FIRST NEWSWEEK COVER, 1933 [via Alex Ogle, Journalist with AFP, and photographer, on Twitter]
@lheron (then verified that date then checked it was the right cover then found a larger version of it then put that one on imgur)
— Alex Ogle (@Alex_Ogle) October 18, 2012
THE ANNOUNCEMENT comes as no surprise, with weekly magazines struggling to stay alive in the new-media era.
It is, however, the dawning of the realization that the weekly magazine genre is dead, even if many hang on.
We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013. As part of this transition, the last print edition in the United States will be our Dec. 31 issue. Meanwhile, Newsweek will expand its rapidly growing tablet and online presence, as well as its successful global partnerships and events business.
Publishing has forever changed with the web, from books to mags to newspapers.
It will now be up to Time magazine to provide the titillating covers.
As you say, publishing has changed forever, with the usual attending “pros” and “cons” that go with changes. I don’t think we’re even close to knowing what all those “pros” and “cons” are.
Just an aside: I hope all the people with paid subscriptions beyond December 31, 2012, get a refund.
I can’t imagine they will get a refund. It’s been known for a long time that Newsweek was on the ropes.
As for pros and cons, I’m of the theory it’s all PROS.
If you think the two party system is rigged, publishing is 100 times worse!
New media is bad, believe me, and I’ve been in it since its every birth. The big guys take all the advertising, all the way down to BlogAds! But you can keep your voice alive, as well as the voice of others who would never be heard without new media.