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From: hammen@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Robert J. Hammen)
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Subject: MACazine is Dead: RIP
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Date: 16 Jan 89 06:15:01 GMT
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Well, the title just about says it all. Here's the message from CI$:

#: 126853 S2/Community Square
14-Jan-89  07:04:23
Sb: #MACazine closes doors...
Fm: LeVitus--MACazine/STAX! 76004,2076
To: ALL

Everyone:

I'm sad to say, MACazine has ceased operations.

Yesterday, Friday the 13th, publisher Bill Hart called a meeting to inform the
staff that he was shutting down operations, effective immediately. Mounting
financial losses make it impossible to continue publication; the March issue
will be our last. We've done everything we could to keep MACazine alive--over
the past few months, Bill, Mike Hayes and I have tried, unsuccessfully, to find
a buyer who would keep the magazine alive. Bill's decision not to wait any
longer is understandable. Subscribers and advertisers will receive a letter
with all the details in a couple of weeks.

I want to thank all of you for your support while MACazine was alive--for
subscribing, advertising, and providing great feedback. We wouldn't have lasted
as long as we did without you.

Bob LeVitus
Former Editor-in-Chief
MACazine

My own personal comments: I liked the Macazine. It was really the only Mac
magazine left that catered to the _individual_ (as opposed to the corporate)
user. They also told it like it was, without fear of losing advertisers. This
kind of Mac magazine is needed and will be sorely missed.

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