With everyone having access to internet these days, and with smartphones and tablets seeing a higher rate of adoption, it made sense for publications to start offering a digital copy of their newspapers or magazines alongside with print copies as well. Newsweek, however, had a different idea and back in 2012 announced that they would be ceasing its printed publication and offer digital-only copies instead, which debuted in January of 2013. However it seems that Newsweek has had a change of heart and has announced that they will be returning to print.
This was revealed by the publication’s editor-in-chief, Jim Impoco, who told The New York Times that they would be offering a 64-page weekly edition starting in either January or February of 2014. The publication is expected to rely heavily on subscribers rather than advertising, so if you are/were a Newsweek subscriber from before, expect your subscription fees to see an increase. According to Impoco, “It’s going to be a more subscription-based model, closer to what The Economist is compared to what Time magazine is […] We see it as a premium product, a boutique product.” By making the switch to digital, Newsweek reportedly managed to save $40 million a year, but we’re guessing with this new model, Newsweek expects it to be more profitable, so we guess we will have to wait and see.
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We’ve seen a lot of print media start going digital in the past couple of years. However many of these newspapers and magazines have kept their physical medium alive while distributing digital content at the same time, but it looks like Newsweek will be taking the plunge by putting an end to their print edition and going all digital come 2013. Yup it looks like after the 31st of December 2012, if you wanted the latest copy of Newsweek, you will have to turn to digital sources in order to get it, such as on Apple, Kindle, Zinio and Nook stores, along with The Daily Beast which is basically Newsweek’s digital arm.
Traditional print media are going through their most challenging times to date, and the dangers of folding are very real. Well, Newsweek is one of the giants of traditional print media, and they have not turned their backs on the digital revolution, but did mention that they will embrace it instead by working on a plan to perform a transition to an online publication, according to owner IAC/InterActiveCorp (IACI) anyways. This announcement has been a long time in coming, especially when you consider Newsweek’s financial coffers bleeding with each passing week.