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The world has changed significantly. Magazines used to be the cultural centre of every possible topic—and they used to sell well. Today, the internet is slowly but surely taking the place of magazines—and taking more and more advertising money away from paper publishing.
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It's important to note that the original quote comes from a technology magazine, because the assertion above doesn't apply to every magazine category.
Lifestyle/fashion (Cosmopolitan, Vogue, etc.) magazines, for instance, still work best within paper format and would make a significantly worse impression if they were offered only as a web site. I couldn't imagine an electronic National Geographic having the same impact either. Aside from that, electronic publications are less prestigious, simply because everyone can do it.
Relatively dry, technical publications like FSM are well-suited to the web site format, however.