An online magazine is a magazine that is delivered in an electronic form. An online magazine may be online-only, or may be the online version of an otherwise print-published magazine. Today, most online magazines are Internet websites. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets and hosted on a particular domain or subdomain on the World Wide Web. ...

An online magazine that caters to a niche or special interest subject matter, i.e. a zine, is referred to as an ezine (usually pronounced "ee-zeen"). An ezine that appears on the World Wide Web is called a webzine, although webzine may also refer to all online magazines. Other names include cyberzine and hyperzine. For web sites that represent an existing print magazine, the web site is usually referred to as "<publication title> Online", whereas an online only magazine is often titled "<publication title> Online Magazine". A zine—an abbreviation of the word fanzine, and originating from the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ... WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. ...

Format

A webzine tends to be published on a regulated basis (weekly, biweekly, monthly) and may maintain an editorial control system. A distinguishing characteristic from blogs is that webzines bypass the strict adherence to the reverse-chronological format; the front page is mostly clickable headlines and is laid out either manually on a periodic basis, or automatically based on the story type.

Delivery

Today, the majority of online magazines use a website. Historically, the first e-zines were delivered on electronic media such as CD-ROM by mail; this is now relatively rare. There are some publishers that publish with an online presence that is archived on to CD's at the end of the publishing year as a volume and distributed through postal mail.

There are also subscription newsletters delivered by e-mail. Most modern online magazines use websites, and often offer e-mail subscription to either notify the subscriber of updated content, or in some cases, send the content itself.

Business model

Many general interest online magazines provide free access to all aspects of their online content although some publishers have opted to require a subscription fee to access premium online article and/or multi-media content. Online magazines generate revenue based on targeted search ads to web-site visitors, banner ads (online display advertising), affiliate links, online classified ads, product-purchase capabilities, advertiser directory links, or alternative informational/commercial purpose. Gefen Publishing House, is dedicated to producing a broad range of quality titles relating to Judaism, Jewish thought, and Israel, including history, the Holocaust, art, childrens books, philosophy, science, biographies, and more. ... Display advertising is a type of advertising that may, and most frequently does, contain graphic information beyond text such as logos, photographs or other pictures, location maps, and similar items. ...

Many large print-publishers now provide digital reproduction of their print magazine titles through various online services for a fee. These service providers also refer to their collections of these digital format products as online magazines.

The original ezines and diskmags, due to their low cost and initial non-mainstream targets, may be seen as a disruptive technology to traditional publishing houses. A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or product in the market. ...

History

Cult of the Dead Cow claims to have published the first ezine, starting in 1984, with its ezine still in production more than 20 years later. While this claim is hotly debated, ezines certainly began in the BBS days of the 1980s. Phrack began publication in 1985 and, unlike Cult of the Dead Cow which publishes articles individually, Phrack published collections of articles in a manner more similar to a print magazine. Phrack ceased production in 2005. Phrack is still producing! CULT OF THE DEAD COW, also known as cDc, is a computer hacker and DIY media organization founded in 1984 in Lubbock, Texas. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Ward Christensen and the computer that ran one of the first public Bulletin Board Systems, CBBS from BBS: The Documentary “BBS” redirects here. ... Phrack is an underground ezine made by and for hackers that has been around since November 17, 1985. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ...

Growth

In the late 1990s Ezine publishers began adapting to the interactive qualities of the Internet instead of duplicating magazines on the web. Some of these attempts included Kafenio (ISSN 1108-6866) and Zone451 (now renamed JustSayGo and first published in traditional format in 1995). Themestream (2001, now defunct^[1]) was another attempt at generating content by opening its pages to everybody who cared to write and get paid by the click. Webseed tried to take up on the idea but to the contrary of Themestream created individual zines.^[2] This experiment was terminated shortly after the dot-com crash though some of the zines created are still on the market such as NatureOfAnimals or FranceForFreebooters. ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... Look up click in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Dot-com bubble (or dot-com speculative bubble) refers to the approximately four years of time (1997–2001) in which stock markets in Western nations had their value increase rapidly and most significantly in the technology and new Internet sector. ...

The tendency seems to be that the new concepts of the Ezines go more towards interactive content and those using old fashioned layouts are slowly ceasing publication, such as zinos. These changing trends are in part due to escalating problems getting ezines past ever-more-vigilant spam filters and to the increasing popularity of weblogs (blogs). Many established ezines have now become little more than teasers for web-based versions, or for blog versions that provide greater interaction.

In the 2000s, some webzines began appearing in a printed format to complement their online versions. These included Movie Insider, Slate, Synthesis and Lucire magazines. The 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. ... Slate is an online news and culture magazine created in 1996 by former New Republic editor Michael Kinsley and owned by Microsoft (as part of MSN). ... Cover of Synthesis National issue 8. ... October 2006 issue of Lucire, featuring New Zealand TV presenter Amber Peebles as photographed by John F. Cooper. ...

