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pbmus

(12,422 posts) Mon Feb 26, 2018, 06:55 PM Feb 2018

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NEWSWEEK in Trouble...

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NEWSWEEK in Trouble... (Original Post) pbmus Feb 2018 OP

They have been in financial trouble for years and BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #1

They were sold for $1 (yes one dollar) in 2010. PoliticAverse Feb 2018 #2

Ah, I thought I read that when I was a subscriber BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #3

Yeah I remember how important both Time and Newsweek were when I was a kid in pre Internet time. PoliticAverse Feb 2018 #4

Yep, me too! MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #5

Me, too! We had them both when I was a kid. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2018 #6

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

1. They have been in financial trouble for years and

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 06:59 PM

Feb 2018

stopped being in print several years ago. I thought Tina Brown took over and screwed it up more instead of saving it but I could be wrong.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. They were sold for $1 (yes one dollar) in 2010.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 07:27 PM

Feb 2018

http://www.businessinsider.com/its-official-newsweek-will-be-sold-to-former-stereo-equipment-mogul-sidney-harman-who-reportedly-bid-1-in-excha-2010-8

And changed hands again in 2013
http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/03/news/companies/newsweek-ibt/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/business/media/newsweek-bought-by-digital-news-company-ibt.html

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)

3. Ah, I thought I read that when I was a subscriber

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 07:33 PM

Feb 2018

and my family had been since I was a kid. I remember all the covers during Watergate. I switched to TIME mag when Newsweek stopped being in print form. Too bad!

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

4. Yeah I remember how important both Time and Newsweek were when I was a kid in pre Internet time.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 07:38 PM

Feb 2018

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)

5. Yep, me too!

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 26, 2018, 08:00 PM

Feb 2018

Knew of both - subscribed to Newsweek because I thought they were more towards my own thinking (I know - "know your enemy!" - but I could only afford 1 and it wasn't to be my enemy!). Also subscribed to Saturday Review (google that one, kiddies!).

Yep, these "inter-webs" have changed everything!

Rhiannon12866

(205,552 posts)

6. Me, too! We had them both when I was a kid.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 27, 2018, 01:07 AM

Feb 2018

My parents subscribed to TIME and my aunt and uncle got Newsweek - and then they just swapped...

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