In simpler era, the newsweeklies ruled the U.S. media roost. Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report broke stories and often had the definitive word on important issues. Their choices of which faces to place on their covers made news. But first cable television, then the...
The advertising slowdown that has been devastating the newspaper industry has begun to hit magazines as well. But the trends are mixed, with some titles still doing well, despite a down economy. Some of the leading news-weekly and business titles had very bad first quarters, according to...
Since the first days of the green movement, consumers have been on the lookout for ways to save the planet while keeping their standard of luxury. Deirdre Wallace introduced such a way when she opened The Ambrose Hotel in Santa Monica, California in 2003. With 77 rooms, The Ambrose...
Obama Says He Prays Daily for Forgiveness, Protection and Guidance Cover: What He Believes NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the questions and persistent rumors about his religion, Barack Obama is a Christian and prays each day. In a recent interview for Newsweek's July...
Barack Obama Opens up About his Religious Beliefs, Faith and his Spiritual Life on the Campaign Trail Obama Says he Prays Daily for Forgiveness, Protection and Guidance NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the questions and persistent rumors about his religion, Barack Obama is...
COVER: "What He Believes" (p. 26). Senior Editor Lisa Miller and Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe report that although Barack Obama has spoken often about the importance of religion, questions about what he believes in and how he arrived at those beliefs persist. In the new Newsweek Poll, 12...
COVER: The U.S. Doesn't Need A War President All overseas editions. In this second annual "What You Need To Know Now" special report, Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria opens with an essay about whether the next U.S. president should be a war president. "We are in a struggle against...
Sheffingdell and Reverdy End located in great school districts in Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- K2C Real Estate Solutions' featured communities Sheffingdell and Reverdy End are both located in top school districts in Charlotte. Sheffingdell's schools include Olde Providence Elementary, Carmel Middle School, and Myers...
CANADA is no longer a free country. That's the inescapable conclusion for anyone following the country's "human rights" tribunals. For five days straight, starting on June 2, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal held a hearing in Vancouver to determine whether NATIONAL REVIEW's Mark Steyn and the Canadian...
New Site Features, Content and Community Help Sprig.com Readers Take Action to Go Green WASHINGTON -- Sprig.com, the green style-without-sacrifice Web site from Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, today announced new features, columns and online tools to inspire readers to easily integrate beautiful green choices into their daily lives. Brand new...
Nicolas Joly is one of France’s most polemical vignerons and one of its best: his Coulée de Serrant, from a plot first tended by Cistercian monks in the 12th century, ranks among the world’s top whites. NEWSWEEK’s Jonathan Kent spoke with Joly about his new book advocating “biodynamic” growing methods:...
'I don't see the ability to create a two-state solution beyond 2008. I think this is really the last chance.' King Abdullah II of Jordan sat down at Petra with NEWSWEEK’s Lally Weymouth last week and reflected on the state of affairs in his part of the world....
When business people need a crystal ball, they turn to consultant Laura Day, the ‘intuitionist.’ When Seagate Technology, the $11 billion-a-year maker of hard drives for the Playstation 3 and Microsoft Xbox, went searching for a consultant to run one of its management workshops in the fall of...
This month’s spectacular prison escape in Kandahar began with a jailed guerrilla’s phone conversation with the No. 2 leader of the Afghan insurgency, according to one of the roughly 350 Taliban fighters who broke out. Speaking to NEWSWEEK by phone from his home in eastern Afghanistan late last week, Taliban...
Bill O’Reilly is mad at us. Last week NEWSWEEK mocked his new book’s title, “A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity,” and O’Reilly went on air to denounce our editor, Jon Meacham: “NEWSWEEK has really gone off the rails with its far-left posture,” he said. “For destroying a once fine magazine,...
The CEO of Nissan and Renault on turnarounds. Ever since Lee Iacocca saved Chrysler from doom in the 1980s, CEOs who succeed in turnarounds are accustomed to some degree of adulation. But few become as celebrated as Carlos Ghosn, whose efforts to bring Nissan back from the brink...
Cindy McCain talks about long-distance marriage, dirty politics and calls from her son in Iraq. While her husband has been in Washington, Cindy McCain has been carving out a life of her own: last week she was in Vietnam to do charity work with Operation Smile. She paused...
Jordan’s King Abdullah warns that the clock is running out on the idea of a two-state solution. King Abdullah of Jordan sat down at Petra with NEWSWEEK’s Lally Weymouth last week and reflected on the state of affairs in his part of the world. He emphasized the need...
Wine drinkers often turn to whites and rosés when the weather warms up. NEWSWEEK’s Tara Weingarten talked to master sommelier Rob Bigelow, the director of wine at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, about his favorite Italian varietals. Nothing ’ s more American than a...
COVER: THE mostly BIG THOUGHTS EDITION (p. 26). In this second annual double issue, Newsweek poses questions, collects factoids and writes essays on topics ranging from whether politicians should pander, whether having children makes you happier and whether this year's wild weather really is because of global warming. Readers can...
