Will the hype and the predictions are the breathless pursuit of shiny new objects ever catch up with reality? Specifically, that not nearly enough people want to read magazines on digital devices.

See Why Magazine iPad Subscription Numbers Are Worse Than You Thought

The numbers continue to be tepid for the leaders and dreadful for most everybody else.

When confronted with the starry-eyed “digital is the future” stuff, magazine execs need to be very skeptical.

Update: Somewhat along these lines, also see Future shuts iPad magazine tech. after seven months: what now for tablet publishing?