Michael Wolff, Guardian
It was obvious before Barry Diller put Tina Brown in charge that Newsweek was finished. But dreams of magazine glory die hardFour years ago, on a public panel with Johnnie Roberts, Newsweek's then media reporter, I bet him dinner that Newsweek wouldn't be around in five years. A lot of askance fumfering by media types ensued. But I've been right twice on my bet: the Washington Post, Newsweek's longtime owner, dumped it for scrap two years ago; and its present managers announced Thursday that they were dumping it, too.
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