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The 10 Most Controversial Mag Covers (Recently) Published These images shocked, awed, made you buy and/or made you talk

Sex sells. If it bleeds, it leads. There is value to shock—you don't have to be slinging dirt for TMZ to understand that. Some of the most controversial images ever…

May 22 2012

Newsweekly Conceptual Covers on the Rise—Again Where some see controversy, others see ideas

Times may be tough for newsweeklies on the advertising and circulation fronts, but they’re having a bit of fun lately. While Time and Bloomberg Businessweek collected top honors from their…

May 21 2012

Provocative 'Time' and 'Newsweek' Covers Are Newsstand Hits Controversial pics pay off for newsweeklies

Shock still sells, especially on the newsstand. According to MagNet’s industry insights, Time’s provocative “Are You Mom Enough?” issue—featuring a mother breastfeeding her 3-year-old boy—and Newsweek’s “The First Gay President,”…

May 18 2012

Perspective: The 'Week' in Review Be It 1978 or 2012, 'Newsweek' has always been worth reading—in spite of ad fails

Try to imagine a distant, magical past called 1978, a time of Champale, the Bee Gees, and the Chrysler Cordoba. But the strangest thing about this long-lost time had to…

May 10 2012

4 Great Ads From the 'Mad Men' Edition of 'Newsweek' Special issue full of retro-style executions

As you've surely heard by now, Newsweek is celebrating the return of AMC's Mad Men on Sunday with a Mad Men-themed issue with a retro cover and loads of retro…

March 21 2012

Matt McAllester Leaves 'Newsweek' for 'Time' Famed war reporter was there less than six months

There’s been another major defection from Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Matt McAllester, the Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who joined Tina Brown’s NewsBeast in October as a senior editor, is…

January 20 2012

A Year of Tina Brown and Newsweek Still Needs a Savior NewsBeast still hasn’t turned around its losses and has a long way to go before it gets into the black

When the merger between Newsweek and The Daily Beast was announced almost a year ago, it seemed like it might, at least, have the makings of a good story: charming…

October 31 2011

Tina Brown Preps Daily Beast TV Original video set to launch in Nov.

Tina Brown’s recent forays on the Web and in print have so far had uncertain results. Can she make it on TV? We’ll soon see. Daily Beast TV is getting…

October 24 2011

Newsweeklies Plan Special Steve Jobs Coverage In rare move, 'Time' stops presses

The media has gone into full swing to cover Steve Jobs’ death, with Time, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Newsweek among those preparing special coverage. Time’s regular weekly issue, which goes on stands…

October 05 2011

Former 'Newsweek' Editor Meacham Joins 'Time,' Officially Signs on as contributing editor to onetime rival

In April, Adweek reported that ex-Newsweek editor Jon Meacham switched teams and wrote his first cover story for Time magazine. Now, Meacham and Time have made their relationship official: He's…

September 15 2011

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