Newsweek owned by the Washington Post Company has undergone a new design but also recently announced it's withdrawal from the White House photographer's pool coverage which shares coverage and provides the daily photos from the White House to other publications. I have been expecting such a drawdown for several years so it's no surprise that the axe finally fell in this recession.
Thankfully, two great photographers Khue Bui and Charles Ommanney (freelancers) will still have some sort of work with the magazine.
Ommanney, if you remember created a stunning portfolio from his coverage of Obama on the way to winning the White House. Look here on Flickr for this selection
Anyway, this is just another slow degradation of photography which once was so lauded.
Check out the new redesigned Newsweek and see what you think. The plan is to reduce (drive away) readers by going long form and raising the cover price. What happens if everyone loves it and more subscribe? Seems an odd sort of business plan - kind like giving everything away at wp.com.
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