Goodbye Network Computing

Many of you probably saw the announcement last week that CMP was laying off more than 200 people and folding several publications. Many of you probably also realize that most of the team here at Microcast worked at CMP at one time in their careers. The CMP announcement hurt a little because some of my friends got laid off and one of my former publications, Network Computing, is being folded. I wrote the original business plan for Network Computing and was the original publisher. It’s also where I met Gary Bolles, my partner here at Microcast. I don’t have any particular insight into what’s going on at CMP, but I know that the President of CMP, Steve Weitzner, is a solid, thoughtful executive and he’s got his hands full trying to reposition the company in the face of the near-collapse of print advertising.