FlypMedia.com - A Magazine for These Times

Flyp is Life magazine for the Web 2.0 era. As is its wont, Flyp focuses on America and the pressing issues facing Americans in these heady days. Politics, of course is forefront as is the economy, food shortages, gas prices, governmental spending and scandals, as well as war. However, it’s not all abysmal, teeth gnashing, World War III stuff. Flyp throws in a few culture articles such as “Low Brow Love” about a couple’s struggle with bad tv habits, or the Iron Man article fashioned after the recent debut of the movie with the same name. What’s interesting about Flyp, is that it’s not a low tech zine cobbled together by a crafty group of strangers. It’s actually quite slick. It combines video, high-quality, hi-res graphics, text, animation and savvy designs into one killer online magazine. What’s more, the format is magazine-like. View articles as if you were really reading a physical magazine. “Flip” the pages as you read along and enjoy. It’s a biweekly publication.

“Flyp is about what moves America and Americans, covering everything from politics to lifestyles; social issues to cultural developments; war to peace; music to movies. Our goal is to connect the dots in ways that both inform and entertain.

Flyp combines video, text, animation, high-quality design and interactivity in a new kind of storytelling that blends the best from the world of print with the latest from the Web.”

Flyp is an innovative online magazine that simulates the experience of reading a physical mag but with multimedia bonuses like animation and video. It’s a good place to check out stories that push boundaries and are relevant to Americans today.

There’s the question of readership. Will Flyp be able to capture the viewing attention of a critical mass? What’s Flyp’s business model? How will they work out operating costs?