What was the main problem with BYTE?
BYTE was losing money in 1998. Some change was necessary to turn around the magazine’s fortunes. Although circulation and readership remained strong, advertising revenues had been declining, and several turnaround plans were proposed. But everyone was surprised that the first step in CMP’s turnaround plan was to kill the magazine and discard the staff. Evidently CMP’s plan didn’t work, because BYTE never appeared again as a regular magazine. Back to frequently asked questions Why should anyone care that BYTE Magazine folded? If you didn’t read BYTE, you probably have no reason to care. But a great many people depended on BYTE to keep abreast of computer technology across multiple platforms. Also, it’s a historical loss. BYTE was founded in 1975, the same year the first kit-built personal computers appeared for sale. BYTE closely followed the first personal-computer magazine, Creative Computing, which began publication a few months earlier in 1975. Back to frequently asked questions Was
