Is Print 'New Media'?
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According to an article released earlier this week in the Columbia Journalism Review, Manhattan, New York City, N.Y., USA, for years, the new media vanguard have preached "digital first" and the death knell has sounded again and again for print, as legendary magazines moved online or ceased publication altogether. Now, twenty years into the digital revolution, print is making something of a comeback. Tablet, Politico, and The Pitchfork Review are among the successful digital publications that have ventured into print. Nautilus, Kinfolk, and California Sunday Magazine have launched in print in the past few years, and their audiences are said to be passionate and growing.
Tablet, a digital magazine, issued its first print edition in November. Editor in Chief Alana Newhouse says certain stories, including fiction and "deeper" news and culture pieces, work better on paper. "I don’t think the internet metabolizes certain kinds of stories properly," she said.
More information about the revival of interest in print is available in the full Columbia Journalism Review article available online.
