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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|Weekly magazine based in New York City}} {{For|the 1978–1989 Australia North Queensland current affairs television program|Newsweek (TV program)}} {{Use American English|date = October 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Newsweek | logo = Newsweek Logo.svg | image_name = | image_file = Newsweek 1983-09-05 cover lookalike.svg | image_caption = Cover of the September 5, 1983, issue | editor = [[Nancy Cooper]]{{r|Kelly_20180306}} | editor_title = [[Editor-in-chief]] | previous_editor = {{ubl | [[Malcolm Muir (publisher)|Malcolm Muir]] (1937–1959) | [[Osborn Elliott]] (1961–1976){{r|Elliott_Obit_20080929}} | [[Jon Meacham]] (2006–2010){{r|JonMeacham_dot_com}} }} | publisher = Dev Pragad{{r|DevPragad_HBS_Interview}}{{r|KingsCollege_2019}}, President and CEO | total_circulation = 100,000{{r|Kelly_20150306}} | circulation_year = 2015 | category = [[Magazine]], [[publisher]] | firstdate = {{start date and age|1933|2|17}} | finaldate = | company = {{Plain list| * Independent (1933–61, 2018–present) * [[Graham Holdings Company|The Washington Post Company]] (1961–2010) * [[The Newsweek Daily Beast Company]]/[[IAC (company)|IAC]] (2010–13) * [[IBT Media]] (2013–18) * Newsweek Publishing LLC (2018–present) }} | country = United States | based = [[New York City]] | language = English, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, [[Rioplatense Spanish]], Arabic, [[Serbian language|Serbian]] | website = {{url|newsweek.com/}} | issn = 0028-9604 | oclc = 818916146 }} '''''Newsweek''''' is a weekly [[news magazine]]. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, ''Newsweek'' was widely distributed during the 20th century and had many notable editors-in-chief. It is currently co-owned by [[Dev Pragad]], the president and CEO, and [[Johnathan Davis (businessman)|Johnathan Davis]] who sits on the board; they each own 50% of the company.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-shareholders-resolve-litigation Newsweek shareholders resolve litigation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916010542/https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-shareholders-resolve-litigation|date=September 16, 2023}}. ''newsweek.com''.</ref> Revenue declines prompted The Washington Post Company to sell the publication in August 2010, to the audio pioneer [[Sidney Harman]] a purchase price of one dollar and an assumption of the magazine's liabilities.<ref name="nytsale"/> Later in the year, ''Newsweek'' merged with the news and opinion website ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', forming [[The Newsweek Daily Beast Company]]. ''Newsweek'' was jointly owned by the estate of Harman and the diversified American media and Internet company [[IAC (company)|IAC]].{{r|merger}}<ref name="merger2">{{Cite web|title=''The Daily Beast'' and ''Newsweek'' confirm merger|work=The Spy Report|date=November 12, 2010|url=http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/11/12/us-the-daily-beast-and-newsweek-confirm-merger/|access-date=November 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116122621/http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/11/12/us-the-daily-beast-and-newsweek-confirm-merger/|archive-date=November 16, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' continued to experience financial difficulties leading to the cessation of print publication and a transition to an all-digital format at the end of 2012. In 2013, [[IBT Media]] acquired ''Newsweek'' from IAC; the acquisition included the ''Newsweek'' brand and its online publication, but did not include ''The Daily Beast''.{{r|ibtpr}} IBT Media, which also owns the ''[[International Business Times]]'', rebranded itself as Newsweek Media Group, and in 2014, relaunched ''Newsweek'' in both print and digital form. In 2018, IBT Media split into two companies, Newsweek Publishing and IBT Media. The split was accomplished one day before the [[District attorney|District Attorney]] of Manhattan indicted Etienne Uzac, the co-owner of IBT Media, on fraud charges.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-11|title=DA Vance Announces Indictment of Newsweek and Christian Media Chiefs in Long-Running $10 Million Fraud Probe|url=https://www.manhattanda.org/da-vance-announces-indictment-of-newsweek-and-christian-media-chiefs-in-long-running-10-million-fraud-probe/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Manhattan District Attorney's Office|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719232751/https://www.manhattanda.org/da-vance-announces-indictment-of-newsweek-and-christian-media-chiefs-in-long-running-10-million-fraud-probe/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3" />{{r|PressRelease2018}} Under ''Newsweek''{{'}}s current co-owner and CEO, Dev Pragad, it is profitable growing 20-30% per year : between May 2019 and May 2022, its monthly unique visitors rose from about 30 million to 48 million, according to [[Comscore]]. Pragad became CEO in 2016; readership has grown to 100 million readers per month, the highest in its 90-year history.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> The operations of the company were researched by the [[Harvard Business School]]; they published a case study in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Applegate |first1=Linda M. |last2=Srinivasan |first2=Surja |date=February 14, 2022 |orig-date=October 18, 2021 |title=Newsweek: Driving a Digital First Strategy |url=https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/822052-PDF-ENG?Ntt=newsweek |website=Harvard Business School Case Study |access-date=October 17, 2023 |archive-date=October 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024114157/https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/822052-PDF-ENG?Ntt=newsweek |url-status=live }}</ref> ==History== [[File:News-Week Feb 17 1933, vol1 issue1.jpg|thumb|First issue of ''News-Week'' February 17, 1933]] {{Anchor|Founding and early years}} [[File:Newsweek, June 12, 2020, cover.jpg|thumb|Cover of the June 12, 2020 issue of Newsweek]] ===Founding and early years (1933–1961)=== [[File:Newsweek Jan 16 1939 Felix Frankfurter.jpg|thumb|right|The January 16, 1939 cover featured [[Felix Frankfurter]]]][[File:Newsweek WWII Armed Forces Overseas Edition 1944.jpg|thumb|right|May 8, 1944 WWII "Armed Forces Overseas Edition"]] ''News-Week'' was launched in 1933 by [[Thomas J. C. Martyn]], a former foreign-news editor for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''. He obtained financial backing from a group of U.S. stockholders "which included [[Ward Cheney]], of the Cheney silk family, [[John Hay Whitney]], and [[Paul Mellon]], son of [[Andrew W. Mellon]]".{{r|Lundberg_1937}}{{rp|page=[https://archive.org/details/americas60famili0000unse/page/259/mode/1up 259]}} Paul Mellon's ownership in ''News-Week'' apparently represented "the first attempt of the Mellon family to function journalistically on a national scale".{{r|Lundberg_1937}}{{rp|page=[https://archive.org/details/americas60famili0000unse/page/260/mode/1up 260]}} The group of original owners invested around {{US$|2.5}}{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|2.5|1933|r=2}}{{nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|US}}). Other large stockholders prior to 1946 were public utilities investment banker Stanley Childs and Wall Street corporate lawyer Wilton Lloyd-Smith. Journalist [[Samuel T. Williamson]] served as the first editor-in-chief of ''News-Week''. The first issue of the magazine was dated February 17, 1933. Seven [[photograph]]s from the week's news were printed on the first issue's cover.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bztv.typepad.com/instanthistory/2007/02/newsweek_1_a_lo.html|title=Instant History: Review of First ''Newsweek'' with Cover Photo|publisher=BZTV|date=February 17, 1933|access-date=December 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025034807/http://bztv.typepad.com/instanthistory/2007/02/newsweek_1_a_lo.html|archive-date=October 25, 2012}}</ref> In 1937, ''News-Week'' merged with the weekly journal ''Today'', which had been founded in 1932 by future New York Governor and diplomat [[W. Averell Harriman]], and [[Vincent Astor]] of the prominent Astor family. As a result of the deal, Harriman and Astor provided $600,000 ({{Inflation|US|600000|1937|fmt=eq|r=-3}}) in venture capital funds and Vincent Astor became both the chairman of the board and its principal stockholder between 1937 and his death in 1959.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} In 1937 [[Malcolm Muir (publisher)|Malcolm Muir]] took over as president and editor-in-chief. He changed the name to ''Newsweek'', emphasized interpretive stories, introduced signed columns, and launched international editions.{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} {{Anchor|Under ''Post'' ownership}} ===Under ''Post'' ownership (1961–2010)=== The magazine was purchased by [[The Washington Post Company]] in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|first=Harrison E.|last=Salisbury|title=Washington Post Buys Newsweek. It Acquires 59% of Stock From Astor Foundation for $8,000,000.|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A1FF93F5D1B728DDDA90994DB405B818AF1D3|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 10, 1961|access-date=April 14, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215051112/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A1FF93F5D1B728DDDA90994DB405B818AF1D3|archive-date=February 15, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Osborn Elliott]] was named editor of ''Newsweek'' in 1961 and became the editor-in-chief in 1969.[[File:March 1, 1976 Newsweek story on Bill and Emily Harris.jpg|thumb|left|A March 1, 1976 story about [[Symbionese Liberation Army|SLA]] members Bill and [[Emily Harris]]]] In 1970, [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] represented sixty female employees of ''Newsweek'' who had filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that ''Newsweek'' had a policy of allowing only men to be reporters.<ref name="Newsweek">{{cite news |title=Newsweek Agrees to End Sex Discrimination Policy |agency=Associated Press |date=August 28, 1970 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JpQAAAAIBAJ&pg=5051,6088623&dq=eleanor-holmes-norton&hl=en |access-date=March 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506115133/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8JpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NuEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5051,6088623&dq=eleanor-holmes-norton&hl=en |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The women won and ''Newsweek'' agreed to allow women to be reporters.