Ahhhh, Newsweek. A magazine with a storied past, but a bleak present and an even grimmer future.
Its staffers were undoubtedly mortified last year when the magazine sold for a mere $1, but now, in order to make the comeuppance complete, its new print schedule makes a mockery of the publication’s name.
The New York Post details the unscheduled rescheduling:
The partners behind Newsweek Daily Beast Company appear to be holding down the flow of red ink this summer by cutting back on the number of Newsweek issues.
This past Monday started a dark week for the newsweekly. It now appears that it will be one of four dark weeks for the summer — two more than Tina Brown planned.
The original editorial calendar showed only one dark week, surrounding the July 4 weekend.
Staffers now have been told that they will not have to work the week of July 18-22 since no issue will appear on July 25. They also can spend a little extra time at the beach the week of Aug. 15-19, since there will now be no issue on Aug. 22.
The Editor went to high school with an unfortunate girl whose last name was Gorgeous, but whose appearance wasn’t.
We hope she takes solace in the fact that she is no longer the most misnamed noun in the world.
Source: New York Post
