Newsweek ended the print adaptation of the paper at the end of 2012 under the leadership of Tina Brown, but beginning early next year the lengthy-operating journal will be pumping out physical copies once more, however don’t predict the old Newsweek, as a result of consistent with the paper’s editor-in-chief, it’s going to be extra of a subscriber-driven “premium product” this time round.

The New York Times broke the information of the big move late Tuesday, and Newsweek editor-in-chief Jim Impoco defined that as an alternative of advertisers, the paper would “rely extra heavily on subscribers,” who would have to pay extra, however they believe it’s going to be price it for the new kind of product they’re coming out with.

“It’s going to be a extra subscription-based model, nearer to what The Economist is compared to what Time journal is,” Mr. Impoco mentioned. “We see it as a top rate product, a boutique product.”

Newsweek in the past ran its print variation for nearly eighty years earlier than being shuttered late closing yr.

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