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An online magazine that caters to a niche or special interest subject matter, i.e. a Zine , is referred to as an ezine (usually pronounced "e-zeen"). An ezine that appears on the World Wide Web is called a '''webzine''', although webzine may also refer to all online magazines. Other names include '''cyberzine''' and '''hyperzine'''. For web sites that represent an existing print magazine, the web site is usually referred to as " FORMAT A webzine tends to be published on a regulated basis (weekly, biweekly, monthly) and may maintain an editorial control system. A distinguishing characteristic from blogs is that webzines bypass the strict adherence to the reverse-chronological format; the front page is mostly clickable headlines and is laid out either manually on a periodic basis, or automatically based on the story type. DELIVERY Today, the majority of online magazines use a website. Historically, the first e-zines were delivered on electronic media such as CD-ROM by mail; this is now relatively rare. There are some publishers that publish with an online presence that is archived on to CD's at the end of the publishing year as a volume and distributed through postal mail. There are also subscription newsletters delivered by e-mail. Most modern online magazines use websites, and often offer e-mail subscription to either notify the subscriber of updated content, or in some cases, send the content itself. BUSINESS MODEL Many general interest online magazines provide free access to all aspects of their online content although some Publishers have opted to require a subscription fee to access premium online article and/or multi-media content. Online magazines generate revenue based on targeted search ads to web-site visitors, banner ads (online Display Advertising ), affiliate links, online classified ads, product-purchase capabilities, advertiser directory links, or alternative informational/commercial purpose. 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. The original ezines and diskmags, due to their low cost and initial non-mainstream targets, may be seen as a Disruptive Technology to traditional publishing houses. HISTORY Cult Of The Dead Cow claims to have published the first ezine, starting in 1984 , with its ezine still in production more than 20 years later. While this claim is hotly debated, ezines certainly began in the BBS days of the 1980s. Phrack began publication in 1985 and, unlike Cult of the Dead Cow which publishes articles individually, Phrack published collections of articles in a manner more similar to a print magazine. Growth In the late 1990s Ezine publishers began adapting to the interactive qualities of the Internet instead of duplicating magazines on the web. Some of these attempts included ''Kafenio'' () and ''Zone451'' (now renamed ''JustSayGo'' and first published in traditional format in 1995). ''Themestream'' (2001, now defunct Themestream.com is closing its doors ) was another attempt at generating content by opening its pages to everybody who cared to write and get paid by the though some of the zines created are still on the market such as ''NatureOfAnimals'' or ''FranceForFreebooters''. The tendency seems to be that the new concepts of the Ezines go more towards interactive content and those using old fashioned layouts are slowly ceasing publication, such as zinos. These changing trends are in part due to escalating problems getting ezines past ever-more-vigilant spam filters and to the increasing popularity of weblogs (blogs). Many established ezines have now become little more than teasers for web-based versions, or for blog versions that provide greater interaction. In the 2000s , some webzines began appearing in a printed format to complement their online versions. These included '' Movie Insider '', '' Slate '', '' Synthesis '' and '' Lucire '' magazines. WEBZINE CONFERENCE SERIES Between 1998 and 2005, in . Webzine 2005 was emceed by veteran Webzine emcee Justin Hall , Annalee Newitz and Charlie Anders . LIST OF WEBZINES
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