Newsweek’s iconic covers will become a relic of the past as the magazine switches to a digital-only format in 2013.

The last time I read a print newspaper, it was not a pleasant experience. Sitting in a cramped diner booth, I had to keep folding it like a paper airplane to fit around my food, nearly knocking over my water glass. The newsprint blackened my fingers, which then blackened my shirt. Flipping back and forth between pages quickly became work. I spent years reporting for newspapers, and still the temptation to whip out my iPhone was overwhelming. Finally I gave in and used my mobile device to pull up the same story I was reading, which now had several updates plus more info in the reader comments below. The coffee-stained paper, on the other hand, was both figuratively and literally old news.

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