Jen Young sent along This One that talks about how online women\’s publications are booming, while print publications are struggling or folding. They say the trend is a mixed blessing: Online publications reach more and cost less to produce, but historians worry that online publications might not be archived.
\”I think the unfortunate thing I\’ve seen develop is that when some publications added an online version, the print publication ended up ceasing because it was so much easier and less expensive to reach people via the Internet,\” Allen says. \”However, the historical record will not be documented as well for the online magazines, and as a historian, I find that very unfortunate.\”
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