Magazines
Weekly and monthly magazines across news, culture, science and business, and how to read them in full.
13 guides
How to Read The New Yorker Without a Subscription
The New Yorker uses a metered paywall that stops you after a few free articles a month. Here is how it works and how to read the full article for free.
How to Read Time and Fortune Articles Without a Subscription
Time and Fortune both meter their websites and push hard for subscriptions. Here is how their paywalls work and how to read the full article, including long features.
How to Read Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy Without a Subscription
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Policy are essential reading for international relations, and both are metered. Here is how to read their long-form essays in full for free.
Wired and The Verge Paywalls: How to Read the Full Article
Wired meters every article and The Verge now gates some of its reporting. Here is how each tech site enforces its paywall and how to read the complete story for free.
How to Read Vanity Fair, Vogue and GQ Without a Subscription
Condé Nast meters Vanity Fair, Vogue and GQ with the same system it uses on The New Yorker. Here is how the paywall works and how to read the full story on each site.
How to Read Scientific American Without a Subscription
Scientific American meters its website and limits free reads each month. Here is how the paywall works and how to read its features and news in full for free.
How to Read New Scientist Without a Subscription
New Scientist locks most of its website behind a metered paywall. Here is how it works, why the full text is still reachable, and how to read any New Scientist article for free.
MIT Technology Review Paywall: How to Read Articles for Free
MIT Technology Review meters its site and reserves its best features for subscribers. Here is how the paywall works and how to read a full Technology Review article without paying.
How to Read Slate Without a Slate Plus Membership
Slate meters its website and sells Slate Plus for unlimited access. Here is how the Slate paywall works and how to read its advice columns, politics and culture pieces in full.
New York Magazine Paywall: Read Intelligencer, Vulture and The Cut for Free
New York Magazine meters Intelligencer, Vulture, The Cut, Grub Street and the Strategist under one paywall. Here is how it works and how to read the full article on any of them.
How to Read The New Republic and The Nation Without a Subscription
The New Republic and The Nation both meter their websites. Here is how each paywall works and how to read their political essays and reporting in full for free.
The Economist Paywall: Why Tools Only Get a Teaser and How to Read It Free
The Economist enforces its paywall on the server, so reader tools get a few paragraphs at most. Here is what The Economist sends non-subscribers and the real free routes: libraries, Espresso and gift links.
The Atlantic Paywall: Why Reader Tools Fail and How to Read It Free
The Atlantic meters its site but blocks automated access, so no reader tool can fetch its articles. Here is how the Atlantic paywall works, why tools fail, and the legitimate free routes.