The Computer World

Founder and publisher: ZAO Open Systems Publishing House The publication has been published in Russia since 1995. The paper journal closed in 2018. The site update was stopped in 2022.

History

2022: Computerworld renamed "Computer World" and later closed

By the summer of 2022, after US sanctions against the background of Russia's special operation in Ukraine, the Computerworld website in Russia was renamed Computer World and worked on the domain cwr.osp.ru. In the fall, the section update was stopped.

2018: Paper Computerworld closed in Russia

Edition logo before renaming

In 2018, the publication of the Russian paper magazine ComputerWorld was discontinued. The editorial subscription, subscription to the directories "Press of Russia," "Rospechat," specialized mailings, sale at the distribution points of specialized computer literature have been stopped. Only the publication site has been saved.

The target audience of the publication included managers, leading IT-Business managers and IT managers of information services of enterprises in various industries.

2014: Paper Computerworld US closure

In June 2014, after 47 years of continuous publication, the last print issue of the American Computerworld, one of the oldest computer magazines, was published.

2012: Termination of cooperation with PR Partner Agency

In November 2012, it became known that Computerworld Russia was ceasing to work with PR Partner. Journalists are advised to establish direct relations with the agency's clients. As of 2019, the conflict between organizations has been exhausted, interaction has been restored.

1995: IDG changes publisher in Russia to "Open Systems"

In the spring of 1995, IDG decided to change its partner in Russia and began searching for new candidates. Future publishers of Computerworld faced a difficult task - the regular publication of the weekly needed to be resumed as soon as possible. In the young publishing house "Open Systems," seeing in a potential partnership with a global publishing corporation an excellent opportunity to take their company's business to a new level, they decided to take a chance. Open Systems, whose first project (PC World magazine) started only two years earlier, by then had the experience of publishing three technology magazines and its own, albeit small, computer newspaper.

Under the terms of the license agreement signed on July 20, 1995, six weeks later it was necessary to release the first number of the updated Computerworld, and from September - to arrange its release in the usual weekly mode. Computerworld Russia debuted in Open Systems on August 30, 1995.

1991: Computerworld USSR launch

In 1991, the Computerworld weekly appeared in Russia, published under license from the International Data Group. Computerworld of the USSR debuted a few months before a country with that name ceased to exist; the weekly was renamed Computerworld Moscow.

See also

• Media about IT and telecom (Russian market)