Do you remember when readers eagerly rushed to their mailboxes or newsstands each week to get their latest big Life magazine? Millions of readers were thrilled by the pictures and texts. Look magazine was also popular.
Remember when Time magazine was highly popular, with news, variety and entertainment, along with its major competitor, Newsweek?
Times have changed for magazines. There are 24-hour TV news and variety programs, along with varied radio stations. The “media” are feeling huge changes — especially news magazines.
For example, Newsweek — edited by former Chattanoogan Jon Meacham — is “different” these days. It leads off with several opinion columns and doesn’t seem to emphasize “new news” in depth anymore.
So Newsweek, 77 years old and owned by the Washington Post Co., is reported to be up for sale. It’s a sign of changing times in the news and magazine world.