Popular Electronics was created in 1954 by Ziff-Davis for an audience of electronics hobbyists and experimenters. It soon became the “World’s Largest-Selling Electronics Magazine”. The circulation was 240,000 by 1957 and exceeded 400,000 by 1963. Rival “Electronics World” (click to view) was merged into “Popular Electronics” in 1972. “Popular Electronics” became “Computers & Electronics” in November, 1982; and then ceased publication in April of 1985. The title returned in February 1989 under the ownership of Gernsback Publications which purchased the name and gave it to their “Hands-On Electronics” magazine. “Popular Electronics” ceased publication in December of 1999, returning as “Poptronics” in January of 2000 after merging with “Electronics Now”. The final issue was January, 2003.
Popular Electronics – Introducing the ribbon controller
This introduction of the Ribbon Controller, developed by Robert Moog, was published in Popular Electronics magazine, May 1974.
Popular Electronics – What’s new in synthesizers
Craig Anderton wrote this article about new electronic music components and designs in the Popular Electronics Magazine May 1974).
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