Haleigh Tieken

ISM- Period 7

Subramaniam, Sri. "Magazines Going Out Of Print? | Youngzine." Magazines Going Out
Of Print? | Youngzine. Youngzine, 4 Nov. 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
< http://www.youngzine.org/article/magazines-going-out-print>.

The 80 year old magazine, Newsweek, announced recently that it is going all
viral and no longer publishing a print magazine.
Newsweek, was founded in 1933.
Newsweek was a popular magazine that covered a wide variety of news on
important and interesting topics.
Weekly magazines such as Newsweek and Time allowed readers to get their
news quick and provided both sides of an issue.
With the rise in digital media- such as tablets, ipads, and laptops magazines are
starting to decrease one by one.
People are now spending multiple hours on the internet.
It is estimated that more than 40% of people are now getting most of their news
online at sites like Huffington Post, Yahoo! and web sites of popular news
organizations like CNN and USA Today.
Many of these online news sites are completely free compared to purchasing
magazines and magazine subscriptions listing up to $100.
News on websites are also updated more frequently and hourly compared to a
weekly edition or monthly edition of a magazine that comes up.
Initially, newspapers like the New York Times dismissed online blogs as
"amateurish" (written by untrained people), and felt that people would continue
getting their daily newspaper for "high quality" news. But as their subscriptions
started dropping, they created online versions of their newspapers. They made
them free for readers, but made money through advertising.
New York Times charges a monthly fee for viewers who use their online website
and ipad app.
Wall Street Journal is another magazine company that feels that they need a
subscription required in order to view their news articles.
The future of magazines is online and some even allow viewers/readers to
comment their opinions and thoughts.

This source was very interesting and provided me with information on the future of
magazines as a whole and what viewers prefer when reading articles.

Haleigh Tieken
ISM- Period 7

Rainie, Lee, Kathryn Zickuhr, Kristen Purcell, Mary Madden, and Joanna Brenner. "Part
2: The General Reading Habits of Americans." Pew Internet Libraries RSS. Pew Internet
and American Life Project, 04 Apr. 2012. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.
< http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/part-2-the-general-reading-habits-ofamericans/>.

Generally, well- educated Americans who have earned a college education and
earn over $50,000 are more likely to read rather than the less educated
Americans living in poorer households.
80% of Americans 16 and older say they read at least occasionally for
pleasure. Women (84%) are more likely than men (75%) to cite this motive.
78% say they read at least occasionally to keep up with current events. Those
over age 30 are more likely than those 16-30 to say they read for this reason.
74% of Americans say they read occasionally for to do research in subjects that
intrigue or spark interest within them.
Parents with younger children are more likely to read rather than non-parents.
56% say they read at least occasionally for work or school. Workers and
students dominate this category but there are some surprises in the data. Fully
23% of full-time workers say they never do reading related to work or school.
Those who have lower levels of household income and education stand out in
this group who do not read often for work or school. Some 50% of full-time
workers say they read every day or just about every day for their jobs or
schooling; another 16% read job or school-related material a time or two per
week; another 10% say they do such reading less often than that.
Men, about 58%, are more likely to read for school related reasons than women
(53%).
Research shows that people who are more acclimated to technology such as
ipads, cellphones, laptops, tablets, and e-readers are more frequent readers
rather than those who arent as familiar with technology.
58% of those 16 and older say they regularly read news or a daily newspaper
and 48% say they regularly read magazines and journals.
We followed up that general question with a query about whether those readers
had read news or a daily newspaper yesterday, the day before we reached
them in the survey. Some 75% of them said they did. On a typical day those
more likely than others to be reading news are male, white, over age 30, college
educated, living in a household earning more than $50,000, and e-book reader
owners.

Haleigh Tieken
ISM- Period 7

This source provided me with information on frequent reading habits and will allow me
to visualize the types of people I will be aiming for when writing my articles for the
magazines.