A Farewell From Consumer Electronics Daily
Paul and Rebecca here. It's obviously with great sadness, but also deep gratitude, that we bring you this issue of Consumer Electronics Daily as our last. Industry challenges over recent years have rendered Consumer Electronics Daily no longer economically viable.
Our publication was the last vestige of the Television Digest franchise that defined our company’s founding in 1945, and where the very term "consumer electronics" originated. That's where the gravity of our publication's demise really sets in.
Consumer Electronics Daily debuted Oct. 16, 2001. Then, CRT televisions and plasma TVs were still on the scene, and physical media were still the overwhelming choice for home entertainment content consumption. The 21-plus years that followed saw seismic changes in the sector. It experienced many highs and lows and multiple milestones and failures, including retailer and vendor brand launches and demises that now seem too numerous to recount. It was our privilege to document all their stories in the pages of Consumer Electronics Daily.
For the two of us personally and vocationally, we're saddened by today's farewell but also gratified that we're not marking our sunset as professional journalists or as a team. We plan to immediately pivot and apply our expertise to coverage of substantive regulatory, legislative, policy and litigation developments through other news services from Warren Communications News in the telecom, technology, media and international trade space. We encourage our readers to visit www.warren-news.com, where you can review our other daily news services, several of which focus on issues of relevance to the consumer electronics sector.
Please accept our genuine thanks to all out there who gave Consumer Electronics Daily their loyal support over its two-decade-plus run. -- Paul Gluckman and Rebecca Day