Wasn’t there a time when the weekly news magazines, such as Time and Newsweek, didn’t look like they belonged with the supermarket tabs? With covers shilling the sensational or celebs du jour.
Take the most recent issue of Newsweek. Please.
It looks like an entity that merged with the online publication, The Daily Beast, which it did last year. And its covers bear the pop-culture input of editor-in-chief Tina Brown. The current one emblazons: “The DSK Maid Speaks,” which speaks for itself. A couple of weeks ago it ran that compromised profile of Sarah Palin, who was depicted on the “I Can Win” cover with that semi-fetching image courtesy of Runner’s World Magazine.
No, you don’t have to pick up an undersized, ill-edited daily newspaper or catch “Page One” at Tampa Theatre to see out how traditional, respected print media is too often responding to online competition.