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Online magazines with defunct print editions

  • Electronic Gaming MonthlyElectronic Gaming Monthly's April 1992 issue faked a Street Fighter II secret character. Players chased it for years.
  • NMENME was bought for £1,000 just fifteen minutes before it was due to close for good.
  • Entertainment WeeklyEntertainment Weekly gave its rare A+ to only two films: Citizen Kane and My Left Foot.
  • The Sporting NewsThe Sporting News, "The Bible of Baseball," ended its print run in 2012. It began in St. Louis in 1886.
  • Paste (magazine)Paste magazine once let readers pay whatever they wanted for a year. About 28,000 new subscribers joined in 2007.
  • Dragon (magazine)Dragon magazine began in 1976 because Dungeons & Dragons outgrew wargaming.
  • Dungeon (magazine)Dungeon magazine put an adventure on every page. It had no reviews, editorials or letters when it began in 1986.
  • The Diplomat (magazine)The Diplomat magazine began in Sydney as a print title. It is now a Washington-based online outlet.
  • PC WorldPC World magazine stopped printing in 2013 after thirty years. The August 2013 issue was its last on paper.
  • Life (magazine)Life magazine ran Dewey as the next president the day before Truman won.
  • Black Gate (magazine)When its print run ended in 2011, the fantasy magazine Black Gate moved online instead of closing.

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