"The magazine industry has survived the coming of digital age because it has been able to exploit technological advances. Indeed it has always done so throughout its long history."

INTRO
Magazines have been around for hundreds of years. Over the past 20 years, the way in which magazines can be read has changed. In 1994, newspapers got put onto the internet and about the same time, some were published onto CD-Roms for use on home computers. Many people in 1994 have bought personal computers as they are new technology that everyone is looking to own.


In 1995, some mainstream magazines got websites on which articles were published. More and more people own computers in 1995, especially in developed countries like UK and USA.


In 2005, digital papers were announced and his led to the closure of certain magazines, but whom carried on with radio and TV channels and by having it online. Technology has rapidly advanced with mobile phones being an item in many people's pockets, rather than the odd person.


By 2007, people were able to download magazines onto their phones and view magazines on YouTube. Some magazines also added features into their magazines that told the reader of online films and podcast. In late 2007, certain magazines created TV channels for example, Nuts TV which is based on the men's magazine. Technology such as mobile phones have advanced, with the addition of music players and cameras now incorporated into the phones.


In 2009 the first iPhone application for magazines was launched. NME was the first magazine to have such an application. By 2010, with the launch of technology such as iPads and the iPod touch, that applications for magazines has become more appealing and so more have been launched. 


With technology changing and advancing so much as it has over the past 20 years, it has changed the way in which people read their magazines, although the traditional paper way still proves popular enough to still be printed.