Mission Accomplished

• “A political party is dying before our eyes — and I don’t mean the Democrats. I’m talking about the “mainstream media,” which is being destroyed by the opposition (or worse, the casual disdain) of George Bush’s Republican Party; by competition from other news outlets (led by the internet and Fox’s canny Roger Ailes); and by its own fraying journalistic standards.”

— Howard Fineman, then with Newsweek, January 2005.

• “The death of the newsweek.com URL marks the official end of what was once a fully staffed and hugely trafficked site in its own right.”

— “Newsweek.com Will Cease to Exist on July 19,” New York magazine, July 11, 2011.