Printed magazines are following the same downward trajectory as newspapers, only lagging that pack by a few years. Certainly many have done a better job of embracing the digital world and adapting to its devices. But that only avoids the curse of paper. The other problem with magazines is that they buck the trend for how we actually consume data--no longer in a sitting, poring over articles, but in small, bite-sized pieces.
The magazine of the future should arrive digitally in small, daily doses. It should include real-time feedback on how others have rated the articles. It should keep track of what I open and how I rate articles and recommend those that I am likely to enjoy, like the movie sites. It will allow me to immediately save it in the same files as movies, books, etc. It will look for relationships with other things I have read and saved and call these to my attention, if I'd like.
Finally, it will have a memory program, using the established laws of memory (repeat in 1/10/30/60 days) to help me remember the things I choose, and even test me on them.
If I desire, it will also help me to think creatively, with my right brain, about how what I read could be relevant to my personal or professional life. It will have tools that help guide me on this process.
And that's for starters.
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