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Iris

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44. Yep. I like being able to access magazines on my ipad, but that's an added benefit of being a
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 10:24 PM
Oct 2012

subscriber.

Do you think The Nation would ever go all online? I hope not! One of the programs they have that I love is one where you can purchase a subscription for a library.

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
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