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Save Newsweek.com
Newsweek.com — the website of Newsweek magazine — has long been “the ugly stepchild to its print grandparents” and will soon close, thanks to the Newsweek-Daily Beast merger. But Newsweek.com earned an Emmy nomination and did damn good journalism, says its staff.
Introducing the new beast: The Daily Beast to merge with Newsweek
Popular news website The Daily Beast will merge with Newsweek, reports Tina Brown.
Crikey Says: Pimply? Angry? Drunk? Yawn.
“Most citizen journalism strikes me as nothing to do with journalism at all.” Are we still using this old argument?
Who can save Newsweek?
Newsweek is for sale. And it doesn’t matter that its an internationally renowned publication, the fact that it is a weekly loss-making publication means it’s worth basically nothing. NY Times assesses the possible buyers.
Should gay actors stay in the closet?
Newsweek has caused a minor storm with its essay by Ramin Setoodeh, who asked — not unreasonably — whether gay actors could play straight. It’s an ugly fight but maybe gay actors should keep the closet door locked, writes Jason Whittaker.
Former Newsweek journo: we lied, plagarised, and drank vodka
Veteran journo Alex Beam reminisces on cutting his news industry chops at Newsweek in the 1970s: it was “like an upside-down journalism school” where he learned lots of bad habits — like poaching content from TIME.
It’s not that Newsweek is bad — it’s that TIME is better
Ailing newsweekly Newsweek’s biggest problem is that it’s coming second in a two-horse-race with TIME magazine, says Dan McGinn. Both rags would actually be better off with more competitors.
Blodget: I’ll buy Newsweek… for $1Business As Usual: Retail on the up, says ABS … inflation forecast at 3% … Freddie and Fannie still asking for handouts …
RBA alludes to new inflation figure … Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are still struggling with huge debts … Car sales, especially diesels, are going from strength to strength … China worries about inflation … Newsweek’s slumping sales are leading to a “for sale” sign for the masthead …
For Sale: Newsweek
Newsweek magazine is on the market. Sure, it’s had “losses in the tens of millions for the last two years”, but 1.5 million subscribers should count for something. Any bidders?
“Writing is what the men do”: sexism in journalism
It’s been forty years since a landmark gender discrimination case against NEWSWEEK magazine by its employees. So, how much has changed for women? asks current NEWSWEEK journos.
PHOTO GALLERY: Women’s lib: as seen through 70 years of Newsweek covers
Newsweek takes a look back at its most iconic depictions of “women’s history” over the magazine’s 70+ years of history.
Newsweek go rogue with Palin cover
Newsweek has caused a big stir this week by running a cover photo of Sarah Palin — clad in rather tight running gear — taken from a Runner’s World photoshoot. Palin herself has labelled the move “sexist”. Is it fair to use editorial photos out of context?
Is Newsweek censoring its letters page?
After running a cover feature on Al Gore, 74% of the letters Newsweek received in response were negative. Yet, according to NewsBusters, the magazine ran only positive letters in its following edition. And it’s not the first time.
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The axe is about to fall at Newsweek
Politico has its hands on an internal memo from Newsweek editor, Jon Meacham, informing staff that about a dozen job are about to be cut.
Ethics on holiday for NYT and Newsweek writers’ Jamaica junket
Writers from the NY Times and Newsweek have been caught out skirting their companies’ ethics policies on an all-expenses-paid “swag orgy” junket to Jamaica , courtesy of Thrillist.
The cut-and-paste ethics of photojournalism
Photographer David Hume Kennerly recently had a photo he took of Dick Cheney published in Newsweek, but the image was heavily cropped and totally out of context — a move, he says, discredited both him and his profession.
Editor ditches Newsweek for Daily Beast
WWD reports that Newsweek deputy editor Tom Watson has ditched the respected newsweekly for news aggregating site The Daily Beast. A big vote of confidence in online media — and a kick in the pants for the print stalwart.
Newsweek fight on for journo’s freedom in Iran
Newsweek continues to pile the pressure on Iran to free journalist Maziar Bahari, who has been detained there since the post-election riots in June, using petitions, editorial and even taking out full-page ads in The NYTimes and WSJ calling for his release.
Obama hits out at Newsweek. Newsweek hit back
US President Barack Obama recently took a swipe at Newsweek for running an edition with “The recession is over!” emblazoned across the cover. Not one to take these things lying down, the newsweekly has countered with an attack of its own.
Newsweek defend imprisoned journalist
Newsweek’s Iranian correspondent Maziar Bahari has been imprisoned in Iran since 21 June, without formal charges or access to a lawyer. The news-magazine call on the Iranian government for justice.
Lawyer: Newsweek journo on trial in Iran
Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of reformist leaders in Iran are to face trial accused of “acting against national security.”
Death of the newsweekly?
Why is it that Time and Newsweek are faltering, while a notionally similar weekly news digest — The Economist — is thriving?
Oprah hits back at Newsweek
Talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey has hit back against this Newsweek article that claims she promotes health “cures” that are dangerous and ineffective.
