Magazine

''This article is about the magazine as a published medium. For other meanings, see magazine (disambiguation)

A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles on various subjects.

Magazines are typically published weekly, fortnightly, monthly, or quarterly, with a date on the cover that is in advance of the date it is actually published. They are often printed in colour on coated paper.

Magazines usually have articles on popular topics of interest to the general public and are written at the reading level of most of the population. An academic periodical featuring scholarly articles written in a more specialist register is usually called a "journal".

Many weekend newspapers now incorporate magazine supplements with a magazine-like format.

The oldest magazine still in print is The Scots Magazine which was first published in 1739.

See also

• List of magazines
• List of United States magazines
• List of gay magazines
• Bondage magazines
• Comic magazines
• Computer magazines
• Pulp magazines
• Science magazines, e.g. New Scientist and Scientific American.
• Teen magazines
• Scientific journals
• List of women's magazines
• List of men's magazines
• Mass media

External links

• MagsOnTheNet provides an in depth study on the evolution and history of magazine subscriptions.

• LookSmart's FindArticles presents searchable full-text archives of hundreds of publications. Also browsable by date, publication name, or topic.