"...a major editorial makeover likely to result in a slimmer publication..."

Two used dish rags stapled together sounds just about right...

It's about time we start calling this rag NewsWeak.

NewsSkewed might be a little better, but maybe not as catchy.

Impunitas semper ad deteriora invitat.

Newsweek is a vanity publication for the ego's of Michael Isikoff, Jon Meacham and Jonathan Alter.  US News and World Report is going web only.  It at least publishes a useful college guide.

What market is there for another left wing opinion journal. Time to fold.

have thrown all issues still being sent in the trash UNREAD! 

Jon Meacham, the man who is ON TAPE on the Charlie Rose Show agreeing with Brokaw and Thomas that they didn't have a clue as to who Barack Obama really was.  The Friday before the election!!!!  After two years of pandering and hiding or distorting the facts and FAILING to investigate as to "who Barack Obama really was"

My stomach already feels much better as I toss the magazine in the trash along with the coffee grounds and egg shells...a fitting resting place!

Thanks for NOTHING, Mr. Editor.  May you receive your just rewards for a job very poorly done!  As journalists, your staff FAILED!!

A PROUD member of the Oogedy Boogedy branch of the GOP!

"Dear Gaia, or "The Force" or Spirit of Lenin, etc.,

Please save our vapid and ridiculuous faux newsmagazine.  We have been faithful followers of you, and all other possible liberal/politically-correct deities.  And even though we might mock people who believe in any supernatural beings or states of being, we only did so in the name of furthering your green/socialist agenda for the planet. 

We, therefore, humbly beseech thee to grant our petition, and save us from financial demise, and the possibility of having to get real jobs. Amen"

I used to subscribe to this excuse of a magazine.  I am very happy to see this happening to them; even better if they folded entirely.  Of course, they'll blame anything and everything: the Evil Bush's Recession, the Internet, misaligned stars, blah blah blah, for their impending collapse, but to me it boils down to ONE thing:

Newsweak SUCKS.  And why?  Because their journalism is crappy, they portray themselves with an air of snobbery, and because they are unabashed leftist cheerleaders.  If they were halfway objective, I bet that even with the Internet and other sources of media, they would be doing just fine.  But they aren't, so they get to reap what they sow. 

This couldn't happen to a better group of people. 

"THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING!!!  A WAR ON FREEWILL IS COMING!!!" - Nevermore, "Bittersweet Feast", from This Godless Endeavor (2005)

Making Jon Meacham editor was like a terminal cancer patient putting a loaded shotgun in his mouth and pulling both triggers. It would have died any way, but Meacham is sure speeding the process.

BW222

How much slimmer can this magazine get? I used to read it for free at the library on my lunch hour, but I even stopped doing that after reading article after article of biased news and incorrect information. A couple of times I yelled in frustration and threw it against the wall.

I did used to get some good chuckles out of the stupid arrow section. Has Bush had an up arrow in the past 8 years? No, I don't think he ever has. Just like O Holy One never got a down arrow. Hillery got a few side pointers.

There are dozens of national liberal media news outlets. They all compete for a liberal audience and ignore the conservative market.  Conservatives who in the past have unwittingly watched or read these liberal sources are catching on that they can get their news elsewhere (the Internet, Foxnews, and talk radio), people like me who now refuse to watch or read liberal news propoganda.

The fact that Fox News has been a huge success proves that there is a significant news market among conservatives and people who want fair and balanced information.  It makes me wonder why we haven't seen more news agencies shift in the conservative direction. The only answer in my mind is that they will clutch their liberal ideology to their graves before shifting politically to the right.  Which is fine with me, bye bye Newsweek.  Bye bye Time.  Bye bye New York Times.