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Tina Brown: Newsweek/Daily Beast Isn't 'Making Money Yet'

Tina Brown

First Posted: 03/21/2012 8:58 am Updated: 03/21/2012 9:02 am

There were many skeptics when the 79-year-old news magazine "Newsweek" merged with the upstart website The Daily Beast in 2010 under the leadership of Tina Brown.  Could two media outlets, both loosing money, be combined into a financially sound operation?
In a recent interview with "Nightline," Brown, who is Editor-in-Chief of the joint venture, said it is well on it's way to success and  pushed back hard against published reports that the Newsweek/Daily Beast Company suffered $30 million in losses last year, calling such reports "excessive."

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There were many skeptics when the 79-year-old news magazine "Newsweek" merged with the upstart website The Daily Beast in 2010 under the leadership of Tina Brown.  Could two media outlets, both loosi...
There were many skeptics when the 79-year-old news magazine "Newsweek" merged with the upstart website The Daily Beast in 2010 under the leadership of Tina Brown.  Could two media outlets, both loosi...
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