Magazines

Magazines, periodicals, glossies, or serials are publications that are printed with ink on paper or distributed online (or other forms of electronic communication), and generally published on a regular schedule and containing a variety of content.
They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three. At its root, the word magazine refers to a collection or storage location. In the case of written publication, it is a collection of written articles.
Magazines can be distributed through the mail; through sales by newsstands, bookstores, or other vendors; or through free distribution at selected pick-up locations. Sales models for distribution fall into three main categories.