Poptronics.(two electronics magazines merge into new publication)(Brief Article)

The millennium is upon us. The year 2000 is right around the corner. What will it bring? -- Poptronics -- the magazine for the bands-on electronics activist!

Today's challenging electronics marketplace does not leave room for a variety of competitive publications aimed at the hands-on kind of electronics activist -- the professionals who design, build, maintain, and repair all of the electronics gear that fills our lives, the experimenters who build projects, the computer enthusiasts who want to know what's in the latest gear, the activists who want to and are building robots, audiophiles who want to test new circuits and designs, ham-radio operators looking for what's out there to communicate with.

That's why Gernsback Publications is melding our two publications -- Electronics Now and Popular Electronics, into the new, exciting and timely monthly magazine -- Poptronics -- that you will soon be holding in your hands. Coincidentally it will be the January 2000 issue. What a way to enter the new millennium! (Yes I know the millennium actually starts January 1,2001.)

It's evolution! Starting with the January 2000 issue Electronics Now will become Poptronics, the magazine for the bands-on electronics activist! No matter what your specific electronic interest; Poptronics will be the magazine for all electronics activists in the 21st Century. We've been here since the beginning, when we began in April 1908 with the first issue of Modern Electrics. We're still going to be here for the start of the next millennium, the year 3001, with Poptronics or its future descendant.

We have brought together all of the very best elements of our existing magazines into Poptronics. It is designed to deliver to you, our readers the very best editorial variety we can assemble. We have packaged Gizmo, Prototype, Hands-on Reports, ...