Newsweek (Decline)

Magazine · Founded 1933

Newsweek's fall from Time rival to $1 sale demonstrates how news magazines faced extinction when the internet eliminated the weekly news cycle. The magazine that broke Iran-Contra sold for a dollar in 2010, went digital-only, then cycled through owners seeking to extract remaining brand value. Like a species whose ecological niche disappears, Newsweek exists in zombie form.

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1933
Founded