U.S. News & World Report will be dropping to a biweekly frequency starting in 2009, ceding its troubled category to larger rivals Time and Newsweek. With the decline of their print editions, the newsweeklies are putting a lot of stock in their websites, as they expect their audience to grow due to the instant updates [...]
Radar covers celebrity offspring’s “Power Brats.” The Weekly Standard looks at overindulged children more broadly. And New York magazine investigates the relationship between breakfast and good health. Online magazine Slate also previews content in the current issues of the Oxford American, The New Yorker and Newsweek. Slate.com (June 3, 2008)
The WSJ takes a look at what has brought about the need for Newsweek to shed some 20% of its staff this week. Time magazine made large cuts last year. “While circulation for both Newsweek and Time has remained flat, at around 3.1 million and 4 million per issue, respectively, the number of advertising pages [...]
Time, Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report all made changes last year, and seem to be carving out slightly diferent niches within the category. Time is offering more opinion, for instance, while U.S. News & World Report is upping its “news-you-can-use” service offerings. The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism takes note of [...]
The New York Democrat attributes his party’s success at fundraising and youth outreach to its adaptations to the demise of “old media” outlets. By way of illustration, the Senator suggested that, “Hardly anyone” reads Time and Newsweek anymore. Business & Media Institute (Feb. 29, 2008)
Revenue for the magazine publishing division totaled $288.4 in 2007, versus $331.0 million in 2006. The falloff was the result of the sale of PostNewsweek Tech Media in December 2006 and a 9% drop in Newsweek ad page revenue for the year. The Washington Post Company reported fourth quarter and yearend results this week. Company Press [...]
While focusing on sales gains among the celebrity news titles, the NYT also notes that the sales of newsweeklies held firm in 2007. Time’s circ declined early in the year, due in part to a price increase and new marketing strategy, but then held steady at 3.3 million. Total circ for Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report were [...]
Based in midtown Manhattan for decades, Newsweek is reportedly close to signing a lease with Alex Sapir, president of the Sapir Organization, for new office space at 100 Church Street in lower Manhattan. The New York Observer (Feb. 4, 2008)
The Washington Post and Newsweek magazine plan a six-hour webcast covering tomorrow’s Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses. Newsweek editor Jon Meacham will anchor and a cavalcade of talking-head stars will weigh in. Editors and contributors from online magazine Slate — which, like Newsweek, is owned by the Washington Post Co. — will also participate. The BBC will [...]
Online magazine Slate provides the rundown on this week’s stories in Newsweek, New York, The New Yorker, the Weekly Standard, and Harper’s. Warning: if you’ve grown weary of the presidential primary campaigns, skip it. Slate (Jan, 29, 2008)