Newsweek Weds Daily Beast? Good Luck with That
New York Times, November 14, 2010
By David Carr
Putting together the Daily Beast and Newsweek makes little financial sense, includes not much in the way of editorial synergies and marries two properties that have almost nothing in common other than the fact that they both lose lots of money. Other than that? A great idea. Brilliant, really. And it will be fun to watch.
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