Magazines are actually pretty cheap (and no, I’m not talking about the check-out isle trash). Some of the greatest modern authors have short stories or editorials published exclusively in magazines.
Today you can subscribe to magazines such as Esquire (7$ for 12 issues).
If you have an ipad. Okay. Buy the app from the company. What is it? 2$ an issue? For all of us that dont? Do not worry, there’s far more advantages to a physical magazine than the ipad issue.
1-They can make you smell nice
2-Centerfolds
3-They can make you smell nice

Magazines you should be reading if your not (links direct to twitter account where you can follow them):
@Esquiremag, @RollingStone, @Wired, @GQmagazine, @Time and @NatGeoSociety.