For 25 years, The IDG News Service served IDG publications as a dedicated daily source of global IT news, commentary and editorial resources. It distributed exclusive news, features, videos, photos and podcasts to Computerworld, CIO, NetworkWorld, PC World, Macworld and Infoworld – technology publications and web sites in IDG Media's global network. Following the acquisition of International Data Group by China Oceanwide in 2017, this central newsgathering and dissemination function was eliminated.