Stories about the state of the print media industry are almost relentlessly grim, so it's nice to see a couple about signs of life in one segment -- magazines.
The New York Post notes that last year was a banner one for magazine launches (http://bit.ly/13KnDlJ) while NPR has published an uplifting piece on the lasting appeal of literary journals (http://n.pr/1vBWpFG).
On the flipside, both the Atlantic (http://theatln.tc/1zuXlSM) and Bloomberg Businessweek (http://buswk.co/1BW72cw) seem skeptical about the prospects for newly cashed-up Next Issue Media, which offers a Netflix-like app for the magazine world, allowing consumers to access multiple titles with a single monthly subscription.
Now granted, these venerable titles may be home to more than a few die-hard print traditionalists, but their core arguments ring true. Glossy pages just don't look or feel the same on an iPad, and most magazines have perfectly good, responsive websites that make a paid-for app somewhat redundant. Just because a new medium exists doesn't mean it's always a good idea to use it.
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