Recently, National Journal company purchased The Atlantic Monthly. NJ's daily briefing of technology news provides a fine synopsis of what's reported in the specialized news media, a growing force as Internet news expands. Perhaps the best known of the alternative magazines, this journal of the rock generation is taking advantage of the Web's sound capabilities. One doesn't exactly get the entire magazine at this site, but there are some intriguing features. Science is the premier magazine of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Back issues are available as well as the current issue.
The same root URL will get a searcher to Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, People, Money and bunches of other magazines. An interesting link at this site is the archives of Life magazine. Probably best known among academics for its annual ratings of colleges, graduate schools and professional schools in the nation. Considered the most liberal of the big three news magazines. The access is limited at this site, but there's still enough to muck about in.