User:Wpoegel

Online magazines are websites which aggregate topics of common interest in a portal format

This is similar to the format of print magazines with several important distinctions. Online

magazines are not subject to the space limitations of traditional print media as a reader can

simply scroll down the page. Online magazines can have links to more detailed information

about selected topics.

   Community websites in a portal format covering lifestyle topics can also be considered

online magazines. One of the pioneers in this field is a radio veteran and web guru named

Werner Poegel from Templeton, Massachusetts who started some online magazines in 2000 and has

benefited from the growth of the public's interest in the internet since that time. Mr. Poegel

founded an online magazine firm in 2005 after growing some online magazines for years,

including one for the town of Winchendon Massachusetts, the only town of its name in the entire

U.S.A.  A simple search on any search engine for "Winchendon Massachusetts" usually pulls up

ToytownWeb.com.  

   The future of online magazines currently looks bright as the percentage of Americans using

the internet is now greater than 75%.  Online magazines, like Wikipedia are free and thus do

not suffer from the audience-growth constraints which hold back online newspapers.   In

addition, online magazines lend themselves to audio and video as well as the traditional text

and image webpage formats.