Tina Brown's 'Newsweek' a Hit on Newsstands

Magazine still has to deal with sluggish ad sales

Newsweek's been under the microscope since Tina Brown took over. So far, things haven't looked good: First-quarter ad pages were down 31 percent year-over-year, and the April 12 issue had just six ads.

But it’s not all bad. Brown’s redesign appears to have been a hit on newsstands.

Newsstand sales of the relaunched Newsweek's first issue, which had Hillary Clinton on the cover, were up 19 percent from the magazine's average from last year, according to point-of-sale data from nine major retail chains compiled by Magazine Information Network.

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