cluded brief blurbs on the affair (Newsweek, Feb. 9, 1998). Since that issue, coverage has been gradually tapering off, with the April 27 edition containing just a single, one-page story on the affair.
Salon magazine (http://www.salonmagazine.com/) has no set publication date. One of the new breed of Web-based publications, it can print a story whenever it is finished. Generally, however, the site is updated daily, with a fresh "front page" look and headline each day. Like Newsweek and other traditional magazines, Salon is divided into sections; in Salon's case, the sections include titles such as Books, Columnists, Media Circus, and Mothers. Unlike traditional magazines, the concept of page numbers is of no use. Web-based magazines often archive their past articles, so that each issue is actually a new layer on a growing compendium of stories. Also, the advertising to content ration is difficult to compare. As a reader opens each story, the first few paragraphs are bordered by small ads
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