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Before the internet devoured print, journalism segmented itself as follows:

- daily newspapers, which rushed important news into print as fast as possible (multiple daily editions, “hold the presses”)

- weekly news magazines, which focused on analysis of anything broadly newsworthy.

- monthly special interest magazines which combined narrow focus with in-depth coverage (Foreign Affairs, Byte)

Broadcast journalism largely copied the format - daily news (Walter Cronkite) and weekly analysis (60 Minutes, Face the Nation).

The dominant low brow weekly print news magazines (Time, Newsweek, US News & World Report) refused to change formats are are gone. The middle & high brow weekly magazines survived Slate and Salon just fine; we shall see what the likes of Vox and The Intercept and Pro Publica mean for their fate.