The Week
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 Cover of the December 16, 2005 issues (United States edition). |
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| Editors-in-chief | -Jeremy O'Grady (United Kingdom edition) -William Falk (United States edition) -David Salter (Australian edition) |
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| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Steven Kotok (United States edition) |
| First issue | -2008 (Australia edition) -1995 (United Kingdom edition) -2001 (United States edition) |
| Company | -Dennis Publishing (United Kingdom edition) -The Week Publications (United States edition) |
| Country | Australia, United Kingdom and United States editions |
| Based in | New York City, New York (United States edition) |
| Language | English (all three editions) |
| Website | -theweekmagazine.com.au (Australia edition) -theweek.co.uk (United Kingdom edition) -theweek.com (United States edition) |
| ISSN | 1533-8304 |
The Week, styled as THE WEEK, is a weekly news magazine.
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[edit] History
It was founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell in 1995. In April 2001, the magazine began publishing an American edition; an Australian edition followed in October 2008. Dennis Publishing publishes the U.K. and Australian editions and The Week Publications publishes the U.S. edition.
[edit] Content
The various editions of the magazine provide a digest of the week's news and editorial commentary from global media to provide readers with multiple political viewpoints. In addition to news and opinion, the magazine also covers science, business and the arts.
[edit] Website
In September 2007, the magazine's U.S. edition launched a daily website. While the daily website carries the mission of the print magazine to the internet, it also publishes original commentary from writers including David Frum, Robert Shrum, Will Wilkinson and Brad DeLong.
[edit] Defunct magazines also known as The Week
The Week has been the title of a seminal literary magazine in Canada and two other weekly news magazines founded in the U.K. These publicaions are not connected with the current magazines.
[edit] The Week (1883–1896)
This publication was "Canada's leading political and literary periodical". [1] Prominent contributors included poet Charles G.D. Roberts; journalist and novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan; and political critic and intellectual Goldwin Smith.
[edit] The Week (1933–1941)
Marxist journalist Claud Cockburn launched the first British publication known as The Week as a newsletter in the spring of 1933, after he had returned from reporting on Germany. It focused on the rise of fascism, in a style that anticipated Private Eye and won a wide readership, according to Cockburn's son.[2] Jessica Mitford attributed the journal's influence to its use of undercover sources.[3] It ceased publication in 1941.[4]
[edit] The Week (pre 1965–1968)
Ken Coates and Pat Jordan refounded The Week some time before 1965[1]. They were Marxist members of the British Labour Party connected to the New Left Review, to which Cockburn occasionally contributed. Their version of The Week provided a socialist critique of Harold Wilson's government, notably over its failure to oppose the Vietnam War. Jordan edited the paper until 1968, when he cooperated with Tariq Ali in launching The Black Dwarf. At that time The Week became a monthly magazine called International, which was published by the International Marxist Group.
[edit] References
- ^ Tausky, Thomas E.. ""The Intellectual Possibilities of a Mere Colony": The Week in Search of a New Canadian Soul". CNET Networks, Inc.. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3683/is_199707/ai_n8769410/. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ My Father, Claud Cockburn, the MI5 Suspect, from a June 2005 article on the CounterPunch website
- ^ A Fine Old Conflict, quoted in Spartacus Educational
- ^ Spartacus Educational
[edit] External links
- theweekmagazine.com.au The Week official website — Australia edition
- theweek.co.uk, The Week official website — United Kingdom edition
- theweek.com, The Week official website — United States edition
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