Google announced today that its Book Search engine is now home to magazine archives. Partnerships with publishers such as Hearst mean you can read magazine articles in full-color, from page-to-page, in their original context. And you don’t have to be afraid of papercuts. Searches now bring up results from magazines like Popular Science, New York Magazine and Ebony, plus niche publications such as Vegetarian Times and the admittedly obscure Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Oddly enough, some big names such as Newsweek and Time are not yet available, but hopefully Google will expand its offerings soon.
I think this is a great idea since archived magazines would be easier to access than the original copy. This would make research and browsing easier as well, if magazines are your preferred source of media to look at.