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Identify a popular online magazine that also has an offline subscription or newsstand edition. What advantages (and disadvantages) does the online edition have when compared to the offline physical edition

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One example of a popular magazine is the New York Times magazine which has an offline subscription and a newsstand edition.

Advantages of online edition:

  • broader audience reach: this means that the magazine could be accessed on a global scale since it could be easily downloaded online from anywhere in the world.
  • lower printing/distribution cost: rather than spending more money printing physical copies of the magazine, the publishers simply place or send digital copies online for download by their subscribers.

Disadvantages of online edition:

  • increased risk of copyright infringement (plagiarism): since copies are made in digital format, it is easier for others to reproduce copies of the magazine without the express permission of the publishers.
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