<ref name="Newsweek"/> The day the claim was filed, ''Newsweek''{{'s}} cover article was "Women in Revolt", covering the feminist movement; the article was written by a woman who had been hired on a freelance basis since there were no female reporters at the magazine.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of ''Newsweek'' Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace|url=https://archive.org/details/goodgirlsrevolth0000povi|url-access=registration|year=2013|author=Lynn Povich|isbn=978-1610393263|publisher=PublicAffairs}}</ref> [[Edward Kosner]] became editor from 1975 to 1979 after directing the magazine's extensive coverage of the [[Watergate scandal]] that led to the resignation of President [[Richard Nixon]] in 1974. [[Richard Mills Smith|Richard M. Smith]] became chairman in 1998, the year that the magazine inaugurated its "Best High Schools in America" list,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html |title=2013 America's Best High Schools |website=Newsweek |access-date=September 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817020128/http://www.newsweek.com/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html |archive-date=August 17, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> a ranking of public [[Secondary education|secondary schools]] based on the [[Challenge Index]], which measures the ratio of [[Advanced Placement Program|Advanced Placement]] or [[IB Diploma Programme|International Baccalaureate]] exams taken by students to the number of graduating students that year, regardless of the scores earned by students or the difficulty in graduating. Schools with average [[SAT]] scores above 1300 or average [[ACT (examination)|ACT]] scores above 27 are excluded from the list; these are categorized instead as "Public Elite" High Schools. In 2008, there were 17 Public Elites.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/137421/ |title=List of Public Elites. ''Newsweek'' (2008) |website=Newsweek |access-date=May 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520212924/http://www.newsweek.com/id/137421 |archive-date=May 20, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Smith resigned as board chairman in December 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/authors/richard-m-smith.html |title=Richard M. Smith |work=Newsweek |access-date=December 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110119065511/http://www.newsweek.com/authors/richard-m-smith.html |archive-date= Jan 19, 2011 }}</ref> {{Anchor|Restructuring and new owner}} ====Restructuring and new owner (2008–2010)==== [[File:Newsweek 05 24 09.jpg|thumb|left|The first issue released after the magazine switched to an opinion and commentary format]] During 2008–2009, ''Newsweek'' undertook a dramatic business restructuring.<ref>{{cite news|first=Richard|last=Pérez-Peña|title=The Popular Newsweekly Becomes a Lonely Category|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/business/media/17weeklies.html |url-access=subscription |work=The New York Times|date=January 16, 2009|access-date=January 17, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415233350/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/business/media/17weeklies.html|archive-date=April 15, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Kathleen Deveny|title=Reinventing Newsweek: A New Strategy for Print, Online |url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/195620|work=Newsweek|date=May 18, 2009|access-date=May 29, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509191800/http://www.newsweek.com/id/195620|archive-date=May 9, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> Citing difficulties in competing with online news sources to provide unique news in a weekly publication, the magazine refocused its content on opinion and commentary beginning with its May 24, 2009, issue. It shrank its subscriber rate base, from 3.1{{nbsp}}million to 2.6{{nbsp}}million in early 2008, to 1.9{{nbsp}}million in July 2009 and then to 1.5{{nbsp}}million in January 2010{{mdash}}a decline of 50% in one year. [[Jon Meacham]], Editor-in-chief from 2006 to 2010,{{r|JonMeacham_dot_com}} described his strategy as "counterintuitive" as it involved discouraging renewals and nearly doubling subscription prices as it sought a more affluent subscriber base for its advertisers.{{r|Kurtz_WaPa_20090518}} During this period, the magazine also laid off staff. While advertising revenues were down almost 50% compared to the prior year, expenses were also diminished, whereby the publishers hoped ''Newsweek'' would return to profitability.<ref>Richard Pérez-Peña. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/media/16newsweek.html "Glimmers of Progress at a Leaner Newsweek"]. ''The New York Times''. November 15, 2009. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722054425/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/media/16newsweek.html|date=July 22, 2016 }}.</ref> The financial results for 2009 as reported by The Washington Post Company showed that advertising revenue for ''Newsweek'' was down 37% in 2009 and the magazine division reported an operating loss for 2009 of {{US$|29.3}}{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|29.3|2009|r=2}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) compared to a loss of {{US$|16}}{{nbsp}}million in 2008 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|16|2008|r=2}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{r|WaPo_Company_PressRelease2010}} During the first quarter of 2010, the magazine lost nearly {{US$|11}}{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|11|2010|r=2}} million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref>{{cite news|title=Newsweek magazine is sold by Washington Post|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10847466|date=August 2, 2010|access-date=2022-07-07 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100803191418/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-10847466|archive-date=August 3, 2010|url-status=live }}</ref> By May 2010, ''Newsweek'' had been losing money for the past two years and was put up for sale.<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Andrew | last1 = Vanacore | url = https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/05/newsweek-sale-washington-_n_564261.html | date = 2010-05-05 | title = Newsweek Sale: Washington Post Looking To Sell Newsweek | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507103939/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/05/newsweek-sale-washington-_n_564261.html | archive-date = 2010-05-07 | url-status = dead | access-date = 2022-07-07 | work = [[HuffPost]] }}</ref> The sale attracted international bidders. One bidder was Syrian entrepreneur [[Abdulsalam Haykal]], CEO of Syrian publishing company Haykal Media, who brought together a coalition of Middle Eastern investors with his company. Haykal later claimed his bid was ignored by ''Newsweek''{{'s}} bankers, [[Allen & Co]].<ref>{{cite news | first1 = Joe | last1 = Pompeo | date = 2010-08-05 | url = https://www.businessinsider.com/syrian-bidder-who-wanted-to-buy-newsweek-was-ignored-2010-8 | title = Syrian Bidder Who Wanted To Buy ''Newsweek'' Was Ignored | work = [[Business Insider]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220116092537/https://www.businessinsider.com/syrian-bidder-who-wanted-to-buy-newsweek-was-ignored-2010-8 | archive-date = 2022-01-16 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | url-status = live | oclc = 1076392313 | quote = Folio's Jason Fell was in touch with the CEO of the Syria-based publishing company Haykal Media during the Newsweek auction. [...] The CEO, Abdulsalam Haykal, told Fell early on the he was rounding up investors make a bid for the magazine. After the sale, Fell checked back in with him. Turns out he was ignored by The Washington Post Co.'s banker, Allen & Co. }}</ref> The magazine was sold to audio pioneer [[Sidney Harman]] on August 2, 2010 for {{US$|1}} in exchange for assuming the magazine's financial liabilities.<ref name="nytsale">{{cite news|first1=Tanzina|last1=Vega|author-link=Tanzina Vega|first2=Jeremy W.|last2=Peters|title=Audio Pioneer Buys Newsweek|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/business/media/03newsweek.html|work=The New York Times|date=August 2, 2010|access-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210124606/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/business/media/03newsweek.html|archive-date=February 10, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>{{r|Peters_NYT_20100802}} Harman's bid was accepted over three competitors.<ref>{{cite news|first=Frank|last=Ahrens|title=Harman Media buys ''Newsweek'' from Washington Post Co. for Undisclosed Amount|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080203970.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 3, 2010|access-date=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111040053/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/02/AR2010080203970.html|archive-date=November 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Meacham left the magazine upon completion of the sale. Sidney Harman, a major contributor to Zionist causes, was the husband of [[Jane Harman]], at that time a member of Congress from California. ===Merger with ''The Daily Beast'' (2010–2013)=== {{main|The Newsweek Daily Beast Company}} At the end of 2010, ''Newsweek'' merged with the online publication ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', following extensive negotiations between the respective proprietors. [[Tina Brown]], ''The Daily Beast''{{'s}} editor-in-chief, became editor of both publications. The new entity, [[The Newsweek Daily Beast Company]], was 50% owned by [[IAC/InterActiveCorp]] and 50% by Harman.<ref name="merger"/><ref name="merger2"/><ref name=wp1112>{{cite news|title=Struggling ''Newsweek'' joins with fledging Web site ''Daily Beast''|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 12, 2010|page=C8|author=Paul Farhi}}</ref> {{Anchor|2011 redesign}} ====Redesign (2011)==== ''Newsweek'' was redesigned in March 2011.