Daily Beast

Newsweek/Daily Beast Changes Name to NewsBeast

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 February 1, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 15 weeks ago

The Daily Beast absorbs the now tablet-only magazine even more with a name change

  

How Newsweek Made Its First Moving Cover Art

Media
 January 11, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 18 weeks ago

Newsweek's new digital cover art on its iPad edition is a video

  

Newsweek Announces Newsroom Layoffs, 3 Executive Promotions (Updated)

Media | Magazines
 December 6, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 24 weeks ago

Newsweek announced Thursday that it will lay off some editorial staff after promoting three top editors

  

Barry Diller Hints at Online-Only Newsweek, Says Broadcasters Should Embrace Aereo (Updated)

Media
 July 25, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 43 weeks ago

He will also invest "considerably less" money in the news site and its sister newsweekly magazine.

  

Barry Diller's IAC Takes Control of Newsweek Daily Beast

Media
 July 24, 2012 By Brent Lang 43 weeks ago

The family of Sydney Harman will not invest in the money-losing magazine

  

Newly Named Salon CEO Discloses Plans for Mobile Apps (Exclusive)

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 June 6, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 50 weeks ago

Cindy Jeffers, a former Huffington Post executive, plans to finally launch apps for the 17-year-old online news site

  

Arianna Gives AOL TV a HuffPost Makeover

Media
 December 14, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 1 year ago

Jaimie Etkin, former associate culture editor for Newsweek and The Daily Beast will run the rebranded site

  

Finances Still a Mess at Newsweek-Daily Beast

Media
 October 31, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

While the Daily Beast may reach profitability, the magazine holds the company back

  

Newsweek-Daily Beast Gains, Yahoo Loses in Latest Media Shuffle

Media
 August 18, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Yahoo's Joe Pompeo jumps to New York-centered Capital while the Daily Beast makes a flurry of staffing moves

  

Forbes Hires Daily Beast's Randall Lane as New Editor

Media
 August 9, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Lane, who worked at Forbes from 1991 to 1997, will oversee the print edition's editorial content

  

Newsweek's Michele Bachmann Cover Unlikely to Give Mag What It Needs Most

Media
 August 9, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

Tina Brown has generated a lot of buzz with her covers and redesign, but it does not appear to be helping the magazine's circulation overall

  

Anthony Pellicano to Newsweek: Those News of the World Guys Were Amateurs

Media
 August 7, 2011 By Daniel Frankel 1 year ago

An in exclusive interview, the jailed detective/hacker tells the weekly pub, "I was ahead of my time"

  

Newsweek's Website to Shut Down July 19

Media
 July 11, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The Daily Beast will subsume digital footprint of once-powerful weekly

  

Sidney Harman, Chairman of Newsweek and the Daily Beast, Dies at 92

Media | Magazines
 April 13, 2011 By Tim Molloy & Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Husband of Rep. Jane Harman died Tuesday of complications from acute myeloid leukemia

  

Newsbeast! Tina Brown's New Newsweek Hits Newsstands

Media
 March 7, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Magazine redesigned with Daily Beast editor at the helm; Harvey Weinstein gets a coverline

  

Andrew Sullivan Ditches the Atlantic for Tina Brown's Daily Beast

Media | Magazines
 February 28, 2011 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Pioneering blogger heads to 'Newsbeast,' taking the Daily Dish with him

  

Tina, Arianna, AOL, Comcast: Get Ready for the New Media Culture Clash

Media
 February 23, 2011 By Johnnie L. Roberts 2 years ago

Time Inc.'s Jack Griffin may have been the media industry's first casualty of a quaint business concept in the throes of redefinition

  

Barry Diller: IAC Is Now Family-Owned, Will Refocus on Growth

Media
 December 2, 2010 By Sharon Waxman 2 years ago

In an exclusive interview with TheWrap, the billionaire says he plans to refocus on growing the company while keeping it in the family

  

Newsweek.com to Shut Down; Staffers Launch Blog in Protest (updated)

Media | Magazines
 November 15, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Tina Brown and co. to kill magazine's website; CEO Tom Ascheim to leave

  

Tina Hearts Barry: Newsweek/Daily Beast Mash-Up Done

Media | Magazines
 November 11, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Sidney Harman, Barry Diller form pact; Tina Brown returns to familiar role as a magazine editor, along with her Beast duties

  

Daily Beast-Newsweek Deal Almost Done

Media | Magazines
 November 11, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

A merger "should be done, but isn't quite," an individual close to the talks says. Under the deal, Tina would report to Diller and Harman

  

Newsweek, Daily Beast Not Commenting on Renewed Deal Talks

Media | Magazines
 November 11, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Will Barry Diller, Tina Brown and Sidney Harman quit the foreplay and finally come together?

  

How the Studios Lost Netflix -- and Other Failed Media Deals

Media
 October 19, 2010 By Dylan Stableford & Brent Lang 2 years ago

Mega mergers that never happened, including Hollywood's whiff on Netflix

  

Newsweek-Daily Beast Deal Dead (updated)

Media
 October 18, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Talks between Sidney Harman, Barry Diller and Tina Brown break down

  

Tina Brown: 'Interesting' Talks Between Newsweek, Daily Beast

Media | Magazines
 October 6, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

Founding editor says "there have been some interesting discussions going on"

  

Wowie Howie: Who Will Replace Howard Kurtz at the Washington Post?

Media | Newspapers
 October 5, 2010 By Dylan Stableford 2 years ago

The search is on for a new media columnist; here's a shortlist of candidates

  
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