Hashtag symbolizes end of an era for Newsweek
- Published: 24 Dec 2012 at 23.46
- Online news: World
Almost 80 years after first going to print, the final Newsweek magazine hit newsstands Monday featuring an ironic hashtag as a symbol of its Twitter-era transition to an all-digital format.
A woman perusing the final print edition of Newsweek in Washington, DC on December 24, 2012. Almost 80 years after first going to print, the final Newsweek magazine hit newsstands featuring an ironic hashtag as a symbol of its Twitter-era transition to an all-digital format.
The second-largest news weekly magazine in the United States has been grappling with a steep drop in print advertising revenue, steadily declining circulation and the migration of readers to free news online.
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