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The operator of the erstwhile news magazine Newsweek, which became a solely digital publication last year after 80 years in print, officially became "NewsBeast" on Friday, its parent company said.

Netflix on Wednesday was blaming Amazon for an embarrassing outage that left millions of people unable to snuggle up with the online film streaming service on Christmas Eve.

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.

Newsweek announced Thursday it would end an 80-year run as a print magazine, taking the venerable publication all-digital in another sign of the woes of an industry struggling in the Internet age.

Newsweek announced Thursday it would end an 80-year run as a print magazine at the end of the year, taking the venerable publication all-digital to cope with a harsh media environment.

Venerable US magazine Newsweek announced Thursday its last print edition would be December 31, saying it would turn all-digital to cut costs in an increasingly challenging media environment.

Newsweek made no apologies Monday for anointing Barack Obama as "the first gay president" on its cover this week, matching its rival Time in terms of online buzz.

A Newsweek cover photo marking Princess Diana's 50th birthday, reimagines her still-elegant but with crow's feet and an aging neckline, sparking a media uproar and outrage among her devoted fans.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Princess Diana has returned from the grave on the front cover of Newsweek in a picture that imagines her, and her life, as it might have been had she lived to mark her 50th birthday on Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sidney Harman, the stereo magnate who shocked the media world when he bought Newsweek magazine for $1, died on Tuesday from complications of acute myeloid leukemia, his family said. He was 92.

Audio pioneer Sidney Harman, who bought Newsweek magazine last year and merged it with The Daily Beast website, died on Tuesday. He was 92.

Openly gay journalist Andrew Sullivan announced Sunday that his blog, 'The Daily Dish,' will be moving from TheAtlantic.com to TheDailyBeast.com. Openly gay journalist Andrew Sullivan announced Sunday that his blog, The Daily Dish, will be moving from TheAtlantic.com to Tina Brown's TheDailyBeast.com. The Daily Beast and Newsweek merged in November, 2010. The New York Times is reporting that the first issue of the revamped Newsweek is expected next month. ?The Dish is moving!? Sullivan wrote in a blog entry. ?In April, we'll be joining The Daily Beast.? ?The chance to be a part of a whole new experiment in online and print journalism, in the Daily Beast and Newsweek adventure, is just too fascinating and exciting a challenge to pass up.? ?And to work with media legends, Barry Diller and Tina Brown, and with the extraordinary businessmen Sidney Harman and Stephen Colvin, is the opportunity of a lifetime,? Sullivan added. Sullivan has been an outspoken critic of President Obama's promise

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Daily Beast says it has reached agreement to join with Newsweek. Newsweek, a 77-year-old magazine that once helped set the national news agenda, is linking its future with a startup website just two years in the making.

Tina Brown, The Daily Beast founder and a former editor of The New Yorker, will be editor-in-chief of the new media entity, to be called The Newsweek Daily Beast Company, the two companies announced.

Daily Beast founder and editor Tina Brown, the former editor of Tatler, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, will head the new media entity, to be called The Newsweek Daily Beast Co., Newsweek and The Daily Beast announced.

Tina Brown, The Daily Beast founder and editor, will head the new media entity, to be called The Newsweek Daily Beast Company, the two companies announced.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Website Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com) and magazine Newsweek have agreed a deal to combine, Daily Beast co-founder and editor Tina Brown said, just weeks after abandoning merger talks.