<ref name="relaunch">{{cite web|author=Josh Klenert|url=http://www.spd.org/2011/03/first-look-the-newsweek-relaun.php|title=First Look: The ''Newsweek'' Redesign|work=Grids|publisher=Society of Publication Designers|date=March 7, 2011|access-date=December 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121223010612/http://www.spd.org/2011/03/first-look-the-newsweek-relaun.php|archive-date=December 23, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The new ''Newsweek'' moved the "Perspectives" section to the front of the magazine, where it served essentially as a highlight reel of the past week on ''The Daily Beast''. More room was made available in the front of the magazine for columnists, editors, and special guests. A new "News Gallery" section featured two-page spreads of photographs from the week with a brief article accompanying each one. The "NewsBeast" section featured short articles, a brief interview with a newsmaker, and several graphs and charts for quick reading in the style of ''The Daily Beast''. This is where the ''Newsweek'' staple "Conventional Wisdom" was located. Brown retained ''Newsweek''{{'s}} focus on in-depth, analytical features and original reporting on politics and world affairs, as well as a new focus on longer fashion and pop culture features. A larger culture section named "Omnivore" featured art, music, books, film, theater, food, travel, and television, including a weekly "Books" and "Want" section. The back page was reserved for a "My Favorite Mistake" column written by celebrity guest columnists about a mistake they made that helped shape who they are.<ref name="relaunch"/> ====Cessation of print format (2012)==== [[File:Newsweek final issue.png|thumb|right|The cover of ''Newsweek''{{'s}} final print issue [[The Newsweek Daily Beast Company]] owned the company from 2010 to 2013.]] On July 25, 2012, the company operating ''Newsweek'' indicated the publication was likely to go digital to cover its losses and could undergo other changes by the next year. [[Barry Diller]], chairman of the conglomerate IAC/InterActiveCorp, said his firm was looking at options since its partner in the ''Newsweek''/''Daily Beast'' operation had pulled out.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Newsweek'' likely to become digital magazine |url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/newsweek-likely-become-digital-magazine-182958150.html |work=Yahoo News |access-date=July 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726211950/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/newsweek-likely-become-digital-magazine-182958150.html |archive-date=July 26, 2012 }}</ref> At the end of 2012, the company discontinued the American print edition after 80 years of publication, citing the increasing difficulty of maintaining a paper weekly magazine in the face of declining advertising and subscription revenues and increasing costs for print production and distribution.<ref name="pageturn">{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html|title=A Turn of the Page for Newsweek|date=October 21, 2012|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018151716/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/18/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The online edition is named ''Newsweek Global''.<ref name="economist-oct">{{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/10/newsweek%E2%80%99s-future|title=''Newsweek''{{'s}} future:Goodbye ink|date=October 18, 2012|work=Economist|access-date=August 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031105355/http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2012/10/newsweek%E2%80%99s-future|archive-date=October 31, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Spin-off to IBT Media, return to print (2013–2018)=== In April 2013, IAC chairman and founder Barry Diller said at the [[Milken Institute|Milken Global Conference]] that he "wished he hadn't bought" ''Newsweek'' because his company had lost money on the magazine and called the purchase a "mistake" and a "[[Snipe hunt|fool's errand]]".<ref>Bloomberg Television. [http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/video/FudXY5Yjpt0LI5QKptqH_JEXgyUtRxQz?autoplay=1 Barry Diller: It Was a Mistake to Buy ''Newsweek''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812133737/http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/video/FudXY5Yjpt0LI5QKptqH_JEXgyUtRxQz?autoplay=1 |date=August 12, 2013 }}. ''[[Houston Business Journal]]'', April 29, 2013.</ref> On August 3, 2013, [[IBT Media]] acquired ''Newsweek'' from IAC on terms that were not disclosed; the acquisition included the ''Newsweek'' brand and its online publication, but did not include ''The Daily Beast''.{{r|ibtpr}} On March 7, 2014, IBT Media relaunched a print edition of ''Newsweek''<ref name="resumeprint">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/business/media/newsweek-plans-return-to-print.html|title=Newsweek Plans Return to Print|last=Haughney|first=Christine|date=December 3, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=December 4, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204212647/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/business/media/newsweek-plans-return-to-print.html|archive-date=December 4, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> with a cover story on the alleged creator of [[Bitcoin]], which was widely criticized for its lack of substantive evidence. The magazine stood by its story.<ref name="NYT Return">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/business/media/newsweek-returns-to-print-and-sets-off-a-bitcoin-storm.html|title=Newsweek Returns to Print and Sets Off a Bitcoin Storm|last=Kaufman|first=Leslie|date=March 7, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 27, 2014|author2=Cohen, Noam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709154729/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/08/business/media/newsweek-returns-to-print-and-sets-off-a-bitcoin-storm.html|archive-date=July 9, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> IBT Media announced that the publication returned to profitability on October 8, 2014.<ref name="profitable">{{cite news | work= Capital | last= Pompeo | first= Joe | title= ''Newsweek'' announces it's profitable | date= October 8, 2014 |url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/10/8554160/emnewsweekem-announces-its-profitable | access-date= December 4, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223041433/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2014/10/8554160/emnewsweekem-announces-its-profitable | archive-date= December 23, 2015 | url-status= dead }}</ref> In February 2017, IBT Media appointed Matt McAllester, then editor of ''Newsweek International'', as global editor-in-chief of ''Newsweek''.<ref name="Matt McAllester">{{cite news| agency= PR Newswire| title= 'Newsweek Appoints Matt McAllester as Global Editor in Chief, Newsweek| date= February 14, 2017|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newsweek-appoints-matt-mcallester-as-global-editor-in-chief-newsweek-300407084.html| access-date= May 1, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503195937/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/newsweek-appoints-matt-mcallester-as-global-editor-in-chief-newsweek-300407084.html| archive-date= May 3, 2017| url-status= live}}</ref> In January 2018, ''Newsweek'' offices were raided by the [[Manhattan District Attorney]]'s office as part of an investigation into co-owner and founder, Etienne Uzac. ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' noted the probe "focused on loans the company took out to purchase the computer equipment",<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cjr.org/analysis/newsweek-fires-editors-note.php|title=Why the ''Newsweek'' firings are bad for press freedom|work=Columbia Journalism Review|access-date=March 21, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322015633/https://www.cjr.org/analysis/newsweek-fires-editors-note.php|archive-date=March 22, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and several ''Newsweek'' reporters were fired after reporting on the issue. Uzac pleaded guilty to fraud and money-laundering in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-02-14|title=D.A. Vance Announces Guilty Pleas of Ex-Newsweek and Christian Media Chiefs in $35 Million Fraud Probe|url=https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-vance-announces-guilty-pleas-of-ex-newsweek-and-christina-media-chiefs-in-35-million-fraud-probe/|access-date=2021-07-19|website=Manhattan District Attorney's Office|language=en-US|archive-date=June 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622201141/https://www.manhattanda.org/d-a-vance-announces-guilty-pleas-of-ex-newsweek-and-christina-media-chiefs-in-35-million-fraud-probe/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===Newsweek Publishing LLC (2018–present)=== In September 2018, after completing the strategic structural changes introduced in March of the same year, IBT Media spun off ''Newsweek'' into its own entity, Newsweek Publishing LLC, with co-ownership to Dev Pragad and Johnathan Davis of IBT Media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/326408/newsweek-media-group-splits-into-separate-companie.html|title=Newsweek Media Group Splits into Separate Companies: Newsweek, IBT Media|website=mediapost.com|language=en|access-date=January 17, 2020|archive-date=July 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713033530/https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/326408/newsweek-media-group-splits-into-separate-companie.html|url-status=live}}</ref>{{r|PressRelease2018}} In 2020, ''Newsweek'''s website hit 100 million unique monthly readers, up from seven million at the start of 2017.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Gale |first=Adam |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Dev Pragad: the man who saved the news |url=https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/dev-pragad-man-saved-news/long-reads/article/1750702 |website=Management Today |access-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823203641/https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/dev-pragad-man-saved-news/long-reads/article/1750702 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, its revenues doubled to $75 million and traffic increased to 48 million monthly unique visitors in May 2022 from about 30 million in May 2019 according to Comscore.