Little Magazines

They punch above their weight in reach and influence. What’s it like to run a little online magazine in 2014?

Caroline O'DonovanSeptember 15, 2014

Little magazines gone digital: How the late-adapting literary press has made its way in the web age

They punch above their weight in reach and influence. What’s it like to run a little online magazine in 2014?

Caroline O'DonovanSeptember 15, 2014

n+1: Learning that print and digital can peacefully coexist

A look at how n+1, celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, built its reputation and maintains its business.

Caroline O'DonovanSeptember 16, 2014

Jacobin: A Marxist rag run on a lot of petty-bourgeois hustle

For Bhaskar Sunkara, the success of Jacobin as a magazine is an unlikely means to a political end.

Caroline O'DonovanSeptember 17, 2014

The Baffler: The anti-innovation magazine embraces digital

With a brand new website, The Baffler seeks the audience and impact it missed the first time around.

Caroline O'DonovanSeptember 18, 2014

The New Inquiry: Not another New York literary magazine

For New Inquiry publisher Rachel Rosenfelt, building cultural significance was easy — building a sustainable business is the hard part.

Caroline O'DonovanSeptember 19, 2014

A conversation with David Rose, little magazine veteran and publisher of Lapham’s Quarterly

“I hear the argument, Oh, these poor little magazines with their tiny readerships, if only people appreciated them more. It’s partly true. But the bigger side of that is, well, if only you knew how to read a budget. If only you actually knew anything about publishing.”

Shan WangJuly 11, 2016

McSweeney’s Meets Internet: A little publisher survives holding tight to its eclectic, literary roots

“We were able to build a pretty tremendous amount based on a shoestring, but now we’re just getting a little more reactive to the realities of a shoestring business.”