Saving Cash, Trees and Time With Digital Magazines

The future of magazine publishing increasingly is appearing on a digital display — not just a newsstand. Advancements in software and hardware are making it easier for a growing faction of consumers — including coveted younger readers called “screen-agers” — to read their favorite publications on the Internet or download and read them later offline. “It’s not ‘Jetsons.’ It’s real,” says Richard Maggiotto, CEO of Zinio, one of a dozen or so companies that specialize in creating digital editions of magazines and newspapers.