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Bruell |first=Alexandra |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Newsweek Engulfed in Legal Drama as Co-Owners Sue Each Other |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/newsweek-engulfed-in-legal-drama-as-co-owners-sue-each-other-11659096002 |website=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807145818/https://www.wsj.com/articles/newsweek-engulfed-in-legal-drama-as-co-owners-sue-each-other-11659096002 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Sara |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Newsweek execs speak out amid legal drama |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/07/26/newsweek-execs-speak-out-amid-legal-drama |website=Axios |access-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808132131/https://www.axios.com/2022/07/26/newsweek-execs-speak-out-amid-legal-drama |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Circulation and branches== In 2003, worldwide circulation was more than 4 million, including 2.7 million in the U.S; by 2010 it reduced to 1.5 million (with newsstand sales declining to just over 40,000 copies per week). ''Newsweek'' publishes editions in Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, [[Rioplatense Spanish]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]], Serbian, as well as an [[English language|English-language]] ''Newsweek International''. ''Russian Newsweek'', published since 2004, was shut in October 2010.<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303496104575560053868772146 "Publisher Shuts Russian Weekly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827212540/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303496104575560053868772146 |date=August 27, 2017 }}. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. October 19, 2010.</ref> ''[[The Bulletin (Australian periodical)|The Bulletin]]'' (an Australian weekly until 2008) incorporated an international news section from ''Newsweek''. Based in New York City, the magazine claimed 22 bureaus in 2011: nine in the U.S.: New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago/Detroit, Dallas, Miami, Washington, D.C., Boston and San Francisco, and others overseas in London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, [[Jerusalem]], [[Baghdad]], Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, [[South Asia]], [[Cape Town]], Mexico City and [[Buenos Aires]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}} According to a 2015 column in the ''[[New York Post]]'', after returning to print publication, ''Newsweek'' was selling c. 100,000 copies per month, with staff at that time numbering "about 60 editorial staffers", up from a low of "less than 30 editorial staffers" in 2013, but with plans then to grow the number to "close to 100 in the next year".{{r|Kelly_20150306}} ==Controversies== ===Allegations of sexism=== In 1970, [[Eleanor Holmes Norton]] represented sixty female employees of ''Newsweek'' who had filed a claim with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that ''Newsweek'' had a policy of allowing only men to be reporters.<ref name="Newsweek"/> The women won, and ''Newsweek'' agreed to allow women to be reporters.<ref name=Newsweek/> The day the claim was filed, ''Newsweek''{{'s}} cover article was "Women in Revolt", covering the feminist movement; the article was written by Helen Dudar, a freelancer, in the belief that there were no female writers at the magazine capable of handling the assignment. Those passed over included [[Elizabeth Peer]], who had spent five years in Paris as a foreign correspondent.<ref name=":1">{{cite book|title=The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of ''Newsweek'' Sued their Bosses and Changed the Workplace|year=2013|author=Lynn Povich|isbn=978-1610393263|publisher=PublicAffairs | pages=4–5|author-link=Lynn Povich}}</ref> The 1986 cover of ''Newsweek'' featured an article that said "women who weren't married by 40 had a better chance of being killed by a terrorist than of finding a husband".<ref name=BBC>{{cite news |last=Magistad |first=Mary Kay |date=February 20, 2013 |title=China's 'leftover women', unmarried at 27 |work=[[BBC News]] |location=Beijing |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21320560 |access-date=March 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410192314/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21320560 |archive-date=April 10, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-01-28/china-investing-big-convincing-leftover-women-get-married|title=China investing big in convincing 'leftover women' to get married|publisher=[[Public Radio International]]|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232848/http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-01-28/china-investing-big-convincing-leftover-women-get-married|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' eventually apologized for the story and in 2010 launched a study that discovered 2 in 3 women who were 40 and single in 1986 had married since.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="NWA">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.newsweek.com/marriage-numbers-110991|title=Marriage by the Numbers|magazine=Newsweek|date=July 5, 2006|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223501/http://www.newsweek.com/marriage-numbers-110991|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> The story caused a "wave of anxiety" and some "skepticism" amongst professional and highly educated women in the United States.<ref name="BBC" /><ref name="NWA" /> The article was cited several times in the 1993 [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] film ''[[Sleepless in Seattle]]'' starring [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Meg Ryan]].<ref name="BBC" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/04/2355175.htm|title=Marriage statistics not without a hitch|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|date=September 4, 2008|author=Karl S. Kruszelnicki|access-date=May 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512213227/http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/09/04/2355175.htm|archive-date=May 12, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Comparisons have been made with this article and the current rising issues surrounding the social stigma of unwed women in Asia called ''[[sheng nu]]''.<ref name=BBC /> [[File:20091123 Newsweek Palin Cover.png|thumb|upright=0.7|left|Controversial ''Newsweek'' cover, November 23, 2009, issue]] <!-- !!Do not re-add this image or remove this line without proper rationale!! [[File:MICHELE BACHMANN NEWSWEEK.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Controversial ''Newsweek'' cover, August 15, 2011, issue]] !!Do not re-add this image or remove this line without proper rationale!! --> Former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee [[Sarah Palin]] was featured on the cover of the November 23, 2009, issue of ''Newsweek'', with the caption "How do you Solve a Problem Like Sarah?" featuring an image of Palin in athletic attire and posing. Palin herself, the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' and other commentators accused ''Newsweek'' of [[sexism]] for their choice of cover in the November 23, 2009 issue discussing Palin's book, ''[[Going Rogue: An American Life]]''. "It's sexist as hell", wrote Lisa Richardson for the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>"[http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/11/newsweeks-sexism-and-sarah-palin.html ''Newsweek''{{'s}} sexism and Sarah Palin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121024019/http://opinion.latimes.com/opinionla/2009/11/newsweeks-sexism-and-sarah-palin.html |date=November 21, 2009 }}." ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> [[Taylor Marsh]] of ''[[The Huffington Post]]'' called it "the worst case of pictorial sexism aimed at political character assassination ever done by a traditional media outlet".<ref>Marsh, Taylor. "[https://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/what-was-newsweek-thinkin_b_362086.html What Was Newsweek Thinking?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129222751/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/taylor-marsh/what-was-newsweek-thinkin_b_362086.html |date=November 29, 2009 }}" ''[[The Huffington Post]]''. November 18, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> David Brody of [[CBN News]] stated: "This cover should be insulting to women politicians."<ref>Brody, David. "[http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/11/16/newsweek-photo-of-palin-shows-media-bias-and-sexism.aspx Newsweek Photo of Palin Shows Media Bias and Sexism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119025550/http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/11/16/newsweek-photo-of-palin-shows-media-bias-and-sexism.aspx |date=November 19, 2009 }}." ''[[CBN News]]''. November 16, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> The cover includes a photo of Palin used in the August 2009 issue of ''[[Runner's World]]''.<ref>Snead, Elizabeth. "[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/11/sarah-palin-hates-her-newsweek-cover-really-1.html Sarah Palin hates her 'sexist' Newsweek cover. Does she really?]" ''[[Zap2it]]''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120175415/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2009/11/sarah-palin-hates-her-newsweek-cover-really-1.html |date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref><ref>Clift, Eleanor. "[http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/16/payback-time-why-right-wing-men-rush-to-palin-s-defense.aspx Payback Time: Why Right-Wing Men Rush to Palin's Defense]." ''Newsweek''. Monday November 16, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119051635/http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/11/16/payback-time-why-right-wing-men-rush-to-palin-s-defense.aspx |date=November 19, 2009 }}</ref><ref>"[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091117/pl_ynews/ynews_pl984 Palin angered by 'sexist' Newsweek cover]." ''[[Yahoo! News]]''. November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120195341/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091117/pl_ynews/ynews_pl984 |date=November 20, 2009 }}</ref> The photographer may have breached his contract with ''Runner's World'' when he permitted its use in ''Newsweek'', as ''Runner's World'' maintained certain rights to the photo until August 2010. It is uncertain, however, whether this particular use of the photo was prohibited.<ref>Bercovici, Jeff. "[http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/19244906/ Palin photographer breached contract with sale to Newsweek] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322201259/http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/19244906/|date=March 22, 2010}}." ''[[Daily Finance]]''. November 18, 2009. Retrieved January 27, 2010.