What ARE Ezines?

An
online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online
newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its
approach to editorial control. Magazines typically have editors or editorial boards who
review submissions and perform a quality control function to ensure that all material
meets the expectations of the publishers (those investing time or money in its
production) and the readership.
Online magazines that are part of the
World
Wide Web, that is, all or part of a website,
are sometimes called webzines. An
ezine (also spelled e-zine and usually
pronounced /ˈiːziːn/) is a more
specialized term appropriately applied to small magazines and newsletters distributed by
any electronic method, for example, by electronic mail (e-mail/email).
Some social groups may use the terms
cyberzine and hyperzine when
referring to electronically distributed resources. Similarly, some online magazines
may refer to themselves as "electronic magazines" to reflect their readership
demographics or to capture alternative terms and spellings in online
searches.
Many large print-publishers now provide
digital reproduction of their print magazine titles through various online services for
a fee. These service providers also refer to their collections of these digital format
products as online magazines, and sometimes as digital magazines.
Online magazines representing matters of
interest to specialists in or societies for academic subjects, science, trade or
industry are typically referred to as online journals.
In the late 1990s ezine publishers began
adapting to the interactive qualities of the Internet instead of duplicating magazines
on the web. Publishers of traditional print titles and entrepreneurs with an eye to a
potential readership in the millions started publishing online titles. Salon.com founded in
July 1995 by David Talbot was launched with considerable media exposure and today
reports 5.8 million monthly unique visitors.
In the 2000s, some webzines began appearing in a
printed format to complement their online versions. One of these that is still being
published YOUR World Today and still boasts a superb popularity within the
Internet Marketing community. View an issue here.