Tek Lado Cancels Print Issue, Goes Online

For the past month, Tek Lado has been missing from your local honor boxes, taking a month long hiatus from the world of print. The bilingual magazine about the local and national techie scene is happily returning, but as a strictly online outlet.

Alas, it’s true. The print publication is going the way of many magazines, becoming an online-only product. Thanks to Area52 Media (a partnership between Tek Lado’s former publisher, Mel Gomez, and editor-in-chief / ultra crush Liz Spikol) the zine will continue online. Unfortunately Spikol can’t divulge any details about the shuttering of the print edition of the magazine.

In a press release issued from Area52, Mel and Spikol explained the reason for the hiatus and changes:

“By focusing on the print publication, we were limiting ourselves geographically. If we devote our energies to the digital product exclusively, we’ll be able to expand our reach.” – Mel Gomez

“We realized the website’s international potential when we started posting in Spanish about WikiLeaks. Suddenly, we had dramatically increased readership from pretty much every country in Latin America.” – Liz Spikol

We’ll miss you Tek Lado! We supported the launch of the magazine, and believed in the new print mag. It was a brave venture, leaping into print in the age of print media dying.

The website version of the magazine plans to continue covering gaming, gadgets, social media, and tech culture. You can read Liz’s column about the change, here.