</ref> Minnesota Republican Congresswoman and presidential candidate [[Michele Bachmann]] was featured on the cover of ''Newsweek'' magazine in August 2011, dubbed "the Queen of Rage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60941.html |title=Michele Bachmann's Newsweek outtakes – Maggie Haberman |work=Politico |access-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014110034/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60941.html |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The photo of her was perceived as unflattering, as it portrayed her with a wide eyed expression some said made her look "crazy".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/newsweeks-michele-bachman_n_920860.html | work=[[HuffPost]] | first=Jack | last=Mirkinson | title=''Newsweek''{{'s}} Michele Bachmann Cover Raises Eyebrows (PHOTO, POLL) | date=August 8, 2011 | access-date=August 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929232012/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/newsweeks-michele-bachman_n_920860.html | archive-date=September 29, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> Conservative commentator [[Michelle Malkin]] called the depiction "sexist",<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/michele-bachmann-newsweek-cover/2011/08/08/gIQAPpUc2I_blog.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| date=August 9, 2011| title=Newsweek Michele Bachmann cover 'sexist' and in bad form?| access-date=September 6, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014051815/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/michele-bachmann-newsweek-cover/2011/08/08/gIQAPpUc2I_blog.html| archive-date=October 14, 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> and Sarah Palin denounced the publication. ''Newsweek'' defended the cover's depiction of her, saying its other photos of Bachmann showed similar intensity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/09/bachmann-newsweek-cover-goes-for-insult-but-gets-criticism-in-return/ | publisher=Fox News | title=Bachmann Newsweek Cover Goes for Insult But Gets Criticism in Return | date=August 9, 2011 | access-date=August 31, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816035442/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/09/bachmann-newsweek-cover-goes-for-insult-but-gets-criticism-in-return/ | archive-date=August 16, 2011 | url-status=live }}</ref> === Factual errors === Unlike most large American magazines, ''Newsweek'' has not used fact-checkers since 1996. In 1997, the magazine was forced to recall several hundred thousand copies of a special issue called ''Your Child'', which advised that infants as young as five months old could safely feed themselves [[zwieback]] toasts and chunks of raw carrot (to the contrary, both represent a choking hazard in children this young). The error was later attributed to a copy editor who was working on two stories at the same time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.poynter.org/news/newsweek-ditched-its-fact-checkers-1996-then-made-major-error|title=Newsweek ditched its fact-checkers in 1996, then made a major error|website=Poynter|language=en|access-date=September 9, 2018|date=August 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014608/https://www.poynter.org/news/newsweek-ditched-its-fact-checkers-1996-then-made-major-error|archive-date=September 10, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, ''Newsweek'' published a story claiming that the First Lady of Poland refused to shake U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s hand; ''[[Snopes]]'' described the assertion as "false".<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-first-lady-trump-handshake/|title=FACT CHECK: Did Poland's First Lady 'Refuse' to Shake President Trump's Hand?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=January 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128171530/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/polish-first-lady-trump-handshake/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' corrected its story.<ref name=":2" /> In 2018, ''Newsweek'' ran a story asserting that President Trump had wrongly colored the American flag while visiting a classroom; ''Snopes'' was unable to corroborate the photographic evidence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/|title=FACT CHECK: Did President Trump Incorrectly Color the American Flag?|work=Snopes.com|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326030045/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-flag-wrong-color/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2018, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that the [[Sweden Democrats]], a far-right party, could win a majority in the 2018 Swedish parliamentary elections. Polls showed that the party was far away from winning a majority. By September 2018, ''Newsweek''{{'s}} inaccurate article was still up.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.se/20180907/sweden-election-misreported-abroad|title=Sweden's election is being misreported abroad – and this is a problem|date=September 7, 2018|access-date=September 9, 2018|website=[[The Local]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908125540/https://www.thelocal.se/20180907/sweden-election-misreported-abroad|archive-date=September 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Newsweek'' journalists have expressed criticism of the editorial quality of its reporting since its change in ownership in 2013. In 2018, former ''Newsweek'' journalist [[Jonathan Alter]] wrote in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' that since being sold to the ''International Business Times'' in 2013 the magazine had "produced some strong journalism and plenty of clickbait before becoming a painful embarrassment to anyone who toiled there in its golden age".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/|title=The Death of Newsweek|last=Alter|first=Jonathan|date=February 8, 2018|work=The Atlantic|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909222148/https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/memorializing-newsweek/552647/|archive-date=September 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Former ''Newsweek'' writer Matthew Cooper criticized ''Newsweek'' for running multiple inaccurate stories in 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/from-expensing-a-yacht-to-chasing-the-onion-i-watched-newsweek-die-from-the-inside-216948|title=From Expensing Yachts to Chasing The Onion: I Watched the Newsweekly Die From the Inside|work=POLITICO Magazine|access-date=September 9, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221758/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/02/08/from-expensing-a-yacht-to-chasing-the-onion-i-watched-newsweek-die-from-the-inside-216948|archive-date=September 9, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, during the [[Mahsa Amini protests]] in Iran, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that Iran had ordered the execution of over 15,000 protesters. The claim was widely shared on social media, including by actresses [[Trudie Styler]], [[Sophie Turner]] and [[Viola Davis]], and Canadian prime minister [[Justin Trudeau]]. The number was actually derived from estimates from a United Nations human rights rapporteur and other human rights organizations of how many people were detained in Iran in connection with the protests, and ''Newsweek'' retracted the underlying claim leading to the inference that the people faced a death sentence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kochhar |first=Nikita |date=November 15, 2022 |title=False: Iran issues mass execution of over 15,000 protesters detained amid anti-Hijab protests. |url=https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-iran-issues-mass-execution-of-over-15-000-protesters-amid-anti-hijab-protests |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=[[Logically (company)|Logically]] |language=en-gb |archive-date=March 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315154001/https://www.logicallyfacts.com/en/fact-check/false-iran-issues-mass-execution-of-over-15-000-protesters-amid-anti-hijab-protests |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goggin |first=Ben |date=November 16, 2022 |title=False claim about Iran protester executions goes viral with help from celebrities and politicians |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/iran-protesters-death-sentencing-viral-verify-iran-rcna57261 |access-date=2022-11-17 |publisher=[[NBC News]] |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117005108/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/iran-protesters-death-sentencing-viral-verify-iran-rcna57261 |url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2023, ''Newsweek'' incorrectly reported that a viral video of U.S. senator [[Tommy Tuberville]] falling down a flight of stairs while exiting an airplane had been recorded that month. The reporting by ''Newsweek'' drew comparisons to Tuberville's criticism of President [[Joe Biden]] similarly tripping on stairways. In reality, the video highlighted by ''Newsweek'' was filmed in 2014, nine years prior, before Tuberville's tenure as senator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.al.com/politics/2023/10/that-viral-video-of-tommy-tuberville-falling-down-stairs-its-not-what-you-think.html|title=That viral video of Tommy Tuberville falling down stairs? It's not what you think|last=Koplowitz|first=Howard|work=AL.com|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=October 13, 2023|archive-date=October 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013212349/https://www.al.com/politics/2023/10/that-viral-video-of-tommy-tuberville-falling-down-stairs-its-not-what-you-think.html|url-status=live}}</ref> === 2018 investigation and firings === The [[Manhattan District Attorney]]'s office raided ''Newsweek''<nowiki/>'s headquarters in [[Lower Manhattan]] on January 18, 2018, and seized 18 computer servers as part of an investigation related to the company's finances.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/media/newsweek-firings.html|title=Newsweek Fires Editors and Reporter Who Investigated the Company|last=Astor|first=Maggie|date=February 5, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 21, 2019|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401001250/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/business/media/newsweek-firings.html|archive-date=April 1, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> IBT, which owned ''Newsweek'' at the time, had been under scrutiny for its ties to [[David Jang]],<ref name=":3" /> a South Korean pastor and the leader of a Christian sect called "the Community".