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MacCentral was a web site that provided news and information covering the Apple Macintosh, originally as an independent entity and later as the news service for Mac Publishing Web sites, including Macworld.com and Playlist, before being subsumed by Macworld's own brand. MacCentral was founded by Canadian businessman Stan Flack and James Dalrymple as Associate Editor in 1994.〔(Dalrymple, Jim. "Stan Flack, MacCentral and MacMinute founder, passes away" ) 2008-4-14. Retrieved on April 16, 2008〕 In 1998, MacCentral Online acquired MacGaming. MacCentral Online was purchased by Mac Publishing in 1999.〔 In March 2001, Macworld folded the trade-focused MacWEEK into MacCentral〔(Engst, Adam C. "MacWEEK to Roll into MacCentral", "TidBITS" ), 2001-5-9. Retrieved April 19, 2008.〕 MacCentral was folded into the ''Macworld'' brand over a period of several years. In June 2008 it was announced on the MacMinute news site that MacTech's Community News Scan and Macsimum News will act as caretakers to the archives of MacMinute News and Forums which is where most of Stan's faithful went upon the demise of MacCentral forums. They also announced they would continue to host the MacMinute Forum. Stan's Lounge is crowded with MacCentral and MacMinute faithful in honor of Stan Flack and all that he did for the Macintosh community. On December 10, 2008 James Dalrymple announced that the name MacCentral lives on. With permission from MacWorld the old MacCentral Forums are now open at www.maccentralforums.com. Eight years of MacCentral forum history can now be researched. (Update: this is no longer the case. The database of the MacCentral forums no longer exists except in abbreviated format at archive.gov). ==MacCentral chronology== * September 4, 1995 Stan Flack publishes the first monthly issue of MacCentral using DOCMaker.〔(Robertson, Tim, "MyMac", "Stan Flack" ) 2008-4-15, retrieved April 20, 2008〕 * June 1999 Mac Publishing, LLC, the publisher of Macworld magazine and Macworld Online, purchases MacCentral Online.〔(Duncan, Geoff. "Mac Publishing Buys MacCentral" ), "TidBITS", 1999-6-7. Retrieved on April 19, 2008〕〔("MacCentral Assimilated By Ziff-Davis/IDG Owned Mac Publishing" ), "The Mac Observer", 1999-06-02. Retrieved April 19, 2008.〕 * February 2001 In a move to assert the dominance of the Macworld brand among its brands including MacCentral.com and MacWEEK.com, Mac Publishing redirects Maccentral.com traffic to a subdomain of Macworld.com.〔(" Chaffin, Bryan. "The Mac Observer." "Mac Publishing Drops MacWeek, Moves MacCentral.com To Macworld.com" ), 2001-03-02, retrieved April 19, 2008.〕 * May 9, 2001 Stan Flack leaves MacCentral to publish MacMinute News on a new web site.〔(Stan Flack ), "MacMinute News", May 9, 2001. Retrieved on December 18, 2007 〕 * April 14, 2008, Stan Flack, MacCentral founder, passes away at his home on Prince Edward Island.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MacCentral」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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