Newsweek to Go All Digital in 2013. Print Edition Ends Dec. 31
Posted on October 22, 2012
Newsweek will go all digital in 2013. The last issue of the print version will be the December 31 issue. Newsweek published a print version for 80 years. An image of Newsweek on the iPad is pictured above.
Tina Brown calls the decision bittersweet. She says, "Bittersweet, I say. Bitter, because I'd be lying if I didn't confess to a bruised heart. I love print: always have, always will do. Sweet, because we are rising spiritedly to a challenge, not wringing our hands in impotent despair over the way modern life-and modern reading habits-have rendered our print edition unviable."
The AP reports that job cuts are expected as Newsweek goes all digital. Take a look:
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