Washington Post Co. to Sell Newsweek (Dumpin' It: Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

Newsweek (seriously) ^

[quesney]

The Washington Post Co. announced today that it has retained Allen & Company to explore the possible sale of NEWSWEEK magazine.

[dirtboy]

NEWSWEEK is an internationally known and respected publication

Known, yes. Respect, hardly.

[mlocher]

Despite heroic efforts on the part of NEWSWEEK's management and staff, we expect it to still lose money in 2010.

Martyrdom is not heroism.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

NEWSWEEK is an international laughingstock

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I predict Newsweek will become a quarterly and be banished to the grocery store check out isle, more or less like the periodic Life Magazine appearances.

[Disambiguator]

I’ll buy that!

For a dollar.

[GeronL]

Newsweak, I mean Newspeak magazine is for sale??

Think Bloomberg will buy that too??

[GeronL]

bump

[Cicero]

I hear they’re planning to change the name from Newsweek to Swillmonth.

[Lancey Howard]

Who would buy it? Seriously.
Maybe the same people who would invest in a slide-rule manufacturing company?

[999replies]

I wish I could buy it so I could personally fire every writer/editor. That would be fun.

[rman04554]

HAR HAR HAR Awesome! The end is near

[Carley]

Maybe Olbermadmann can buy the rag, er, mag. They’re perfect together.

[madprof98]

Maybe somebody will buy it for the parts.

[ConservativeMind]

Who will buy something that will be extinct in a year and lose money every day of its existence?

[catnipman]

... and in the current climate, it might be a better fit elsewhere."

Hmmmmm, let's see ... better fit elsewhere. I'm thinking. Got it! Bzzzz. "What is Bankruptcy Court?" Ding, ding, ding! That's correct for $200.00!

[albie]

I’ll take it off their hands for $1,000. Payable to me.

[Grampa Dave]

Hopefully, nobody will want to spend good money for this POS!

[albie]

“Maybe somebody will buy it for the parts”.

...parts would include 3,000 wacko liberals and a huge Starbucks coffee bill.

[Grampa Dave]

“Despite heroic efforts on the part of NEWSWEEK’s management and staff, we expect it to still lose money in 2010.”

The drugged out mediots of NewsWeak have confused arrogance, bias and stupidity for heroic.