Christian Science Monitor's conversion to a magazine turning out well

A while back the story was that the venerable Christian Science Monitor was converting from being a daily newspaper to a weekly print magazine supported by a daily-updated website. At the time, there were hopes, but not much evidence, that the plan would work and stanch the losses that the highly respected publication was experiencing. Well, the results are in and, far from being yet another

Is this the future of magazines?

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.The future of magazines is a matter of great speculation these days; the recent launch of a tablet-enabled Sports Illustrated showed one way that things might go, but critical comment was that it was trying to force fit the magazine form onto a screen. An alternative approach might be a concept developed for the publisher Bonnier by the design firm BERG. Its intent is

Are magazines losing contact with utility? James Truman thinks so

Former Condé Nast editorial director James Truman says print magazines are becoming more luxurious on their way to obsolescence. Truman said he left the company in 2004, depressed when he saw 10 years of brutal cost-cutting on the horizon. After some thinking time in Morocco, he has come to some conclusions about the future of magazine publishing, according to a post in the io9 blog (part of the

Quote, unquote: Smithsonian editor on print, web and the future of magazines

I think that magazines will survive as print entities, and I think that there will be a kind of Darwinian fallout. I think the fittest will survive. I think other magazines will migrate to the Web, and we’re certainly investing in and looking at the Web. But I do think that the tactile pleasure of carrying a magazine and reading a magazine and turning the pages will continue for as far as the eye