for other uses see idg disambiguation . international data group formerly called international data corporation type private industry technology and media founded 1964 ; 52 years ago 1964 newtonville massachusetts founders patrick joseph mcgovern headquarters boston united states area served worldwide owner patrick joseph mcgovern website www.idg.com international data group inc. idg is an american based media data and marketing services and venture capital organization . idg evolved from international data corporation idc which was founded in 1964 in newtonville massachusetts by patrick joseph mcgovern . idc provides market research and advisory services and is now a subsidiary of idg . idg operates in 97 countries and is headquartered in boston . idg s global media brands include cio computerworld pcworld and macworld . idg produces these and its other publications on a national level in each country . contents 1 business 2 idg businesses 2.1 idg connect 2.2 idg ventures 2.2.1 idg in europe 2.2.2 idg in china 2.2.3 idg in australia 3 idg global brands 4 references business edit idg s subsidiary idg world expo produces large scale events such as conventions . these are typically conventions for technology businesses . idg world expo runs e for all macworld conference & expo and linuxworld conference and expo . idg also has its own international news agency idg news service . it is headquartered in boston and has bureaus in cities such as new york beijing amsterdam 1 and brussels . it provides news images video and other editorial content to idg s web sites and print publications worldwide . in 2005 several investors including idg attempted to purchase blogcn . 2 idg books which was a public company spun off from the privately held idg published the popular self help ... for dummies books . the ... for dummies range was originally limited to computer related fields but later expanded to include a much wider variety of topics . the series is now published by john wiley & sons . idg books hungry minds as idg books was briefly renamed before being sold to wiley in 2001 no longer exists as a separate company . idg businesses edit idg connect edit idg connect a division of international data group idg produces publishes and distributes local it and business information . founded in 2006 it has offices in framingham massachusetts and staines middlesex u.k. and offers lead generation 3 research 4 video mobile apps lead nurturing 5 and content creation . 6 idg ventures edit idg ventures was founded in 1996 . it is an international network of venture capital funds with approximately 3.6 billion under management and an over 220 companies formed over the last 17 years . the idg ventures network comprises five independent partnerships managing funds in north america and asia . each partnership makes investments on behalf of its limited partners including idg . 7 the latest san francisco fund formed in 2007 accepted other institutional investors in addition to idg which remains a major investor . following the successful launch of the san francisco fund idg organized its non publishing investments in china into venture funds . in 2009 idg ventures china renamed itself idg capital partners to reflect the breadth of its half dozen funds encompassing start up venture through growth investments . in 2000 idg started a fund in europe ; this fund is now closed . in 2001 idg started a fund in boston also named idg ventures . the manager of the boston fund renamed itself flybridge capital partners in 2008 and is no longer associated with the idg ventures funds . in the 2000s idg started funds in vietnam india and korea . as of 2013 there are five countries with idg funds china vietnam india korea and the united states san francisco . idg in europe edit idg publishes magazines and websites in 21 european countries and multiple languages . in june 2008 pat mcgovern said that two thirds of idg s readership in the u.s. were online readers while in europe two thirds were print readers . the company has tried to gain more online readers with the launch of uk titles techworld and computerworld uk and the launch of tecchannel in germany all three of which are online only titles . computer sweden the swedish edition of computerworld is a tabloid size morning newspaper published twice a week . its turnover is larger than the german computerwoche and is idg s largest publication in europe according to mcgovern . 8 computer sweden is printed and circulated in 40 000 copies . 9 idg also publishes it bransjen a norwegian trade publication for the it sales channel in norway . it bransjen is published 11 times a year circulating 10 000 copies . 10 idg in china edit idg has a subsidiary in china engaged exclusively in the venture capital business . this subsidiary was the first investor in prominent bitcoin business coinbase with a sum of 100 000 raised in 2011 . 11 idg in australia edit idg has a wholly owned subsidiary based in sydney australia . employing around 70 staff idg australia was incorporated in 1978 and operates local versions of the brands computerworld cio pc world techworld and australian specific brands arn and goodgearguide . idg global brands edit channelworld cio computerworld gamepro international data corporation idc infoworld macworld network world pcworld idg ventures references edit bureaus idg.com . idg.com . idg . retrieved 12 november 2012 . sohu.com technology . in chinese . 2005 11 21 . retrieved 2007 03 01 . idg connect lead generation . ipad for business survey . idg connect launches ignite . sonicwall research . idg ventures . idg ventures . 2012 . retrieved 2013 01 31 . working with great entrepreneurs to build world class companies unik position idgs ordf rande talar om cs tidningar och kina . june 27 2008 . retrieved 2012 11 25 . ts kontrollerad upplaga circulation for 2007 verified by tidningsstatistik ab www.ts.se . it bransjen . idg . retrieved 2009 08 28 . how coinbase became the top funded bitcoin startup . mashable . retrieved 2013 12 12 . v t e idg magazines cio computerworld cso gamepro former gamestar former macworld network world pc advisor pc world websites infoworld the industry standard itworld javaworld techworld idg world expo demo macworld iworld opensource world other idc idg ventures retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title international data group & oldid 740536921 categories international data groupcompanies established in 1964magazine publishing companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in massachusettshidden categories cs1 chinese language sources zh pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages catal e tinadeutschespa ol fran ais nederlands polskiportugu srom n svenskati ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 17 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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