How do magazines get used in your Library?

I have been chatting to other Librirains and finding out how they and the teachers at their schools incorporate current events magazine and newspaper articles.  We have been subscribing to many different and varies titles and even still get the newspapers. However, the use of these resources has made me rethink the value in renewing these subscriptions. What decisions has your school made?

Laura Ketchan has written in her "Learning Today" Blog that; "Articles from magazines, newspapers and online resources can be a great cross-curriculum activity for students to learn about the current events in almost every subject area and increases the students’ world awareness and knowledge of the current trends on the subject." and that "Activities for current events could include writing summaries to share and present with classmates, discussing the article as a whole class assignment, or by creating a current events journal they keep and add to throughout the school year.
Education World has a great list of 25 ways that you can incorporate current events into many different classroom situations.

My friend suggested using articles and newspapers as "Wide Reading" instead of the normal expectation of reading a whole book in the given class teacher's idea of a set period of time.

Advice?