Ask Slashdot: What Magazines Do You Still Read?

AmiMoJo writes "Over on Slashdot Japan, there is a discussion about what magazines people still read (Google translation of Japanese original). Japanese people still tend to read a lot of periodicals, while in the west readership seems to be in decline. Do you read magazines regularly, or at all? Are websites a good substitute, or do print publications still offer something worth spending your cash on?"

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Playboy!

[Anonymous Coward]

Know it's a long standing joke, but the articles are actually well written across a broad spectrum. My husband doesn't mind the pictures either. ;) Still love the tactile feel of real books too. (Yes I have an e-reader as well). But sometimes I don't want to take one to the beach and risk it getting soaked or stolen.
Unfortunately with electronic media, we lose the ability to loan/share a lot of the content; which I think is the biggest loss of all. Heck, I would consider buying more e-books if they were only $1-$3, but generally you don't see a discount between the two (or maybe a $1 discount). Just not worth the expense at this point...

Re:Push vs. Pull

[oGMo]

Yes if only there were some sort of Rich Site Summary that could be published by websites that would allow a piece of software ... let's call it an aggregator to be fancy, or maybe just a reader... to pull content for you, much like a mail delivery person. If you found a site you liked, you could just click on a link to subscribe, and your friends could share articles and feeds with you. Google should get on this!

Re:They still have magazines?

[roc97007]

I bought a newspaper last Sunday. The bird cages needed to be cleaned.

Just for old time's sake[...]

Just for old times' sake, I took a shit on the front page and wiped my ass with the sports section

What a coincidence. So did the birds.

Re:None

[oldhack]

This is the airline that declared bankruptcy and took all the employees' pensions to pay bonuses to management...

Well, that narrows it down.