#NEWSWEEK PUBLISHES FINAL PRINT ISSUE FULL#
By late February, you will see the full evolution of the spanking-new, all-digital Newsweek Global, currently in development. 'The next, in the first week of January, will be on your iPad or Kindle or phone. It is the latest example of the print news media’s struggles to establish a sustainable business model as advertisers continue to migrate en masse to the internet. 'The issue in your hand is the last edition of Newsweek in print,' editor-in-chief Tina Brown wrote in a statement published Monday. The move online comes as the current affairs magazine prepares to celebrate its 80th anniversary in February. By late February, you will see the full evolution of the spanking-new, all-digital Newsweek Global, currently in development."īrown announced in October that Newsweek would cease production of its print version at the end of the year and reconfigure the publication as an exclusively digital product. "The next, in the first week of January, will be on your iPad or Kindle or phone. 31 as it transitions to an online only format, a move. "The issue in your hand is the last edition of Newsweek in print," editor-in-chief Tina Brown wrote in a statement published Monday. Newsweek Publishes Final Print Issue Newsweek ended almost 80 years in print with its issue dated Dec. Published DecemModified DecemThis week will feature the last ever print edition of Newsweek magazine. However it will lose money from print advertisers, who traditionally pay more than their online counterparts.Īs the final edition went to the printers, The Daily Beast confirmed it would be making many of its editorial staff redundant.The venerable US weekly news magazine Newsweek released its final print issue Monday, publishing a cover featuring a vintage black and white photograph of the former Newsweek building in Midtown Manhattan contrasted with an apt hashtag phrase: #LASTPRINTISSUE. Newsweeks Last Print Issue Cover Has A Hashtag. 6 7 8 On August 3, 2013, IBT Media announced it had acquired Newsweek from IAC on terms that were not disclosed the acquisition included the Newsweek brand and its online publication, but did not. The move to a digital edition will allow Newsweek to cut costs such as printing, postage and distribution. Newsweek ceased print publication with the Decemissue and transitioned to an all-digital format, to be called Newsweek Global. One reader commented that the hashtag headline was "like using your final breath to ID the killer". Trusted for more than 75 years, NEWSWEEK provides in-dept.
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She unveiled Newsweek's final front cover via Twitter, saying: "Bitter sweet! Wish us luck!" Read 2 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers.
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It was sold by the Washington Post Company to businessman and publisher Sidney Harman for USD 1 in 2010, and was merged with the Daily Beast three months later.īrown is a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. It made an immediate splash with its front cover, featuring seven photos - one news story for each day of the week.Īlthough it always took second place to its rival, Time, it gained prominence in the 1960s for its coverage of the civil rights movement.Īt its height, it had a circulation of 3 million, but declining readership and advertising revenue saw it fall into losses. Newsweek's first edition was published on 17 February, 1933. "It is in that spirit that we're making our latest, momentous change, embracing a digital medium that all our competitors will one day need to embrace with the same fervor.īrown became editor of the publication two years ago, after it merged with The Daily Beast, a news website she co-founded in 2008. In a defiant editor's letter, she wrote: "This is not a conventional magazine, or a hidebound place. The last print edition will be on 31 December.Įditor Tina Brown described it as "a new chapter" for the magazine.
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The nod to Twitter is regarded as a backhanded compliment.Īmid declining circulation and advertising revenues, the US current affairs magazine was forced to become an online-only publication. Newsweek, the second largest US news weekly magazine, behind Time, has revealed the image that will grace the cover of its last-ever print edition.Ī black and white photo of the publication's Manhattan headquarters takes pride of place, with the strapline #lastprintissue.