...The Great Indie Magazine Explosion: A Survey
What exactly is going on here? Internet fatigue, for one thing. As our Facebook feeds are increasingly overtaken with unread blog posts, disposable lists, and the general digital overload, a niche market has clearly opened up for whatever is the opposite of all this—an object with shelf life, a disinterest in newsworthiness, and, seemingly most of all, thick paper. Perhaps the most apt analogy is coffee culture: If BuzzFeed is a cup of dehydrated instant coffee consumed quickly to caffeinate on the subway, the neo-indie magazine is an expensive, labored-over cappuccino one sips slowly in the glow of good lighting.
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