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

Sat Feb 7 15:41:23 PST 2026

Would be happy to volunteer as well, and have experience acting as an Editor-in-Chief

Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts
Program Director, MA Communication and MS Professional Communication and Digital Media Arts
College of Human Development, Culture, Media
Seton Hall University, NJ, USA

Keeping Women in Their Digital Place (2024, Penn State University Press)

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (Brill)

For more publications: https://works.bepress.com/ruth-tsuria/

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From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of chamil rathnayake via Air-L
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2026 11:21 AM
To: Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs at fuchsc.net>
Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-L] First Monday shutting down after 30 years

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://fi/
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