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/|title=Why are Newsweek's new owners so anxious to hide their ties to an enigmatic religious figure?|last=Dooley|first=Ben|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029235129/https://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/03/newsweek-ibt-olivet-david-jang/|archive-date=October 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2018, under IBT ownership, several ''Newsweek'' staff were fired and some resigned stating that management had tried to interfere in articles about the investigations.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theoutline.com/post/3250/newsweek-editors-fired|title=What the hell is going on at Newsweek?|last=Valle|first=Gaby Del|website=The Outline|language=en|access-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221073210/https://theoutline.com/post/3250/newsweek-editors-fired|archive-date=December 21, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |last=Cooper |first=Matthew |user=mattizcoop |number=960612455876612096 |date=February 5, 2018 |title=Newsweek chaos: @Hadas_Gold on the @Newsweek fallout, including my resignation. https://t.co/DLpH7zsRdk. My letter below. https://t.co/gMdjrnFpVl |language=en |access-date=December 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506092309/https://twitter.com/mattizcoop/status/960612455876612096 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> ===Other=== [[Fareed Zakaria]], a ''Newsweek'' columnist and editor of ''Newsweek International'', attended a secret meeting on November 29, 2001, with a dozen policy makers, Middle East experts and members of influential policy research organizations that produced a report for President [[George W. Bush]] and his cabinet outlining a strategy for dealing with Afghanistan and the Middle East in the aftermath of [[September 11 attacks|September 11, 2001]]. The meeting was held at the request of [[Paul Wolfowitz|Paul D. Wolfowitz]], then the [[Deputy Secretary of Defense]]. The unusual presence of journalists, who also included [[Robert D. Kaplan]] of ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', at such a strategy meeting was revealed in [[Bob Woodward]]'s 2006 book ''[[State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III]]''. Woodward reported in his book that, according to Kaplan, everyone at the meeting signed confidentiality agreements not to discuss what happened. Zakaria told ''[[The New York Times]]'' that he attended the meeting for several hours but did not recall being told that a report for the president would be produced.<ref name="NYT_Bosman">Julie Bosman. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/business/media/09zakaria.html "Secret Iraq Meeting Included Journalists"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722054437/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/business/media/09zakaria.html |date=July 22, 2016 }}. ''[[The New York Times]]''. October 9, 2006.</ref> On October 21, 2006, after verification, the ''Times'' published a correction that stated: <blockquote>An article in Business Day on Oct. 9 about journalists who attended a secret meeting in November 2001 called by Paul D. Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense, referred incorrectly to the participation of Fareed Zakaria, the editor of ''Newsweek International'' and a ''Newsweek'' columnist. Mr. Zakaria was not told that the meeting would produce a report for the Bush administration, nor did his name appear on the report.<ref name="NYT_Bosman" /></blockquote> The cover story of the January 15, 2015, issue, titled "What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women" proved controversial, due to both its illustration, described as "the cartoon of a faceless female in spiky red heels, having her dress lifted up by a [[Cursor (computing)|cursor]] arrow", and its content, described as "a 5,000-word article on the creepy, sexist culture of the tech industry".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Burleigh|first=Nina|date=January 28, 2015|title=What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/06/what-silicon-valley-thinks-women-302821.html|journal=Newsweek|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321113800/http://www.newsweek.com/2015/02/06/what-silicon-valley-thinks-women-302821.html|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="grove201501">{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/29/is-newsweek-s-red-heels-cover-image-sexist.html|title=Is ''Newsweek''{{'s}} 'Red Heels' Cover Image Sexist?|last=Grove|first=Lloyd|date=January 29, 2015|work=Daily Beast|access-date=March 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326071432/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/01/29/is-newsweek-s-red-heels-cover-image-sexist.html|archive-date=March 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Among those offended by the cover were ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today Show]]'' co-host [[Tamron Hall]], who commented "I think it's obscene and just despicable, honestly." ''Newsweek'' editor-in-chief James Impoco explained "We came up with an image that we felt represented what that story said about Silicon Valley ... If people get angry, they should be angry."<ref name=grove201501/> The article's author, [[Nina Burleigh]], asked, "Where were all these offended people when women like [[Heidi Roizen]] published accounts of having a venture capitalist stick her hand in his pants under a table while a deal was being discussed?"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/artist-behind-newsweek-cover/|title=Artist behind Newsweek cover: it's not sexist, it depicts the ugliness of sexism|last=Tam|first=Ruth|date=January 30, 2015|access-date=March 21, 2015|publisher=PBS NewsHour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321192906/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/artist-behind-newsweek-cover/|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1998, ''Newsweek'' reporter [[Michael Isikoff]] was the first reporter to investigate allegations of a sexual relationship between U.S. President [[Bill Clinton]] and [[Monica Lewinsky]], but the editors [[Spike (journalism)|spiked]] the story.<ref name="BBC19980125">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/clinton_scandal/50031.stm|title=Scandalous scoop breaks online|date=January 25, 1998|publisher=BBC|access-date=July 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021921/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/clinton_scandal/50031.stm|archive-date=July 28, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> The story soon surfaced online in the [[Drudge Report]]. In the [[2008 U.S. presidential election]], the [[John McCain]] campaign wrote a lengthy letter to the editor criticizing a cover story in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/136572|title=The O-Team: A Response|date=May 11, 2008|work=Newsweek|access-date=December 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406084502/http://www.newsweek.com/id/136572|archive-date=April 6, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2019, journalist Tareq Haddad said he resigned from ''Newsweek'' when it refused to publish his story about documents published by [[WikiLeaks]] concerning the [[Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons]]' report into the 2018 [[Douma chemical attack]]. Haddad said his information was inconvenient to the U.S. government which had retaliated after the chemical attack. A ''Newsweek'' spokesperson responded that Haddad "pitched a conspiracy theory rather than an idea for objective reporting. ''Newsweek'' editors rejected the pitch."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dorman |first1=Sam |title=Newsweek reporter quits, claiming outlet 'suppressed' story on global chemical weapons watchdog |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/newsweek-reporter-tareq-haddad-quits |access-date=January 5, 2020 |publisher=Fox News |date=December 7, 2019 |archive-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106151836/https://www.foxnews.com/media/newsweek-reporter-tareq-haddad-quits |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2022, ''Recorder'' published an investigation on press financing in Romania by the political parties in government. In the investigation, ''Newsweek Romania'' has been accused of being paid €8000 per month (€3000 by PSD and €5000 by PNL<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/newsweek-ataca-recorder-20860459|access-date=November 23, 2022|title=Presa plătită de partide, atac la Recorder după investigaţia zilei|trans-title=The news organisations paid by political parties, the attack on Recorder after the investigation of the day|language=ro|date=September 16, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123121238/https://www.paginademedia.ro/stiri-media/newsweek-ataca-recorder-20860459|url-status=live}}</ref>) to publish positive articles about the government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-o-investigatie-in-contabilitatea-presei-de-partid/|title=PREȚUL TĂCERII. O investigație în contabilitatea presei de partid|trans-title=THE PRICE OF SILENCE. A probe into the partisan media's accounts|language=ro|access-date=November 23, 2022|date=September 14, 2022|archive-date=November 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123112616/https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-o-investigatie-in-contabilitatea-presei-de-partid/|url-status=live}}</ref> After the publication of the investigation, ''Newsweek'' Romania published a investigation about ''Recorder''{{'}}s owner who is the son of a former communist ambassador and also a nephew of a former KGB general.