Newsweek, Daily Beast wedding to merge something old, something new

Newsweek, the venerable but struggling US magazine, and two-year-old news and blog site The Daily Beast joined forces on Friday in a marriage of print and pixels.Tina Brown, The Daily Beast founder and editor, will head the new media entity, to be called The Newsweek Daily Beast Company, the two companies announced.The Washington Post sold 77-year-old Newsweek to California billionaire Sidney Harman for one dollar three months ago with the 92-year-old audio equipment tycoon also assuming the magazine's unspecified debts.

Newsweek magazine and news website The Daily Beast agreed to combine in a merger that will make Tina Brown the editor-in-chief of the combined operation.

Newsweek magazine and news website The Daily Beast agreed to combine in a deal that will make Tina Brown the editor-in-chief of the combined operation.

When she launched the new version of Newsweek on March 7, editor Tina Brown closed the loop on two paths in her career: magazines and websites. The new magazine draws from her other venture, The Daily Beast. She says the goal is the same: to be a "must-read."» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Newsweek editor Tina Brown announced last week that the news magazine will end its print edition in January. It will become a paid-content website called Newsweek Global, a partner to Brown's free website, the Daily Beast. As Brown tells Steve Inskeep, Newsweek's venerable past will make a big difference to its digital future.

Tina Brown yesterday announced that she will lead both Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and will likely

"I can actually see what a magazine can offer, which is unique in the marketplace," she tells Morning Edition. Magazines, she says, work at "a different kind of narrative  rhythm. ... In a magazine you can be more reflective."» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us