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more about #theeconomist more comments → RonMwangaguhunga: "The Economist Group is owned jointly by the The Financial Times (a subsidiary of Pearson PLC) and the Rothschild family." -- whose strings are clear... more » ChillbearLatrigue: "The combination of Roll Call and CQ will create the largest and most experienced newsroom covering Congress and official Washington..." A big behemo... more » 92BuickLeSabre: Appreciate the tags, cause otherwise I was all *eyebrows raised*. more » Pope John Peeps II: Well, I guess the population of Sri Lanka will now be 20% less smug at dinner parties. more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: The Economist is more conservative than the rest of my media sources, but I like the economic focus (which is not always finance/business but broader ... more » Maulleigh: It is a great magazine. When I visit my parents in SF over the holidays, I take with me their read holiday double issue. I can read it the whole fligh... more » Nick Denton: Much as I appreciate the willingness of the Economist to take positions, one should note that they can get things hugely wrong. The world awash in oil... more » hatey: For all of you complaining that you can't afford a subscription to 'The Economist,' do what I do: occasionally steal your neighbor's. Oh, wait-- wow. ... more » Swordfish: Newsweek's editors have such an orgasm over The Economist that they have decided to be just like Economist....or as Meacham told the NY Times, "a thou... more » Mediahohoho: Also, little known fact here, it's the only magazine that costs more to subscribe to than People. But yeah, I've never been bothered by its politics b... more » ADismalScience: I read it religiously. Some of the points are made with remarkable brevity - which must infuriate left-leaning readers - but largely it's the only pl... more » Chileno: A year or two ago The Economist declared that Chile was "destitute no more." So I walked 10 minutes out of my gated community in the Andean foothills... more » Phyllis Nefler: I like The Week (This Week?) something Week. Anyone? more » Shelwood: No bylines may mean no egos, but it also means no personal accountability, and no way for a reader to correct for individual variations in voice. I p... more » Rumpelstilskin: I enjoy the Economist, in another league from Time and Newsweak. But, isn't it just a teeny bit smug sometimes? Thinking of the observation about Econ... more » -
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Is The Economist Being Censored In Post-War Sri Lanka?
Maybe. There's a report out there of shipments of the latest issue of The Economist being held back in customs. In the issue is an article about the Sri Lankan government's "unpleasant triumphalism" over the Liberation Tigers. [ICT] -
#appreciations
Is The Economist the Greatest Magazine Ever Made?
Some magophiles point to such bygone magazines like Vector, Fluxus art magazine Avalanche and T+L Golf as the world's best magazines. Happily, they're wrong. The best magazine is still extant. It's called The Economist.
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#magazines
Newsweek (Hopes) To Become The Economist
Newsweek, which traditionally (dentist's office joke), has for the first time ever correctly identified an overarching trend in American society and formulated a reasonable response, unaccompanied by any special "The Historical Jesus" stories! More » -
#newsweek
Newsweek Nukes Itself Into Printed Blog
The rumors appear to be true: Newsweek will amputate up to one million copies from its 2.6 million circulation, according to Wall Street Journal sources, and no fewer than 500,000. There will be an unknown number of layoffs, announced Thursday, to be achieved through voluntary buyouts like the 111 from last spring. But the biggest change at the 73-year-old magazine: It's going to become a whole lot more like Washington Post Co. sibling Slate, with contrarian, gimmicky or otherwise grabby headlines that wouldn't be out of place on Digg. More » -
