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Newsweek Sells for One Dollar

It’s true! For less than you’d spend on a bottle of soda, 91-year-old tycoon Sidney Harman has purchased Newsweek from the Washington Post Company in an official decision announced today. In conjunction with the deal, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham is stepping down....  read more

Washington Post Co. Puts Newsweek Up for Sale

Anticipating another year of losses after a string of poor performance that started in 2007, the Washington Post Company just announced that it would sell weekly news magazine Newsweek....  read more

Ten Terrific Tumblrs

Remember LiveJournal? Me either. But that’s ok, because now that we’ve banished one blogging platform down the collective memory hole, it’s time to move on to the new hotness: Tumblr. Tumblr is an all-in-one microblogging service for teenagers who like to reblog pictures and videos of Pete and Pete-style fashionistas with captions like “SO MUCH WIN” and “OMGWANT.” Yeah, it’s pretty obnoxious. But hidden in the rough are a handful of diamonds, some of which we’ve highlighted here for your consideration:...  read more

Terror in Mumbai Documentary to Air on HBO

Almost one year after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that left 170 people dead, HBO will air a provocative and deeply unsettling documentary revealing the details surrounding the violence of those days....  read more