Fear Not, Newsweek Mourners; Other 1933 Artifacts Still Remain

There was no sadder media news this week than Tina Brown’s announcement that Newsweek will be shifting to an all-digital model in early 2013. To cheer ourselves and perhaps some of you, dear readers, here’s a reminder of other entities launched the same year as Newsweek (1933) that are still mercifully around:

– San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge;
The Lone Ranger, coming back hopefully bigger and better with Johnny Depp as Tonto;
King Kong;
– MLB’s annual All-Star Game;
– Air France;
– FM radio.




On the other hand, just a few months after the February 1933 launch of Newsweek, the first U.S.

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