tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post2785258037292059378..comments2024-03-28T13:22:19.837-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: PassingsPa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-57510723582975033452012-10-19T06:47:40.970-07:002012-10-19T06:47:40.970-07:00From the late 60s to the present day, I've rea...From the late 60s to the present day, I've read Newsweek cover-to-cover. In the early days, it provided me with the information I needed to stay informed about world and national affairs. Lately, though, I suffered with the magazine and your comparison with the dying McGovern (also one of my own folk heros) is quite apt.<br /><br />Beginning around the turn of the century, the magazine's weekly format became less and less sustainable in an age that valued instant access more than informed analysis. As a result, its subscription base withered, its once-proud masthead became lost in a sea of commercial necessity and I, for one, began to mourn its passing even then.<br /><br />Newsweek's imminent demise is part of the dismantling of print journalism that will continue until, at some point in the not-too-distant future even the Gray Lady, quietly and without much fanfare, finally lays down and gives up the ghost.Donnoreply@blogger.com