[Air-L] First Monday shutting down after 30 years

[chamil rathnayake]

Dear all,
I would gladly volunteer to help run the journal, and I am sure there will
be other who would like to form a team to run FM.

Best wishes,
Chamil

Chamil Rathnayake PhD
Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde

On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM Christian Fuchs via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Why is it actually shutting down?
>
> Wouldn't it be an idea to hand it over to a group of volunteers
> interested in the journal? Probably one could find such volunteers here
> on AIr-L...
>
> Best, Christian
>
>
> Am 06.02.26 um 22:36 schrieb Zimmer, Michael via Air-L:
> > Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years of
> publication. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research,
> and a true pioneer in open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors
> retained their copyright.
> >
> > My very first publication appeared there in 2004, and I know an entire
> generation of us got our start in its pages. Many thanks to Ed and everyone
> who contributed to building and sustaining such an important venue. End of
> an era.
> >
> > https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99
> >
> > ~ Michael
> >
> > --
> > Michael Zimmer, PhD
> > Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society<
> https://www.marquette.edu/data-ethics-society/>
> > Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science
> > Marquette University
> > michael.zimmer at marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer at marquette.edu>
> > www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/>  ::
> www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/>
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