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AngryOldDem

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23. Absolutely.

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:12 AM

Oct 2012

Technology and digital media aside, I date Newsweek's downfall to when she took over.

I had been a Newsweek subscriber since about 1987, and had been a reader of it longer than that, since my dad had had a subscription from the early '70s on. I remember reading columns by Bill Moyers, Shana Alexander; reading stories about Watergate and the Watergate hearings as they happened.

When Brown took over, it was as if People took over.

When my subscription ran out, I didn't renew. I wasn't the least bit surprised when I heard this this morning. My only thought was, what took it so long? The magazine has been among the walking dead for years now.

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Newsweek Will End Print Magazine in 2013 [View all] brooklynite Oct 2012 OP

The all-digital future is a job- and paycheck-annihilator BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #1

Great point oberliner Oct 2012 #6

It comes down to the owners BeyondGeography Oct 2012 #13

Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2012 #14

+1000 Blue_Tires Oct 2012 #41

It's scary to think about the future of journalism. Midwestern Democrat Oct 2012 #48

Newsweek has been AWFUL since Tina Brown took over. Zen Democrat Oct 2012 #2

I agree NEOhiodemocrat Oct 2012 #4

my wife jsut renewed her subscription like a month ago Beer Snob-50 Oct 2012 #30

Didn't she run Cosmo? 68 Rex Oct 2012 #7

I believe that was the late Helen Gurley Brown ProgressiveProfessor Oct 2012 #17

Vanity Fair And The Two Magazines Are As Different As Night And Day DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #19

Agreed! I bet subscriptions are WAY down! JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #9

They are. AngryOldDem Oct 2012 #24

They might have survived tabasco Oct 2012 #12

This Ex-Subscriber RobinA Oct 2012 #33

It's been awful since it ran a glam shot of Paula (Remember her?) Jones on its cover sarge43 Oct 2012 #16

yep! xxqqqzme Oct 2012 #37

That's when I started calling it 'NewsWEAK' and cancelled it Maeve Oct 2012 #18

Absolutely. AngryOldDem Oct 2012 #23

It was already a dead magazine when she took over. Midwestern Democrat Oct 2012 #46

exactly my situation Carolina Oct 2012 #25

+1 Blue_Tires Oct 2012 #39

You can't keep employing people to make a product people aren't buying... brooklynite Oct 2012 #3

TOTALLY EXPECTED! When you are Print News You are already Old News boingboinh Oct 2012 #5

Newsweek was NEVER about breaking news... JHB Oct 2012 #10

And our culture as a whole. All breaking news all the time with no analysis. Ever. Iris Oct 2012 #15

Thank You.. cyclezealot Oct 2012 #21

Yep. I like being able to access magazines on my ipad, but that's an added benefit of being a Iris Oct 2012 #44

yes.. cyclezealot Oct 2012 #45

Couldn't Disagree More RobinA Oct 2012 #34

exactly Iris Oct 2012 #42

Spoken like someone who's never worked a day in the industry Blue_Tires Oct 2012 #40

They brought this on themselves when they gave Rove a voice in the magazine eringer Oct 2012 #8

There Are A Lot Of Reasons For Their Demise DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #20

Well, I reckon the trees are celebtrating anyway. nt bemildred Oct 2012 #11

Newsweek has been a zombie for at least 40 years now slackmaster Oct 2012 #22

It died about the same time as Time. AlbertCat Oct 2012 #26

I remember issues of Time that were more than 100 pages, and rich in information slackmaster Oct 2012 #28

Good. The iPad has changed everything. nt onehandle Oct 2012 #27

The iPad Has Changed RobinA Oct 2012 #35

Dentist and doctors' offices to suffer the impact by 2015. FiveGoodMen Oct 2012 #29

Well, there's always Highlights... brooklynite Oct 2012 #31

OUCH. As a Postal worker, I don't like this news Utah_liberal Oct 2012 #32

I still can't email a package kentauros Oct 2012 #36

Newsweek became irrelevant with the rise of sites like Huffington Post, NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #38

I am excited about progress. I don't think we should hold onto relics just to protect jobs... nt Comrade_McKenzie Oct 2012 #43

So THAT's why they just ran this cover: Ken Burch Oct 2012 #47