{"id":14031,"date":"2012-10-18T11:19:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcitement.com\/?p=14031"},"modified":"2012-10-18T11:19:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T16:19:02","slug":"newsweek-to-cease-print-publication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcitement.com\/hardware\/tablet\/newsweek-to-cease-print-publication\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsweek To Cease Print Publication"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newsweek and Daily Beast Editor in Chief Tina Brown announced today that the venerable magazine will cease print publication at the end of 2012, moving to an all-digital, partially-subscription model. Brown made the official announcement (I’m not sure if this is ironic or just telling) on the Daily Beast blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Newsweek Global, as the all-digital publication will be named, will be a single, worldwide edition targeted for a highly mobile, opinion-leading audience who want to learn about world events in a sophisticated context. Newsweek Global will be supported by paid subscription and will be available through e-readers for both tablet and the Web, with select content available on The Daily Beast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not exactly a shocking development. Print news magazine subscriptions in general have been falling for some time, and as Brown acknowledges in her announcement, the advertising model has become “challenging.” It certainly doesn’t help that the quality of the magazine has been heading southward at the same time. Whether the Newsweek Global paywall will work remains to be seen; the model hasn’t seemed to work terribly well for other news organizations, but as Brown notes, the digital landscape is changing dramatically and changing fast, with over 500 percent growth in tablet ownership in just two years. It’s possible that the time for unshareable online content hidden behind a paywall has come.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Are you willing to pony up for digital-only Newsweek reporting, or are you more likely to look elsewhere for free Newsweek-style news and commentary?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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