Online magazine
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An online magazine is a web site hosted online that provides similar periodic content to that of a print produced magazine. The term "online magazine" has come to represent several different Internet presentations of a publication. An "online magazine" is now more broadly understood to define the online-only presentation of periodic general interest subject material. An online-only presentation of a niche or special interest subject matter (a zine) is referred to as an ezine or a webzine.
Many general interest online magazines provide free access to all aspects of their online content although some publishers have opted to require a subscription fee to access premium online article and/or multi-media content. Online magazines generate revenue based on targeted search ads to web-site visitors, banner ads (online display advertising), affiliate links, online classified ads, product-purchase capabilities, advertiser directory links, or alternative informational/commercial purpose.
Many large print-publishers now provide digital reproduction of their print magazine titles through various online services for a fee. These service providers also refer to their collections of these digital format products as online magazines.
For web sites that represent an existing print magazine, the web site is usually referred to as "<publication title> Online", whereas an online only magazine which is often titled "<publication title> Online Magazine".
