| While it may be unfair to blame the internet for the | | | | are published on either a weekly or monthly basis. |
| decrease in sales for a whole other medium, it is | | | | News magazines in particular have a hard time |
| probably fair to say that there is some correlation | | | | competing as the current issue rushed to print is |
| between the decline in paid sales for magazines and | | | | yesterdays news, and popular portals report news up |
| the increasing popularity of the internet. Though | | | | to the very minute. By the time readers receive their |
| magazine newsstand sales and yearly subscriptions | | | | magazines in the mail or purchase it from the |
| have been declining for years the internet has | | | | newsstand, they may have read the same |
| provided a different way of providing information | | | | information or have seen it on the news. |
| that readers may prefer. | | | | The future of magazines as a medium may seem |
| Magazines, a much older medium, perhaps comes | | | | bleak. However, there are genre's that have seen |
| across as a veritable dinosaur in the so called | | | | sales increases such as the celebrity magazines. |
| "information age." When comparing the two it is easy | | | | Though the information landscape is changing there |
| to see why users have flocked to the world wide | | | | are those who steadfastly subscribe to their favorite |
| web. | | | | subscriptions year after year. |
| Magazines Are Not Free | | | | Publishers have started to adapt by embracing the |
| While publishers expect you to pay anywhere from | | | | internet and using it as a tool to connect with |
| $3-$5 for a single issue of their magazine, most | | | | existing readers and perhaps convert new readers. |
| information on the internet can be found free of | | | | Magazine Subscriptions, newsstand sales, and |
| charge. There are websites, that charge users to | | | | magazine websites often work in conjunction with |
| view their content, but most information can be | | | | one another to create the complete user experience. |
| found free of charge if a user is willing to search. | | | | To try and combat the existing decline of |
| Magazine subscriptions are priced lower than ever | | | | subscription sales many publishers offer unique deals |
| before, as many publishers are practically giving away | | | | and offers to their subscribers on their website as a |
| subscriptions. However, editors must work hard to | | | | means to get readers to subscribe. Advertising dollars |
| publish a product that will compel readers to actually | | | | generated from magazine websites have perhaps |
| pay the purchase price, at a time when the ideology | | | | sponsored the continuous lowering of prices on print |
| has changed and people believe that all information | | | | subscriptions. |
| should be free. | | | | It is difficult to say how the internet will continue to |
| Magazines Cannot Report News 24/7 | | | | affect other mediums, but the information landscape |
| In addition to being cost free, the internet is able to | | | | is continuing to evolve. |
| provide information as it is occurring. Most magazines | | | | |
