Unlike most major magazines, Newsweek saw its ad pages increase in 2012.

But the boost in sales didn't come fast enough to save Newsweek's print publication from extinction.

Thanks to a snazzy new redesign emphasizing more celebrity stories, the publication's ad pages jumped 5.5 percent to 788.37 last year. Those were the best numbers for the weekly since 2006, according to Pew Research Center’s annual State of the News Media report.

In October, though, editor Tina Brown, who launched the failed effort to revitalize the moldering title, announced that the 80-year-old magazine would cease print publication at the end of last year and transition to a digital-only magazine called Newsweek Global. She estimated at the time that the move would save $43 million in...

Madonna – in a Boy Scouts uniform no less – presented Anderson Cooper with a special honor at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awards ceremony Saturday night in New York.

Anderson was given the Vito Russo Award, which cites openly gay media professionals who have made a difference in promoting equality.

Madonna was suited up to take a shot at the Boy Scouts' ban on openly gay scouts and leaders and urge others to fight against it.

"I wanted to be a Boy Scout but they wouldn't let me join... I can build a...

Chris Hayes is moving to primetime, MSNBC announced Thursday.

The host of "Up with Chris Hayes," who from certain angles looks like a Rachel Maddow doppelganger, will replace Ed Schultz, who is being shifted to weekend duty. Hayes will host MSNBC’s 8 p.m. ET hour starting April 1.

“Chris has done an amazing job creating a franchise on weekend morning,” Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC, said in a statement. “He’s an extraordinary talent and has made a strong connection with our audience. This is an exciting time for MSNBC.”

The move comes as a surprise to the media's chattering class. Reports had...

The Washington Post's longtime television columnist, Lisa de Moraes, is leaving "The TV Column" and the newspaper at the end of May to move to California, she told TheWrap on Monday.

De Moraes has written for the paper for nearly 15 years and "loved every minute of it," but after six years of making a 2,700-mile commute to see her Los Angeles-based husband, has decided to live "full-time" on the West Coast.

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