Electronic News is the name of what is now an online publication that currently covers just the semiconductor production equipment industry. It was originally a weekly trade newspaper, first launched in 1957, which covered all aspects of the electronics industry including semiconductors, computers, software, communications, space and even television electronics. At one time Electronic News was the premiere weekly business newspaper covering high technology. A semiconductor is a material with an electrical conductivity that is intermediate between that of an insulator and a conductor. ...

In 1971, the journalist Don Hoefler published a series of articles entitled "Silicon Valley, USA." This is widely thought to be the first published use of the phrase Silicon Valley to describe the area of the southern part of the San Francisco Bay area in northern California, USA, an area known for its concentration of companies making semiconductors (silicon chips). Don C. Hoefler (c. ... A view of downtown San Jose, the self-proclaimed Capital of Silicon Valley. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Northern California, sometimes abbreviated NorCal, refers to the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. ...

Also in 1971, Electronic News was where Intel first advertised the Intel 4004 microprocessor, widely considered to be the first single-chip microprocessor. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is a U.S.-based multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ... Intel C4004 microprocessor. ... Microprocessors, including an Intel 80486DX2 and an Intel 80386. ...

A decade later, in 1981, when IBM's top-secret Project Acorn emerged as the IBM Personal Computer - the PC - the first reports were published in Electronic News in the weeks before the introduction, much to IBM's consternation.

The paper eventually grew to have a staff of three dozen full time journalists, working out of headquarters staffed by full time journalists in New York and bureaus in Boston, Washington DC, Miami/Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Minneapolis and Tokyo. In addition stringers reported in from more than 100 markets around the world.

The paper was originally founded by what was then Fairchild Publications, which was later acquired by Capital Cities, which itself went on to acquire American Broadcasting Company. The publication was transferred from Fairchild to Chilton, then a division of Capital Cities/ABC, as the result of a reorganization triggered by a mistaken analysis by outside consultants hired by the company. After barely a year as part of Chilton the paper was then sold to the publishing house International Data Group. After a year of massive losses, triggered by incompetent management by executives hired by IDG away from the entertainment newspaper Variety, IDG sold the paper to an independent investor group put together by one-time Electronic News publisher Zachary Dicker. The paper was then sold to, and is currently owned by Reed Business Information part of Reed Elsevier. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... Chilton is the name of several places. ... IDG (International Data Group) is a publisher of magazines which focus on information technology. ... Variety (linguistics) is a concept that includes for instance dialects, standard language and jargon. ... Reed Business Information is the largest business publisher in the U.S. and a member of the Reed Elsevier plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL) – a world-leading publisher, trade show producer, and information provider operating in the science and medical, legal, educational, and business-to-business industry sectorsis a publisher... Reed Elsevier is a leading global publisher and information provider. ...

Falling victim to internal political battles at Reed-Elsevier, most of the paper's staff was eventually fired. The final edition of Electronic News to be printed on paper was dated December 2, 2002. It has since that date been published exclusively online. December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

External links

• Electronic News Official Web site