Time magazine ushers in the Stengel Era (Deck Chair Re-arrangement Alert/DeathWatch™ SE)

Market Watch ^ | Oct 16, 2006 | Jon Friedman

[Milhous]

Time's new editor, a former Democrat staffer, "desperate to create some excitement among readers [eg MSM tools] and advertisers ... success will hinge on ... memorable covers ... sticking it to the G.O.P."



"We will be hard on Democrats," [New editor Stengel] vowed.

[Milhous]

ping

[2banana]

Time magazine is so left wing - they have too much competition from all the other news outlets. Maybe they to take a lesson from FOX...

[onyx]

Not even fit for the bottom of a bird cage!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I quit TIME the day they ran their cover story on suicides, blaming the RKBA. This was about 20 years ago...

[Vaquero]

All right everyone, line up alphabetically according to your height. Casey Stengel

[Thombo2]

Circulation stagnant at 4 million?What do they expect?I believe they've alienated a lot of former readers-like myself.That should be a "no brainer".

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

LOL - exactly what I was thinking! :-)

[Grampa Dave]

What is the circulation numbers of Time?

Does anyone besides elite liberals buy this weekly package of liberal lies, bs, spins and wet dreams posing as news?

In the past 5-10 years, I have yet to find a Doctor or Dentist, who pays for Time or Newsweak in their magazine rack. The lady who owns the hair saloon where I go, told me that she hasn't paid for Time or Newsweak since 1992, when she cancelled her subscriptions.

[bilhosty]

ditto former reader myself. i wonder how much of its circulation is in the nations libraries where it just lies around and is not read by anyone except an occasional bum trying to make a justification for staying warm.

[joe fonebone]

where is raoul's first rule of journalism?

[beyond the sea]

Stengel

Casey .................. looking at the early Mets: "Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game?

****

Loved that guy.

[EQAndyBuzz]

This is how TIME gets readers back. Have a magazine that has two front pages.

On the front page put, "From the Left" On the back page put, "From the Right" and work articles back into the middle.

[Luke21]

I got a free subscription to Newsweak in 1992. They promptly sent me an issue emblazoned with a painting of Bill Clinton being sworn in as president. It was April. The elections were seven months away, but they could dream.

I canceled it..fast.

[RichInOC]

Exactly the man and the quote I thought of when I saw the headline.

[Grampa Dave]

That is a terrific insight to these bastards.

I stopped my subscriptions to both NewsWeak and Slime due to their attacks on Ronald Reagan. I have never missed not getting their bs, and I have saved a lot of money over the decades.

Thanks for sharing this rotten moment in history.

[HitmanLV]

Obama really reminds me of literally 100s of lawyers I used to work with who had impressive credentials, would sit in on meetings and nod knowingly, yet clearly would get very nervous and freeze up if asked a question or was put on the spot. Empty suits. Lightweights.

Nice resumes, though.

[Chuck Dent]

Does anyone besides elite liberals buy this weekly package of liberal lies, bs, spins and wet dreams posing as news?

Time began its decline into irrelevance long before embracing a liberal bias & the advent of new media when it abandoned detailed news analyses in favor of a dumbed down USA Today approach.

Not coincidentally, that's when The Economist began its rise in circulation. While there's still a market for printed news analysis, pubs like The Economist & Atantic Monthly have the high-end locked up. (And of course must be read with a liberal filter - but that's generally the plight of conservatives where the best writers besides Steyn are all libs.) The reading level of Time magazine today is about the same as Boy's Life.

[Milhous]

where is raoul's first rule of journalism?

Raoul's First Law of Journalism
BIAS = LAYOFFS

[Thombo2]

Good point.I'll bet a good share of their "readership" is composed of freebees.Previous post mentioned doctors offices.My doctor and dentist offices both have copies of Time,Newsweek,People,and of course CNN on the idiot box.