known as a personal computing pundit, starting with Personal Computer World writing a monthly column for the magazine from its launch in 1978 until its closure in June 2009...

, and the launch editor was Steve Malone

Steve Malone

Steven John Malone is a former English cricketer. Malone was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.-Early career:...

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