★ PEOPLES ★ AMSTRAD MAG TRIO SCOOPED (NEW COMPUTER EXPRESS) ★ |
| Amstrad mag trio scooped (New Computer Express) |
The trio of official Amstradcomputer magazines have been sold off to publisher Focus for an undisclosed sum. Amstrad PCW Magazine, Amstrad Computer User and Amstrad Professional Computing were published by Database subsidiary Avralite. They have been sold -apparently for a modest sum - in an effort to concentrate efforts on the firm's 16-bit magazines. What Focus intends to do with the publications is still unclear. One area of ambiguity is Focus' established PCW mag, Amstrad PCW. It would appear perverse for one company to be publishing two PCW magazines but Focus has still not decided whether or not to merge the two mags. "We re quite sure that there is a future in all aspects of the Amstrad market," commented Focus chief executive Richard Hease. He went on to say that all employees on the magazines would be offered a job at Focus. However, it is thought unlikely that there will be many takers on this offer given that Database is in Stockport and Focus in London. Either way Focus hopes to run the magazines in much the same way as previously. One part of the deal between means that Database gains the rights to S T Update which will now become integrated with ST User. New Computer Express #9 (1/1989)
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