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsweek.ro/investigatii/mogulii-din-umbra-un-ambasador-comunist-garantat-de-predoiu-de-la-sie-omul-din-spatele-recorder/|title=Mogulii din umbră. Un ambasador comunist, garantat de Predoiu de la SIE - omul din spatele Recorder|trans-title=Shadow Moguls. A communist ambassador, guaranteed by Predoiu from SIE - the man behind Recorder|language=ro|access-date=September 22, 2023|date=November 27, 2022|archive-date=October 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014231326/https://newsweek.ro/investigatii/mogulii-din-umbra-un-ambasador-comunist-garantat-de-predoiu-de-la-sie-omul-din-spatele-recorder|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Recorder'''s journalists responded by accusing ''Newsweek'' Romania of denigrating them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-si-pretul-adevarului-cum-am-ajuns-sa-fim-linsati-de-presa-platita-de-partide/|title=Prețul tăcerii și prețul adevărului. Cum am ajuns să fim linșați de presa plătită de partide|trans-title=The price of silence and the price of truth. How we came to be lynched by the party-paid press|language=ro|access-date=September 25, 2022|date=September 15, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926003535/https://recorder.ro/pretul-tacerii-si-pretul-adevarului-cum-am-ajuns-sa-fim-linsati-de-presa-platita-de-partide/|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2022, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] reported that ''Newsweek'' has "taken a marked [[Radical right (United States)|radical right]] turn by buoying extremists and promoting authoritarian leaders" since it hired political activist [[Josh B. Hammer|Josh Hammer]] as [[Editor-at-large|editor at large]], noting its elevation of [[conspiracy theorists]], its publication of conspiracy theories about [[COVID-19]] and bigoted views such as support for a ban on all legal immigration to the United States and apparent support for denying adults access to [[Transgender health care|trans-affirming medical care]], and failure to disclose potential [[Conflict of interest|conflicts of interest]] in the content published on Hammer's opinion section and podcast.<ref name="SPLC">{{Cite web |last=Hayden |first=Michael Edison |date=November 4, 2022 |title=Newsweek Embraces the Anti-Democracy Hard Right |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/04/newsweek-embraces-anti-democracy-hard-right |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=[[Southern Poverty Law Center]] |language=en |archive-date=November 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221106005834/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/11/04/newsweek-embraces-anti-democracy-hard-right |url-status=live }}</ref> ==Contributors and staff members== {{More citations needed section|date=March 2014}} Notable contributors or employees have included: {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * [[Shana Alexander]]<ref>columnist: {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/arts/television/shana-alexander-79-dies-passionate-debater-on-tv.html|title=Shana Alexander, 79, Dies; Passionate Debater on TV|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 25, 2005|access-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004090036/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/arts/television/shana-alexander-79-dies-passionate-debater-on-tv.html|archive-date=October 4, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Jonathan Alter]] * [[David Ansen]] * [[Pete Axthelm]] * [[Maziar Bahari]] * [[Paul Begala]] * [[Arnold Beichman]] * [[Peter Beinart]] * [[Peter Benchley]] * [[Lester Bernstein]] * [[Ben Bradlee]] * [[Dik Browne]] * [[William Broyles Jr.]] * [[Hal Bruno]] * [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]] * [[Eleanor Clift]] * [[Nancy Cooper]] * [[Kenneth G. Crawford]] * [[Bill Downs]] * [[Joshua DuBois]] * [[Kurt Eichenwald]] * [[Osborn Elliott]] * [[Niall Ferguson]] * [[Howard Fineman]] * [[Nikki Finke]] * [[Karl Fleming]] * [[Lawrence Fried]] * [[Milton Friedman]] * [[David Frum]] * [[Freeman Fulbright]] * [[Robin Givhan]]<ref>employed 2010–2012: {{cite web|url=https://fashionista.com/2012/12/robin-givhan-laid-off-at-newsweek|title=Robin Givhan Laid Off at Newsweek|work=Fashionista|date=December 7, 2012|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-date=March 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315154020/https://fashionista.com/2012/12/robin-givhan-laid-off-at-newsweek|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Michelle Goldberg]] * [[Meg Greenfield]] * [[Josh B. Hammer|Josh Hammer]] * [[Henry Hazlitt]] * [[Wilder Hobson]] * [[Robert Cunningham Humphreys]] * [[Michael Isikoff]] * [[Roger Kahn]] * [[Jack Kroll]] * [[Howard Kurtz]] * [[Eli Lake]] * [[John Lake (journalist)|John Lake]] * [[Charles Lane (journalist)|Charles Lane]]<ref>employed for six years from 1987–1993, first as foreign correspondent, then as Berlin bureau chief: {{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/09/06/editor-fired-over-gore-attacks/4d35e2a9-d3b4-458c-a82a-0c2db26b35e8/|title=Editor Fired Over Gore Attacks|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=September 6, 1997|access-date=February 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044126/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/09/06/editor-fired-over-gore-attacks/4d35e2a9-d3b4-458c-a82a-0c2db26b35e8/|archive-date=February 22, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[John Lardner (sports writer)|John Lardner]] * [[Robert K. Massie]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/books/robert-k-massie-dead.html|title=Robert K. Massie, Narrator of Russian History, is Dead at 90|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 2, 2019|last1=Martin|first1=Douglas|access-date=October 4, 2021|archive-date=December 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207170832/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/02/books/robert-k-massie-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Jon Meacham]] * [[Elizabeth Peer]] * [[Jack Posobiec]]<ref name="SPLC" /><ref>{{Cite web|first=Justin|last=Baragona|date=November 4, 2022|url=https://www.yahoo.com/video/newsweek-gone-down-far-rabbit-160259365.html|title=How Newsweek Has Gone Down the Far-Right Rabbit Hole|website=[[Yahoo! News]]|publisher=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=March 2, 2024|archive-date=March 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302051741/https://www.yahoo.com/video/newsweek-gone-down-far-rabbit-160259365.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Lynn Povich]] * [[Dev Pragad]] * [[Anna Quindlen]] * [[Karl Rove]] * [[Paul Samuelson]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/15127616|title=Paul Samuelson|newspaper=The Economist|issn=0013-0613|access-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413071141/http://www.economist.com/node/15127616|archive-date=April 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Dick Schaap]] * [[Allan Sloan]] * [[Andrew Sullivan]] * [[Ralph de Toledano]]<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/obituaries/06toledano.html | title=Ralph de Toledano, 90, Writer Known as a Nixon Friend, Dies | work=The New York Times | date=2007-02-06 | access-date=2013-05-28 | author=Martin, Douglas | archive-date=October 27, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027044626/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/obituaries/06toledano.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=WashPo>{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020601849.html | title=Ralph de Toledano, 90; Ardent Conservative | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=2007-02-07 | access-date=2013-05-28 | author=Holley, Joe | archive-date=November 11, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111012216/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/06/AR2007020601849.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Michael Tomasky]] * [[Peter Turnley]] * [[Margaret Warner]]<ref name="NYT-1992aug2">{{cite news |last=Kolbert |first=Elizabeth |title=Nation; Where a Player Can Strike Out and Stay at the Plate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/02/weekinreview/nation-where-a-player-can-strike-out-and-stay-at-the-plate.html |access-date=2020-11-01 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 2, 1992 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818212054/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/02/weekinreview/nation-where-a-player-can-strike-out-and-stay-at-the-plate.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Mark Whitaker (CNN)|Mark Whitaker]] * [[Arick Wierson]] * [[George Will]] * [[Elijah Wolfson]] * [[Fareed Zakaria]] {{div col end}} Those who held the positions of president, chairman, or publisher under The Washington Post Company ownership include: * Gibson McCabe * Robert D. Campbell * Peter A. Derow * David Auchincloss * [[Alan Spoon|Alan G. Spoon]] *[[Richard Mills Smith]] ==Publications== Newsweek publishes World's Best Hospitals annually, a ranking of the best hospitals in 20 countries based on the opinions of medical professionals, patient survey results and key medical performance indicators. The countries monitored are the United States, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Israel, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, India, Thailand, Australia,Argentina, and Brazil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023|title=World's Best Hospitals 2023 - Top 250|website=[[Newsweek]] |date=March 2023 |access-date=December 18, 2023|archive-date=September 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912201225/https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023|url-status=live}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|United States|Journalism}} * [[List of magazines by circulation]] * ''[[Newsweek Argentina]]'' * ''[[Newsweek Pakistan]]'' * [[Newsweek gay actor controversy|''Newsweek'' gay actor controversy]] * ''[[Russky Newsweek]]'' ==References== {{reflist|30em|refs= <ref name="Kelly_20180306">{{cite news | last1 = Kelly | first1 = Keith J. | date = 2018-03-06 | title = Newsweek Media Group pares back sites amid turmoil | url = https://nypost.com/2018/03/06/newsweek-media-group-shuts-down-sites-amid-turmoil/ | url-status = live | department = Media | work = [[New York Post]] | language = en-us | eissn = 2641-4139 | issn = 1090-3321 | lccn = sn85042266 | oclc = 12032860 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220116092607/https://nypost.com/2018/03/06/newsweek-media-group-shuts-down-sites-amid-turmoil/ | archive-date = 2022-01-16 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | quote = On Tuesday, Nancy Cooper, interim editor of Newsweek, was given the job permanently, the company said. Cooper had moved over from her job as editor of International Business Times after the NMG fired Newsweek editor Bob Roe, executive editor Ken Li and investigative reporter Celeste Katz for investigating a story on NMG's possible financial ties to Olivet University, a small San Francisco Bible college founded by followers of controversial South Korean cleric Rev. David Jang. }}</ref> <ref name="Kelly_20150306">{{cite news | last1 = Kelly | first1 = Keith J. | date = 2015-03-06 | title = New editor Impoco has Newsweek back in the black | url = https://nypost.com/2015/03/06/new-editor-impoco-has-newsweek-back-in-the-black/ | url-status = live | department = Business | work = [[New York Post]] | language = en-us | eissn = 2641-4139 | issn = 1090-3321 | lccn = sn85042266 | oclc = 12032860 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220626195646/https://nypost.com/2015/03/06/new-editor-impoco-has-newsweek-back-in-the-black/ | archive-date = 2022-06-26 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | quote = The circulation is still small. Impoco put it at just "over 100,000." }}</ref> <ref name="DevPragad_HBS_Interview">{{cite interview | last1 = Pragad | first1 = Dev | interviewer = <!