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Personally, I can't see how they could possibly be losing all that money.

1 posted on 07/24/2012 6:47:17 AM PDT by Zakeet

For some reason, I get Newsweek in the mail every week. It goes straight to the garbage can.

2 posted on 07/24/2012 6:49:51 AM PDT by Tea Party Terrorist (Fast & Furious: Proof the Government should not have access to guns)

3 posted on 07/24/2012 6:52:56 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)

A big publishing story of 2010 was when stereo equipment magnate Sidney Harman bought financially troubled Newsweek Magazine for $1 in the hopes of revitalizing the venerable old publication into the "thought leader" it once was.

Overpaid.

Newsweak and propaganda high.

5 posted on 07/24/2012 7:10:40 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, start today.)

Wow!

Collectivists don’t understand capitalism!

Who knew?!

7 posted on 07/24/2012 7:55:51 AM PDT by vanilla swirl (searching for something meaningfull to say)

-——high staff turnover on both the business and editorial side. -——

Translation: the refugees laid off from all the various failing MSM publications that were scooped up by the Daily Beast leave as soon as another gig presents its self.

8 posted on 07/24/2012 7:57:54 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))

I had a business partner in a TV venture that thought he was smarter than Barry Diller. Turns out they are both as dumb as a box of rocks.

10 posted on 07/24/2012 8:16:18 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)

Most people have NO IDEA where liberal media propaganda comes from.
AND WHO PAYS FOR IT....

Most of these Obama Journo-listers will say whatever the rich libs want them to say, as long as the checks keep coming.

12 posted on 07/24/2012 10:42:05 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)

I would be willing to take ownership of this for $500, provided I get full ownership including final editorial approval. I would do an immediate overhaul of the format to focus on:
- 2 stories in a set of categories(govt/law/regulation, business/economy, world news, science/technology)- 1 page each
- 1 story in another set (history, health, literature/entertainment, sports)- 1 page each
- a summary of additional stories from the week- 1 page
- a page of 1-5 panel comics
- plus one major ad hoc hardcore investigation piece of no more than 5 pages
- and the GOOD page highlighting someone or something that is positive

Website would be used to flesh out 1 pagers and summaries including potential links to other news sources, provide supporting documentation for the five pager, request idea submissions, and a few additional stories.

Would need to bring in editors that are only interested in stating facts. I believe that the US is still interested in an unbiased news source in print and on the net. If anyone can point me in the right direction to do the purchase please let me know.

I’m actually serious about this as I think that the majority of media has become so biased it is now largely ignored. We often talk about liberal bias in the media but we don’t talk often about how to take action - I’d go higher than the $500. Anyone care to join me?

13 posted on 07/24/2012 12:28:16 PM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)

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