Perj Journal hits the big time

[Arthur Corliss]

Let's just hope that the take over doesn't affect the content. . .

On Fri, 7 May 1999, Fred Steinberg wrote:

> This just came in over the Perl.org daily announcement list:
> 
>     The Perl Journal: Under New Management [Other]
> 	  According to an [0]April 29 press release from EarthWeb
> 	  reporting its 1Q 1999 financials, EarthWeb has acquired [1]The
> 	  Perl Journal. The company's [2]SEC Filing of March 19, 1999
> 	  notes that the combined cost of the recent acquisitions of TPJ,
> 	  the TPJ web site, and [3]gocertify.com (an IT certification
> 	  information service) was $980,000, with additional payments
> 	  based on future performance of up to $500,000.
> 
> 	  Jon Orwant, who remains as Editor of TPJ, said that "EarthWeb
> 	  has assumed responsibility for production, advertising,
> 	  marketing, distribution, order fulfillment, subscription
> 	  services, design, and the web site of The Perl Journal." It is
> 	  unclear what the precise impact of all of this will be. The
> 	  next issue, #14, is currently in production.
> 
> Jon must be a happy hacker these days!
> 
> FYI, here's the sig from list:
> 
> * To unsubscribe, send message with body "unsubscribe daily-news" to    *
> * majordomo at perl.org.  For current and recent news, and news archives,  *
> * see <URL:http://www.perl.org/news.html>.  Send feedback and news      *
> * to news at perl.org.                                                     *

	--Arthur Corliss
	  Bolverk's Lair -- http://www.odinicfoundation.org/arthur/
	  "Live Free or Die, the Only Way to Live" -- NH State Motto

===============================================================
Mailing list info:  If at any time you wish to (un|re)subscribe to the list send the
request to majordomo at hfb.pm.org.  All requests should be in the body, and look
like such
                  subscribe anchorage-pm-list
                  unsubscribe anchorage-pm-list