Newsweek To More Than Quintuple In Price

– News Mag Seeks To Test Boundaries of What Readers Will Pay For Stale News and Vapid Commentary –
According to industry sources, Newsweek magazine is about to undergo a major overhaul. The magazine’s parent, the Washington Post, hopes the changes will take Newsweek “from a money-losing position in the weekly-news category to a money-making one in the thought-leader category.”
Or at least to a position of leading the thoughts of people who are waiting to see the dentist.
Barber shops are expected to be especially hard hit as the print magazine moves from surface coverage of news that broke a …read more