Newsweek Magazine Subscription

Pros: Compelling features/covers, analysis & perspectives on current events, entertaining, informative pop culture critics, middle-of-the-road viewpoints
Cons: Lacks in-depth articles, differ with viewpoints, high newsstand price for slim issues

Many people consider Newsweek to be a magazine for intellectuals only. This really isn’t so. The magazine isn’t heavy reading. Although I am not a subscriber, I read it as often as I can because I find topics interesting, timely and...

Pros: Some good monthly features and writers
Cons: Subscription cards are an annoyance

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, with circulation of approximately 3.2...

Pros: In depth cover stories
Cons: Thin

Newsweek is a weekly publication with the date imprinted on it for Monday of the following week. The issue I purchased is July 31, 2000. This is to be available at the newsstands the week prior, such as July 24, 2000. I was not able to purchase...

Pros: Traditional news analysis is still on target
Cons: Advertising galore, too People-like in the entertainment section

Originally posted May 30, 2000 While not a regular subscriber to Newsweek, I have long appreciated the value of this weekly news magazine. About twice a year, I run into the Newsweek representative at a conference I’m working. ...

Pros: Fair and balanced journalism; broad spectrum of subject matter.
Cons: None.

Without question, the most anticipated magazine that arrives in our mailbox every Monday afternoon is Newsweek. My wife has been a long-time subscriber of the magazine, and I do read it myself from time to time. Because Newsweek weighs ...

Pros: Clear, concise and engaging writing, Multitude of topics covered in each issue, low subscription $
Cons: Probably plays just to the left of the center and this could bother some

A great place to get your weekly dose at national and international news, Newsweek Magazine offers insightful news reporting along with a fairly healthy dose of “cultural” news. Published 53 times a year, Newsweek comes out just about ...

Pros: Great Coverage, Cartoons/Editorials
Cons: None

If Al Franken and Rush Limbaugh could somehow have a baby together, that would be one ugly SOB. This would be like comparing apples and oranges, as it is an impossible feat, that would be more painful than jumping off a building, and ...

Pros: Lively, Adequate Hard News Coverage
Cons: Starting To Look Like People

...The Mag Has Hit The Stand
How the mighty have fallen. Since forever, Newsweek has gone toe-to-toe with archrival Time Magazine in a rough neighborhood: Hard News. But the last few years have witnessed a sea-change at the...

Pros: good articles that add to what we hear on the news
Cons: articles seemed geared toward those with a short attention span

We get a bunch of free copies of Newsweek at the hotel I work at, which means I’ve been reading it for just about a year now on a weekly basis. Way back when, I used to get both Newsweek and Time. Eventually, I just subscribed ...

Pros: Good source of information for parents
Cons: Too much workbook

As a regular subscriber to Newsweek magazine, I occasionally also receive special issues that they publish. Recently, one was delivered to my home that was entitled How to Use the Internet to Help Your Child in School - Kids Online, under...

Pros: A large bevy of current issues and headlines.
Cons: A bit text intensive.

During the past six weeks, I have had the opportunity to scan and sometimes thoroughly read the pages of the Newsweek magazine. This collection of current issues and leisure activities into one comprehensive yet neatly packed magazine is an...

Pros: basic, "quicky" news, stick with the website
Cons: journalism not daring enough,

When comparing and choosing between the top three weekly news magazines out there, readers consistently choose Time and US News & World Report over their counterpart Newsweek. Why?

Both Time and US News & World Report have each catered...

Pros: informative, well-written, and entertaining; covers a variety of topics
Cons: you're not going to agree with all the opinions expressed here

I stumbled upon Newsweek while waiting at a doctor's office and became engrossed in an article on death row inmates in the state of Texas and how some evidence had been thrown out during their trials for various reasons. The point being that it may not...

Pros: Editorial decisions cover a wide swath of what's in the news or noteworthy.
Cons: Some stories lack adequate pages; some stories are painfully stretched to fill the allotted space.

Newsweek is a magazine with a recognizable white on red logo banner, published since 1959. This weekly features dynamic news articles (centered on events and personalities) typically enhanced by ...

Pros: good for filling in details. good writing
Cons: expensive. doesn't provide news you don't already know. only detail. heavy advertising.

Cable television can be expensive for a person teaching overseas. More so, a subscription to a daily English language newspaper such as the Herald Tribune can run to several hundreds of dollars. For an American abroad, it sometimes pays to subscribe to a...