“E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” was playing at the movies, Michael Jackson had just released “Thriller,” the average cost of a home was $82,000 and gas was 91 cents a gallon. It was 1982. TIME declared the computer its “Man of the Year” and CRN published its first issue under the name Computer Retail News.
For three decades, CRN has been reporting on technology news, and these advancements have certainly forced publishing–an industry that had seen few substantive changes in the prior 200 years—to rapidly adapt to new platforms, new mediums and new business models.
Thirty years ago, reporters and editors were using a fluorescent-green terminal called Atex to file stories. Today rep More...
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Kelley Damore Editorial - 04/03/2012-12:08 PM“E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” was playing at the movies, Michael Jackson had just released “Thriller,” the average cost of a home was $82,000 and gas was 91 cents a gallon. It was 1982. TIME declared the computer its “Man of the Year” and CRN published its first issue under the name Computer Retail News.
For three decades, CRN has been reporting on technology news, and these advancements have certainly forced publishing–an industry that had seen few substantive changes in the prior 200 years—to rapidly adapt to new platforms, new mediums and new business models.
Thirty years ago, reporters and editors were using a fluorescent-green terminal called Atex to file stories. Today rep More...