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	<title><![CDATA[Media Analyst Predicts Newsweek Will Disappear Next Year]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/media-analyst-predicts-in_b_165498.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Late last night, <em>Bnet</em> media analyst and blogger <a href="http://industry.bnet.com/media/1000490/npr-newsweek-announce-layoffs/">David Weir </a>predicted that <em>Newsweek</em> magazine will be gone by this time next year due to mounting advertising losses.</p>

<p><em>Newsweek</em> already is scaling back its mission and audience substantially, shedding half of its former mass audience of 3.1 million to concentrate on wealthier readers. Weir had this to say on the <em>Bnet</em> website:</p>

<blockquote>I can't say I'm surprised. For the better part of a year here at <em>Bnet</em>, I've been expressing concern about...</blockquote>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-04-28T17:45:00-04:00</date_published>
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