Webzine Conference Series

Between 1998 and 2005, in San Francisco and New York, a series of webzine-focused conferences brought together independent personal online publishers to share their experiences. Started by Srini Kumar, the "Webzine" conferences were continued primarily by filmmaker Ryan Junell and Eddie Codel. Junell has worked to track the history of the early webzine movement through these festivals; his research is linked below. After a hiatus, Codel and Junell organized the return of the Webzine conference to the Bay Area in 2005. Webzine 2005 took place over two days at the Swedish-American Hall in San Francisco. It consisted of three main areas: speakers and panel discussions, workshops and a self-organizing area called the Master's Lounge modeled after BAR Camp. Webzine 2005 was emceed by veteran Webzine emcee Justin Hall, Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... “NY” redirects here. ... Srini Kumar at SXSW Srini Kumar, aka !!!srini!!!, is an Internet entrepreneur and personality, most known as the founder of the website, which sells stickers and other paraphernalia showcasing counterculture sayings written by Kumar; and of StickerNation, a custom sticker printing operation. ... Ryan Junell is a Bay Area-based independent filmmaker. ... Eddie Codel is the producer and co-founder of Geek Entertainment TV (GETV), a popular videoblog that focuses on short snarky interviews of interesting and notable people in the technology sector. ... Participants in a presentation simultaneously comment, listen, and follow along on their screens. ... Justin Hall, 2007 Justin Hall (born December 16, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois), is an American freelance journalist who is best known as a pioneer blogger (internet-based diarist), and for writing reviews from game conferences such as E3 and the Tokyo Game Show. ... Annalee Newitz is a writer based in the U.S. She covers the cultural impact of science and technology. ... Charlie Anders is the author of Choir Boy (Soft Skull Press 2005) and the co-editor, with Annalee Newitz, of Shes Such A Geek (Seal Press 2006). ...

List of webzines

• Life Positive - Health, spiritual and intellectual webzine as well as print magazine
• 3:AM Magazine - Cult literature journal
• 10 Zen Monkeys - Pop culture webzine
• Auditory Assault, Rock and Pop Magazine
• A List Apart - A webzine for web developers, strongly advocating the use of web standards.
• BME - (Body Modification Ezine) chronicles the current and historical body modification world internationally.
• Detour Memphis - an avant-garde magazine featuring new artists, writers, and poets.
• Digital Web Magazine - A webzine and blog that focuses on web design, web development, information architecture, and other topics of interest to web professionals.
• Dinosaur Interplanetary Gazette - The oldest science webzine. Formally established July 4, 1996.
• Drowned In Sound - UK-based music site, operating since 2000, now with spin-off record label and radio show.
• durham21 - Lifestyle and News magazine for students of Durham University, established in 2000.
• European Vibe Magazine - Online version of Madrid based European Vibe Magazine. Established in 2006
• Famoso Magazine - Entertainment and pop culture magazine with online and print versions.
• Game Chronicles Magazine - Privately owned non-profit webzine dedicated to providing unbiased gaming reviews and articles.
• Grandparents Magazine - Free online webzine its editorial focus is on the daily needs and concerns of contemporary grandparents.
• I'm Always Right - Australian webzine known for its sardonic music commentary.
• The Internet Review of Science Fiction - US-based web publication with an international interest in science fiction and fantasy.
• Lens Culture - International Contemporary Photography, critical essays, audio interviews with photographers worldwide.
• LOAD Magazine - Leading digital magazine covering music, film, art, tv and games with an attractive design and simple PDF and PSP formatted jpg downloads.
• Mental Contagion - An Arts and Literature Webzine.
• Moondance magazine - One of the early online women's literary magazines that began in 1996.
• Mstation - A zine to do with music, tech, tech culture, art, and other things which was started in 1998.
• PA1N - A zine that doesn't seek to change the world, only our perception of its boundaries.
• Perigee: Publication for the Arts - A publication featuring verse, prose, and visual art.
• Points in Case - A college humor webzine and blogroll with an emphasis on comedy and pop culture.
• Polyglot (webzine) - A biweekly game industry periodical containing press releases issued by both electronic and non-electronic game companies.
• Le Québécois Libre - Libertarian webzine published in Québec, Canada.
• Salon.com - An American-centric lifestyle webzine.
• Slate.com - Culture, Politics, History, Literature and everything in-between.
• Teen Scene Magazine - The leading online magazine for teenagers and young adults.
• The Third Rail - continuation of a print magazine about rapid transit
• Transportation Communications Newsletter - US-based webzine covering communications in the transportation field.
• The Adversary - Webzine specializing in extreme metal chaos
• The Digital Journalist - Multimedia website devoted to digital photojournalism.
• Thelunchbox-online.com: Insight Media - Indonesia's first cyber media that promotes personal essays and creative nonfiction articles. Topics varied from philosophy, politics, psychology, fashion, e-lifestyle and many others.
• The Irascible Professor - Webzine specializing in commentary on education in the United States.
• Torontomusicscene.ca Toronto area music Webzine

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See also

• Diskmag
• History of the Internet
• News site
• Online journal
• Sole Proprietor Magazine
• textfiles.com
• Underground ezine
• webmonkey
• Zine

A diskmag is an electronic magazine that can be read using computers. ... // In the fifties and early sixties, prior to the widespread inter-networking that led to the Internet, most communication networks were limited by their nature to only allow communications between the stations on the network. ... The first set of news sites emerged when brick-and-mortar news providers moved their content online. ... Online journals are publications of a serial nature that make use of digital distribution methods. ... Sole Proprietor Magazine™ is an entrepreneurial business publication dedicated to presenting you with stories of individual achievement and giving you the information and tools you need to start your own business. ... Front page of textfiles. ... An underground ezine is a publication without defined periodicity that discusses any subject which the publisher deems interesting or newsworthy. ... Webmonkey is an online tutorial website compromised of various articles on building webpages from the backend to frontend. ... A zine—an abbreviation of the word fanzine, and originating from the word magazine—is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. ...

References

1. ^ Themestream.com is closing its doors
2. ^ Webseed