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News magazines published in the United States

  • Time (magazine)Time magazine was almost called Facts. Two 24-year-olds launched it in 1923.
  • The New YorkerThe phrase "back to the drawing board" began as a 1941 New Yorker cartoon.
  • The New RepublicThe New Republic magazine once ran a KGB spy as its editor. Michael Whitney Straight edited it from 1948 to 1956.
  • Publishers WeeklyPublishers Weekly has come out every week since 1872, before the telephone or the light bulb.
  • NewsweekIn 1970, sixty women at Newsweek sued because only men could be reporters.
  • The AtlanticThe Atlantic magazine began with a five-hour dinner in 1857. A Boston publisher hosted Emerson and Longfellow.
  • The WeekThe Week magazine is built from stories other outlets already published. Its UK edition launched in 1995.
  • The Diplomat (magazine)The Diplomat magazine began in Sydney as a print title. It is now a Washington-based online outlet.
  • The New York Times MagazineThe New York Times Magazine's first issue in 1896 carried photographs, a first for the paper.
  • Life (magazine)Life magazine ran Dewey as the next president the day before Truman won.

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