Comments on: Attention all dentists: Newsweek to raise its subscription price one dollar

By: jungus

jungus — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:15:13 +0000

Features will be long narratives, which Meacham is calling, “The First Draft of History,”
Wouldn’t the “breaking news stories” that they are going away from be the true first draft of history?

By: Ed Driscoll » Welcome National Company Of The Wiz, Spinal Tap, And Newsweek

Ed Driscoll » Welcome National Company Of The Wiz, Spinal Tap, And Newsweek — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:13:44 +0000

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By: GlobalObserver

GlobalObserver — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:07:31 +0000

Some years ago I had a magazine handled by a national distributor in New York and flew there to meet with my rep to find out how we could convince local distributors throughout the 50 states to rack more copies on the stands.

This guy had just left a top circulation post with Newsweek for more money and a larger office, and my wasted trip involved him wanting to talk about anything except newsstand sales. He was focused on golf-talk and knocking back cocktails at a high-end Chinese restaurant in mid-town Manhattan during lunch. A year later they filed bankruptcy.

My guess is that he’s back at Newsweek, leading the charge.

By: Mike Shuster

Mike Shuster — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:54:01 +0000

I don’t think you should really pick on the Koran-toilet thing, Roger. At least Newsweek didn’t report that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was dead.
That said, I have no idea who subscribes to Newsweek.

By: bgates

bgates — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:33:01 +0000

It’s going to work out because they also plan to have Obama on every cover from now on.

I was at the supermarket a couple of weeks ago, and none of the magazines in the checkout line had Obama on the cover.

I thought there had been a coup.

By: Gary Rosen

Gary Rosen — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:32:03 +0000

“Newsweek has been planning for a while to target a narrower demographic”

That reminds me of the scene in Spinal Tap where the interviewer points out they used to play sports arenas but now were in 1500-seat auditoriums and the manager replies “Our appeal has become more selective”.

By: Pastorius

Pastorius — Sun, 17 May 2009 00:42:16 +0000

My compliments on the great title.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:30:47 +0000

Meachem’s apologia today is pretty entertaining. He claims that they ran opinionated but “not partisan” essays in the past. I guess Zakaria’s year-long (unsuccessful) campaign for a post in the Obama administration was just good reporting.

By: Mike_K

Mike_K — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:21:06 +0000

It’s going to work out because they also plan to have Obama on every cover from now on.

By: glenn

glenn — Sat, 16 May 2009 11:56:47 +0000

If you don’t read Newsweek this is a not story. Kinda like raising cigarette taxes.