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Magazines, periodicals or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, or both.

Publication The various elements that contribute to the production of magazines can vary wildly. Core elements such as publishing schedules, formats and target audiences are seemingly infinitely variable. Typically, magazines which focus primarily on current events, such as Newsweek or Entertainment Weekly, are published weekly or biweekly. Magazines with a focus on specific interests, such as Life Positive and Cat Fancy (magazine), may be published less frequently, such as monthly, bimonthly or quarterly. A magazine will usually have a periodical cover date which often is later than the date it is actually published. Current magazines are generally available at bookstores and newsstands, while subscribers can receive them in the mail. Many magazines also offer a 'back issue' service for previously published editions.

Most magazines produced on a commercial scale are printed using a web offset process. The magazine is printed in sections, typically of 16 pages, which may be black-and-white, be in full colour, or use spot colour. These sections are then bound, either by stapling them within a bookbinding in a process sometimes referred to as 'saddle-stitching', or by gluing them together to form a spine, a process often called 'perfect-binding'.

Magazines are also published on the internet. Many magazines are available both on the internet and in hard copy, usually in different versions, though some are only available in hard copy or only via the internet: the latter are known as online magazines.

Most magazines are available in the whole of the country in which they are published, although some are distributed only in specific regions or cities. Others are available internationally, often in different editions for each country or area of the world, varying to some degree in editorial and advertising content but not entirely dissimilar.

Categories Magazines fall into two broad categories: consumer magazines and business magazines. In practice, magazines are a subset of :Category:serials, periodicals and journals, distinct from those periodicals produced by scientific, artistic, academic or special interest publishers which are subscription-only, more expensive, narrowly limited in circulation, and often have little or no advertising.Many business magazines are available only, or predominantly, on subscription. In some cases these subscriptions are available to any person prepared to pay; in others, free subscriptions are available to readers who meet a set of criteria established by the publisher. This practice, known as controlled circulation, is intended to guarantee to advertisers that the readership is relevant to their needs: they can assure their advertisers that most or all of their subscribers are in a position to buy the goods or services advertised. Very often the two models, of paid-for subscriptions and controlled circulation, are mixed. Advertising is also an important source of revenue for business magazines.

Other publications Although similar to a magazine in some respects, an academic periodical featuring scholarly articles written in a more specialist register is usually called an "academic publishing :Category:serials, periodicals and journals". Such publications typically carry little or no advertising. Articles are vetted by referees or a board of esteemed academics in the subject area.

:Category:serials, periodicals and journals is the word usually used to describe magazines, journals, newspapers, newsletters, and anything else that is published in regular intervals for an indefinite period of time, but :Category:serials, periodicals and journals is sometimes used, especially in library and information science.

Many weekend newspapers incorporate magazine supplements, such as Parade Magazine and Life magazine in its Life magazine#LIFE 2004, both in the USA, and the Sunday Times Magazine in the UK.

The Gentleman's Magazine, first published in 1731, is considered to have been the first general-interest magazine. The oldest consumer magazine still in print is The Scots Magazine, which was first published in 1739, though multiple changes in ownership and gaps in publication totaling over 90 years weaken that claim. Lloyd’s List was founded in Edward Lloyd’s London coffee shop in 1734; it is still published as a daily business newspaper.

Although it will not appear on top seller lists, since it is distributed for free, the most widely distributed magazine in the world is Awake! (founded in 1919). Its worldwide circulation including all editions comprises 34.3 million copies.

See also

List of nineteenth-century periodicals, organised by date of establishment
Column (newspaper)
Types of magazines:

Academic journals
List of architecture magazines
Art magazines
Boating magazines
Business magazines
Cannabis magazines
Car magazines
Children's magazines
City magazines
Computer magazines
Health and fitness magazines
History magazines
Hobby Magazines
Home and furniture magazines
Humor magazines
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Lighting magazines
Literary magazines
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List of men's magazines
Magic magazines
Motorcycle magazines
Music magazines
Newsmagazine
OSHA (magazine)s
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Pornographic magazines
Pulp magazines
List of railroad-related periodicals
Regional magazines
Religion magazines
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Sports magazines
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Science magazines and scientific journals
Teen magazines
Trade journals
Travel magazines
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List of women's magazines

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Links for more of FAIR's analysis of the media business

External links

Periodicals Bookshelf at Project Gutenberg
A PDF on The History of American magazines to 1860 by Heather A. Haveman (2004)
The Bivings Report on The Presence of Magazines on the Internet
FAIR — An American 'Media Watch Group'
Galactic Central — An Index of Various Magazines
Maglab — An academic and professional networking site promising 'Magazines under the microscope'
NMCA — A Magazine Cover Archive
Quiosc — Press. Newspapers and magazines
We Love Mags / Colophon — International Magazine Symposium and online Magazine Directory
Designing Magazines — A look at magazines and magazine design

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