Killing Me Softly With Her "Talk": Why Tina Brown's 10 Excuses for Killing "Newsweek" Are ALL DEAD WRONG

Mr. Magazine's(TM) Evaluation of Newsweek's Demise Exclusively on CommPRO.biz

Newsweek magazine was launched nearly 80 years ago, on Feb. 17, 1933. For almost 70 years of its life, it shared an eagerly awaited weekly read together with TIME magazine, the leader in the field of news magazines, then and now, for millions of readers across America. Now Newsweek has announced that it will stop printing. Its last edition will be available at newsstands today, Dec. 31.

Editor Tina Brown cited several reasons for the demise of the printed edition of the magazine. Much of that is her fault. Brown took over as editor in February 2011. Rather than merging The Daily Beast, Ms. Brown's creation on the web, she folded Newsweek.com into the Daily Beast (the least of the two known brands). According to Samir "Mr. Magazine™" Husni, Ph.D., one of the leading publishing industry business analysts, the mainstream media will give Brown a "pass" on the significance of this story and where blame should be placed for the failure of one of journalism's major weekly periodicals.