It was 7 September 1960 that the first issue of Electronics Weekly hit the desks of electronics engineers and managers in the UK. In the UK, Harold Macmillian was Prime Minister, leading a conservative government; Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was the US president but only for the next couple of months. He and his vice-president Richard Nixon were to lose ...
When Electronics Weekly was launched on 7 September 1960, it became the UK’s first newspaper dedicated exclusively to electronics. Sixty-five years later, our editors have revisited that very first issue to share the stories that caught their attention and to reflect on how far the industry, and this magazine itself, have come. You can read the very first issue of ...
On 7 September 1960, the very first issue of Electronics Weekly rolled off the presses in black and white. Sixty-five years later, the magazine is published in full colour, with a successful website, digital editions, newsletters, podcasts and EW-TV. Here’s a look back at how both Electronics Weekly and the wider industry have changed since that very first issue. See ...
