Newsweek Magazine Review

Newsweek is a popular weekly publication that features up to date articles on important current events, arts and entertainment, business, etc. It's the second most popular news- related magazine in the United States (right after Time), with circulation of approximately 3.2 million.

Magazine Commentary:

Newsweek is a fairly good news magazine. For those who choose their news magazine based on its political slant, Newsweek will probably satisfy the moderates. Unlike Time (which caters to the left- leaning individuals) and U.S. News and World Report (which caters to the right- leaning individuals), Newsweek straddles the middle political ground, with articles from both liberal and conservative viewpoints.

One thing that bothers me about Newsweek is that the stories are usually a little too brief. I realize that Newsweek has to keep the stories short, in order to squeeze as many as possible into each issue. But I wish they were a little more in- depth. For example, some of George Will's "The Last Word" articles cover some very complex issues. Yet, this item is only allowed a single page. Will only has time and space to scrape the surface of his featured topic. He usually does a commendable job in tackling a tough issue, but he really needs more space.

I subscribe to Newsweek, but I have found that I really don't get as much out of it as I had hoped. When I get each issue, I open it up, read a few quotes from the "Perspectives" department, and then skim through the rest of the magazine for any other featured news article that sounds interesting. More often than not, I only find a few articles that are worth reading.

The main reason that I chose to subscribe to Newsweek is because of the dirt- cheap price that I was offered to subscribe. This is one of the advantages of Newsweek. It is often very easy to find special rates at price levels much lower than those of other news weeklies.

Bottom Line Viewpoint:

Newsweek is a decent magazine overall. It's not one of my favorite magazines by any stretch of the imagination, and I could never justify paying the high cover price to read it. But it's just as good, if not better than, the other well- known news magazines. For that reason, I give Newsweek a marginal thumbs- up.