MACup

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MACup

description Computer magazine
publishing company New media company Ulm mbH
First edition January 1985
attitude July 1, 2011
Frequency of publication per month
Sold edition 21,382 copies
( IVW  Q2 / 2010)
Editor-in-chief Oliver Krüth
editor Thomas Perskowitz (Management)
ISSN (print)

MACup was a computer magazine of the Ebner Ulm publishing group , which was published monthly from January 1985 to June 1, 2011 by the Neue Mediengesellschaft Ulm mbH publishing house .

Areas of knowledge

MACup put its editorial focus on the topics of media production , graphics , DTP , PDF , video , web , audio and animation and was therefore primarily aimed at Macintosh users, graphic designers and specialists from the publishing industry ( publishing professionals) Musicians and film / video producers. The booklet was i. d. Usually a CD or DVD with software, workshops, tutorials, demos etc.

development

The magazine was founded in 1984 and was thus, according to its own statement, “Europe's first magazine for Apple users”. In May 2001, MACup and macmagazin, published by the same publisher, merged. Both magazines dealt with hardware and software developments for the Mac .

The End

The publication recently struggled with a drastic drop in sales. In the first quarter of 2011, the average monthly (widespread) circulation according to IVW was 17,603 copies. In the second quarter of 2010, the average monthly (widespread) circulation according to IVW was 21,382 copies. In the same quarter of the previous year there were 21,888 copies according to IVW.

In 2010, MACup was Germany's third largest Mac magazine after Macwelt (average monthly circulation in the second quarter of 2010 according to IVW: 37,206) and after Mac Life (average monthly circulation in the second quarter of 2010 according to IVW: 34,252). The last issue price was € 5.90 in Germany.

Individual evidence

  1. Uli Busch: Apple magazine “Macup” is discontinued. In: wuv.de. Retrieved November 13, 2015 .
  2. a b media data ( memento of November 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) on the MACup homepage
  3. Title no .: 69, IVW no .: 2230121292, PZ no .: 536542
  4. Title no .: 69, IVW no .: 2230121292, PZ no.536542
  5. Title no .: 767, IVW no .: 2230121302, PZ no .: 595676
  6. Title no .: 5498, IVW no .: 2230122022, PZ no .: 551704