news magazine

Weekly current affairs

A news magazine is a periodical publication—print or digital—that covers current events and issues in greater depth than daily newspapers or broadcast news.

Unlike newspapers that report breaking news, news magazines typically appear weekly or monthly and offer analysis, commentary, and feature-length reporting on politics, culture, business, and world affairs.

Time, Newsweek, and The Economist are classic news magazines.

The format also extends to television programs like 60 Minutes that present in-depth investigative journalism.

Opposites
publication frequency/depth

news magazinedaily newspaper

Publication printed each day

daily paper · news ticker · wire service · news flash · academic journal

content type

news magazinetabloid

Sensationalist newspaper format

comic book · pulp magazine · literary magazine · literary journal · trade journal

medium/format

news magazinetelevision news

Broadcast journalism on screen

radio news · live broadcast · news broadcast · podcast · cable news

Family

newsmagazine

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G