--Not stated--> | title = Participant Stories {{!}} Benefitting from Time in a Virtual World | work = [[Harvard Business School#Executive education|Executive Education Program]] {{!}} Participant Stories | date = n.d. | publisher = [[Harvard Business School]] | quote = As the CEO of Newsweek, Dev Pragad was looking to equip himself with the tools required to take his company to the next level and expand his own leadership skills. | url = https://www.exed.hbs.edu/participant-stories/owner-president-management-dev-pragad | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220705070606/https://www.exed.hbs.edu/participant-stories/owner-president-management-dev-pragad | archive-date = 2022-07-05 | access-date = 2022-07-07 }}</ref> <ref name="KingsCollege_2019">{{cite web | author = <!--Not stated--> | url = https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/leading-in-media-transforming-newsweek | title = Leading in Media: Transforming Newsweek | date = 2019-12-04 | department = Calendar {{!}} Event Series | website = [[King's College London]] | language = en-gb | access-date = 2022-07-07 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220705070601/https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/leading-in-media-transforming-newsweek | archive-date = 2022-07-05 | quote = His success saw him acquire the license to publish Newsweek International edition from London between 2014 and 2016. His business acumen lead to the eventual acquisition of the US business of Newsweek in 2016, which was completed in 2018 with him becoming a majority owner of the Newsweek publication. }}</ref> <ref name="PressRelease2018">{{cite press release | author = <!--Not stated--> | date = 2018-10-10 | title = Newsweek Media Group Splits Into Two Companies | url = https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-media-group-splits-two-companies-newsweek-ibt-media | url-status = live | work = Newsweek | type = Press release | language = en | location = [[New York City|New York]] | agency = [[PR Newswire]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220704105648/https://www.newsweek.com/newsweek-media-group-splits-two-companies-newsweek-ibt-media | archive-date = 2022-07-04 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | quote = Newsweek will be owned by Johnathan Davis and Dev Pragad, with Pragad serving as CEO overseeing all of Newsweek's operations. }}</ref> <ref name="WaPo_Company_PressRelease2010">{{cite press release | author = <!--Not stated--> | date = 2010-02-24 | title = The Washington Post Company Reports 2009 and Fourth Quarter Earnings | url = https://www.ghco.com/news-releases/news-release-details/washington-post-company-reports-2009-and-fourth-quarter-earnings | url-status = live | work = [[Graham Holdings|Graham Holdings Company]] | type = Press release | language = en | location = [[Washington, D.C.]] | agency = [[Business Wire]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707144501/https://www.ghco.com/news-releases/news-release-details/washington-post-company-reports-2009-and-fourth-quarter-earnings | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | quote = The decreases in revenue for 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2009 are due to advertising revenue declines at Newsweek of 37% and 36%, respectively, resulting from fewer ad pages at both the domestic and international editions. [...] The division had an operating loss in 2009 of $29.3 million, compared to an operating loss of $16.1 million in 2008; operating income for the fourth quarter of 2009 totaled $0.4 million, compared to operating income of $10.9 million for the fourth quarter of 2008. }}</ref> <ref name="Peters_NYT_20100802">{{cite news | first1 = Jeremy W. | last1 = Peters | date = 2010-08-02 | title = Updated: Newsweek Deal to Be Announced Today | url = https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/deal-for-newsweek-close-to-completion/ | url-status = live | work = [[The New York Times]] | language = en-us | eissn = 1553-8095 | issn = 0362-4331 | lccn = sn00061556 | oclc = 1645522 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707151400/https://archive.nytimes.com/mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/02/deal-for-newsweek-close-to-completion/ | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | quote = A deal to sell Newsweek to a 91-year-old stereo equipment magnate will be announced later this afternoon, a move that will signal the end of a half-century of ownership by the Washington Post Company. [...] One person familiar with the sale process confirmed that the Post Company was preparing to make the news public, having formally wrapped up its discussions with Sidney Harman, the magazine's new owner. [...] The financial details of the sale were not known, though one person with knowledge of Mr. Harman's bid said last week that he would pay $1 in exchange for absorbing Newsweek's considerable financial liabilities. }}</ref> <ref name="JonMeacham_dot_com">{{cite web | author = <!--Not stated--> | url = https://www.jonmeacham.com/about/ | title = Jon Meacham {{!}} About | date = n.d. | website = [[Jon Meacham]] | language = en-us | access-date = 2022-07-07 | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220327152257/https://www.jonmeacham.com/about/ | archive-date = 2022-03-27 | quote = After serving as Managing Editor of Newsweek for eight years, Meacham was the Editor of the magazine from 2006 to 2010. }}</ref> <ref name="Kurtz_WaPa_20090518">{{cite news | last1 = Kurtz | first1 = Howard | author-link1 = Howard Kurtz | date = 2009-05-18 | title = Media Notes: With Makeover, Newsweek Eyes a More Elite Audience | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702074.html | url-status = live | newspaper = [[The Washington Post]] | language = en-us | issn = 0190-8286 | lccn = sn79002172 | oclc = 2269358 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220707152720/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/17/AR2009051702074.html | archive-date = 2022-07-07 | access-date = 2022-07-07 | quote = Jon Meacham admits it is hard to explain, even to his own people, why chopping Newsweek's circulation in half is a good thing. [...] "It's hugely counterintuitive," the magazine's editor says. "The staff doesn't understand it." }}</ref> <ref name="Elliott_Obit_20080929">{{cite news | author = <!--Not stated--> | title = Osborn Elliott dies at 83; longtime Newsweek editor | date = 2008-09-29 | url = http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-elliott29-2008sep29,0,2652631.story | work = [[Los Angeles Times]] | agency = [[Bloomberg News]] | language = en-us | eissn = 2165-1736 | issn = 0458-3035 | lccn = sn81004356 | oclc = 3638237 | access-date = 2008-10-26 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081010025814/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-elliott29-2008sep29,0,2652631.story | archive-date = 2008-10-10 | quote = Elliott became editor in chief in 1969 and within three years took on the additional roles of president, chief executive and chairman. }}</ref> <ref name="merger">{{cite news | last1 = Brown | first1 = Tina | author-link1 = Tina Brown | date = 2017-04-24 | orig-date = 2010-11-11 | title = The Daily Beast and Newsweek to Wed | url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-daily-beast-and-newsweek-to-wed | url-status = live | work = [[The Daily Beast]] | language = en | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210420215753/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-daily-beast-and-newsweek-to-wed | archive-date = 2021-04-20 | access-date = 2022-07-08 }}</ref> <ref name="ibtpr">{{cite press release | author = <!--Not stated--> | date = 2013-08-03 | title = IBT Media to Acquire Newsweek | url = https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibt-media-to-acquire-newsweek-218235561.html | url-status = live | agency = [[PR Newswire]] | type = Press release | language = en | location = [[New York City|New York]] | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210417111522/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ibt-media-to-acquire-newsweek-218235561.html | archive-date = 2021-04-17 | access-date = 2022-07-08 | quote = Pursuant to the transaction, IBT Media will acquire the Newsweek brand and the operations of the online publication, not including The Daily Beast. }}</ref> <ref name="Lundberg_1937">{{cite book | last1 = Lundberg | first1 = Ferdinand | author-link1 = Ferdinand Lundberg | date = 2007-03-15 | orig-date = 1937 | chapter = VII. Press of the Plutocracy | chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/americas60famili0000unse/page/244/mode/2up | chapter-url-access = registration | title = America's 60 Families | url = https://archive.org/details/americas60famili0000unse | url-access = registration | language = en | publisher = [[Vanguard Press]] | isbn = 978-1406751468 | lccn = 37030388 | oclc = 256489013 | ol = OL6360759M | access-date = 2022-07-08 | via = [[Internet Archive]] | quote = After losing a good deal of money with this early partisan of the New Deal, which subsequently reversed policy, Harriman and Astor bought a large interest early in 1937 in ''News-Week''. There they joined a group of other important stockholders, which included Ward Cheney, of the Cheney silk family, John Hay Whitney, and Paul Mellon, son of Andrew W. Mellon. | quote-page = 259 }}</ref> }} ==External links== {{Commons category|Newsweek}} * {{Official website|https://www.newsweek.com/}} * [http://www.ghco.com/ Graham Holdings Company] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622194911/http://www.magsdirect.com/newsweek-magazine.html History and Demographics of ''Newsweek''] * [http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/8zq1h Newsweek Atlanta Bureau records] at the Stuart A. 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