MacCentral
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MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand.
MacCentral was founded by Canadian businessman Stan Flack and James Dalrymple as Associate Editor in 1994[1]. In 1998, MacCentral Online acquired MacGaming. MacCentral Online was purchased by Mac Publishing in 1999[1]. In March of 2001, Macworld folded the trade-focused MacWEEK into MacCentral[2] Eventually, MacCentral was folded into the Macworld brand over a period of several years.
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[edit] Abbreviated MacCentral Chronology
- September 4, 1995 Stan Flack publishes the first monthly issue of MacCentral using DOCMaker. [3]
- June 1999 Mac Publishing, LLC, the publisher of Macworld magazine and Macworld Online, purchases MacCentral Online. [4][5]
- February 2001 In a move to assert the dominance of the Macworld brand among its brands including MacCentral.com and MacWEEK.com, Mac Publishing redirects Maccentral.com traffic to a subdomain of Macworld.com. [6]
- May 9, 2001 Stan Flack leaves MacCentral to publish MacMinute News on a new web site.[7]
- April 14, 2008, Stan Flack, MacCentral founder, passes away at his home on Prince Edward Island.[1]
[edit] MacCentral Forum
Despite the rebranding of MacCentral, a cadre of loyal readers continued to maintain a presence in the MacCentral Forum, a community that remained in operation without being prominently linked to from anywhere on Macworld's primary site. Those forums were shut down in 2008, with many of the forum members relocating to the MacMinute Café forum. And then, with the shutting down of the MacMinute forums in May of 2008 the majority of forum members moved to MacCentral Cafe.
[edit] MacCentral Forum Chronology
- January 31, 1998 MacCentral Reader Forum opened. [8]
- March 26, 2002 Beginning of what becomes the Forum 2002 Mosaic Project. This community project culminates with posters and signed canvases being sold at Macworld Expo. MacCentral Forum members elect to give the proceeds to United Cerebral Palsy.[9] [10] [11]
- January 16, 2003 Beginning of the thread to create MacCentral Forum Mosaic 2003. [12]
- August 8, 2003 Beginning of the thread to create MacCentral Forum 2004 Mosaic (name map for mosaic).
- December 14, 2007 Forums integrated into the Macworld website as MacCentral Alumni.
- January 3, 2008 Forums changed to read only.
- March 3, 2008 Forum database made inaccessible by Macworld.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Dalrymple, Jim. "Stan Flack, MacCentral and MacMinute founder, passes away" 2008-4-14. Retrieved on April 16, 2008
- ^ Engst, Adam C. "MacWEEK to Roll into MacCentral", "TidBITS", 2001-5-9. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ^ Robertson, Tim, "MyMac", "Stan Flack" 2008-4-15, retrieved April 20, 2008
- ^ Duncan, Geoff. "Mac Publishing Buys MacCentral", "TidBITS", 1999-6-7. Retrieved on April 19, 2008
- ^ "MacCentral Assimilated By Ziff-Davis/IDG Owned Mac Publishing", "The Mac Observer", 1999-06-02. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ^ " Chaffin, Bryan. "The Mac Observer." "Mac Publishing Drops MacWeek, Moves MacCentral.com To Macworld.com", 2001-03-02, retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ^ Opening Day at MacMinute, "MacMinute News", May 9, 2001. Retrieved on December 18, 2007
- ^ Internet Archive Wayback Machine 1998-1-31, Retrieved April 20, 2008
- ^ Chaffin, Bryan. "The Mac Observer." "MacCentral Mosaic Project and more." 2002-7-10, retrieved April 19, 2008]
- ^ Editors, "BNET", "35 Mac Users From Around the World Make Art to Make a Difference at Macworld Conference & Expo; Stunning Mosaic Created by Shared Pixels, Imagination and Mac Software", 2002-7-1, retrieved April 19, 2008
- ^ Dalrymple, Jim. "MacCentral Mosaic auction coming to Macworld Expo." 2002-7-1, retrieved April 19, 2008
- ^ Mrsich, Pete, "Work With Pete", MacCentral Mosaic 2007-10-29, Retrieved April 19, 2008
