[rael-science] [with Rael's comment] Newsweek magazine ends print edition to go online-only‏

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RAEL'S COMMENT: This is very good news. Let's hope that all the mainstream media (even those online) will soon be bankrupt, and that people will get REAL information by reading Internet Web sites that are truly independent from the super rich and the banking systems. This will be the Renaissance of REAL journalism.

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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-19989346

18 October 2012 Last updated at 17:34 ET

Newsweek magazine ends print edition to go online-only

 The high cost of print publishing meant rising costs at Newsweek

Newsweek, the 80-year-old US current affairs magazine, is to become an online-only publication.

The last print edition will be on 31 December, reflecting the trend for newspapers and magazines to move online as traditional advertising declines.

Newsweek merged with the internet news group the Daily Beast two years ago.

The Daily Beast's founder, Tina Brown, said its site now had more than 15 million unique visitors a month, a 70% increase on last year.

She said in a statement: "Exiting print is an extremely difficult moment for all of us who love the romance of print and the unique weekly camaraderie of those hectic hours before the close on Friday night.

Analysis

Ben Thompson Business reporter, New York

In 1933, Newsweek hit the news stands - a weekly magazine covering global events.

But much like the world it's reported on over the last 80 years, much has changed in the publishing world too. Not least how consumers get their news.

The number of Newsweek subscribers has slumped from more than 3 million at its peak to 1.5 million today. Couple that with falling advertising revenues for traditional print media and it's led Newsweek to ditch its print edition altogether.

Newsweek Global, the digital only version, will be available via a subscription. It's a way of tapping into the 70 million consumers who now use tablet computers in the US, a figure that's soared from just 13 million two years ago.

But while it's a large market, there are also more competitors, and analysts say standing out in a digital world will be tough.

"But as we head for the 80th anniversary of Newsweek next year, we must sustain the journalism that gives the magazine its purpose - and embrace the all-digital future.

"This decision is not about the quality of the brand or the journalism - that is as powerful as ever. It is about the challenging economics of print publishing and distribution."

Newsweek rose to become the second largest US news weekly magazine, behind Time. But declining circulation and advertising saw it fall into losses.

It was sold by the Washington Post Company to Sidney Harman in August 2010, and was merged with the Daily Beast three months later.

Tina Brown, who became Lady Evans when her husband Harold Evans, the legendary journalist, was knighted, is a former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

She teamed up with Barry Diller to launch The Daily Beast in 2008. The website's name comes from the fictional newspaper in Evelyn Waugh's 1938 novel Scoop.

Newsweek's highs and lows

• Feb 17, 1933 Newsweek's debut. It showcases seven photos on the cover - a news event for each day of the week
• 1961 Purchased by the Washington Post
• 1970 Female reporters sue the company for gender discrimination, inspiring action at the New York Times and other publications
• 1973 The Nixon tapes: Newsweek's in-depth examination of the president's secret listening devices offers a thorough look at a presidency in turmoil
• 1983 A cover story promises diaries recovered from Hitler's bunker. Within weeks, the story is proved a hoax
• 2005 Newsweek reports the Koran was flushed down the toilet as an interrogation tactic at Guantanamo Bay. The magazine backs away from the claim, but only after deadly rioting in the Middle East
• 2010 The Washington Post sells Newsweek to speaker magnate Sidney Harman. Later that year, Tina Brown is named editor. During her tenure, controversial covers include a photo of Michele Bachmann looking unhinged, a photoshopped cover of an aging Princess Diana, and a piece on "Muslim rage" that fuelled pushback on Twitter
• 2011 Newsweek.com shuts down. Traffic is redirected to Brown's site The Daily Beast
• 2012 Newsweek announces it will cease print publication at the year end

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WARNING FROM RAEL: For those who don't use their intelligence at its full capacity, the label "selected by RAEL" on some articles does not mean that I agree with their content or support it. "Selected by RAEL" means that I believe it is important for the people of this planet to know about what people think or do, even when what they think or do is completely stupid and against our philosophy. When I selected articles in the past about stupid Christian fundamentalists in America praying for rain, I am sure no Rael-Science reader was stupid enough to believe that I was supporting praying to change the weather. So, when I select articles which are in favor of drugs, anti-semitic, anti-Jewish, racist, revisionist, or inciting hatred against any group or religion, or any other stupid article, it does not mean that I support them. It just means that it is important for all human beings to know about them. Common sense, which is usually very good among our readers, is good enough to understand that. When, like in the recent articles on drug decriminalization, it is necessary to make it clearer, I add a comment, which in this case was very clear: I support decriminalizing all drugs, as it is stupid to throw depressed and sad people (as only depressed and sad people use drugs) in prison and ruin their life with a criminal record. That does not mean that there is any change to the Message which says clearly that we must not use any drug except for medical purposes. The same applies to the freedom of expression which must be absolute. That does not mean again of course that I agree with anti-Jews, antisemites, racists of any kind or anti-Raelians. But by knowing your enemies or the enemies of your values, you are better equipped to fight them. With love and respect of course, and with the wonderful sentence of the French philosopher Voltaire in mind: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it".~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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