• After 80 years, Newsweek unveils its last ever front cover as it moves online
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/1rff.png[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20837502[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]The 80-year-old US current affairs magazine Newsweek has revealed the image that will grace the cover of its last-ever print edition.[/B] A black and white photo of the publication's Manhattan headquarters takes pride of place, with the strapline #lastprintissue. The nod to Twitter is regarded as a backhanded compliment. The death of the print edition was caused by falling advertising revenues, as audiences moved online. From the new year, Newsweek will be a digital-only publication. Editor Tina Brown described it as "a new chapter" for the magazine. In a defiant editor's letter, she wrote: "This is not a conventional magazine, or a hidebound place. "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. "We are ahead of the curve." Ms Brown became editor of the publication two years ago, after it merged with The Daily Beast, a news website she co-founded in 2008. [B]'Bitter sweet'[/B] Newsweek's first edition was published on 17 February, 1933. It made an immediate splash with its front cover, featuring seven photos - one news story for each day of the week. Although it always took second place to its rival, Time, it gained prominence in the 1960s for its coverage of the civil rights movement. At its height, it had a circulation of 3 million, but declining readership and advertising revenue saw it fall into losses. It was sold by the Washington Post Company to businessman and publisher Sidney Harman for $1 in 2010, and was merged with the Daily Beast three months later. Ms Brown is a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. She unveiled Newsweek's final front cover [url=https://twitter.com/TheTinaBeast/status/282864459066781696]via Twitter[/url], saying: "Bitter sweet! Wish us luck!" [url=https://twitter.com/sacca/status/282869555402006528]One reader commented[/url] that the hashtag headline was "like using your final breath to ID the killer". The move to a digital edition will allow Newsweek to cut costs such as printing, postage and distribution. However it will lose money from print advertisers, who traditionally pay more than their online counterparts. As the final edition went to the printers, The Daily Beast confirmed it would be making many of its editorial staff redundant.[/quote]
Didn't they really ramp up sensationalism this year?
[QUOTE=Zambies!;38961673]Didn't they really ramp up sensationalism this year?[/QUOTE] Yes, they'll be missed :(
Well they arent dying, just conforming to the changes of society. Dont go all "rip in peace" and "they will be missed"
Newsweek, their fatal flaw is in the title. There was a time when weekly news was an awesome thing. Imagine that, you're only a week behind what's happening all over the world! Now it's a race to who can live tweet it as it happens.
Can people please stop using fucking hashtags outside of Twitter?
I like the juxtaposition of the hashtagged text on the old black and white Newsweek building.
They just had a great issue about the "ten best presidents" before the election, that had all kinds of great info. It was like a full book. Was great. Too bad about print going to online, though. I still like to read papers when I can.
[QUOTE=Paramud;38961849]Can people please stop using fucking hashtags outside of Twitter?[/QUOTE] #yolo [editline]wdp[/editline] They are a part of our culture.
[QUOTE=Paramud;38961849]Can people please stop using fucking hashtags outside of Twitter?[/QUOTE] I don't know how I feel about hashtags outside of twitter. Initially I was enraged by it but the more and more I thought about it the more I believe the hashtag system (or something similar) should be implemented to some degree on a much wider spectrum. Namely youtube video titles, adding hashtags can quickly related them to current events (#protestxyz #uprisingincountryabc, etc). The whole hashtag concept is just a very clever implementation of the general tagging system that so many other sites and services use already, the main reason for it's success is that it is entirely in-line so there doesn't have to be anything between the tags and the content. Just my two cents of course
[QUOTE=Franke_R!?;38963520]#yolo [editline]wdp[/editline] They are a part of our culture.[/QUOTE]Well then I dislike our culture.
[QUOTE=Paramud;38961849]Can people please stop using fucking hashtags outside of Twitter?[/QUOTE] Then how are people supposed to discuss it on twitter?
Can we stop using hashtags in general
[QUOTE=Paramud;38961849]Can people please stop using fucking hashtags outside of Twitter?[/QUOTE] Probably to encourage Twitter usage. Most people always go "I have one but never use it" or "don't have an account" when I see it brought up in real life, but everyone and their dog has Facebook.
I personally like physical magazines better sometimes... the smell of those pages, the feel of the smooth coating. How freaking expensive one issue is... but seriously, if magazines were like 5-7 dollars an issue then I'd totally buy physical copies. Better online I guess. Less production costs.
[QUOTE=The Baconator;38964975]everyone and their dog has Facebook.[/QUOTE] [url]https://www.facebook.com/Boo[/url]
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