Newsweek Goes on Recession Weight-Loss Plan

The rumors floating around yesterday that Newsweek was going to significantly reduce its rate base look to be true. The Wall Street Journal is reporting the weekly magazine may cut anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million copies from its current 2.6 million guarantee as well as slim down the magazine resulting in a publication that has “more photos and opinion inside its pages.”

Newsweek is seeking in part to mirror publications like the Economist, which has thrived in a tough market by focusing less on costly news gathering than on driving discussion of the day’s issues.

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