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Week Rocks!
Don't have time to read every news magazine out there? Read this! <
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>Be informed and be efficient, too! I never thought I could whittle my subscriptions down to just a few zines per week, but with Week, I can. <
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>Water-cooler conversation starters? Check. <
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>Economics? Check. <
>Trend watch? Check. <
>Consumer info, entertainment news, financial news, world news? Check, check, check and check. <
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>We've had it a year and just re-upped. <
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Stop the presses! In this case, 'fair and balanced' is true.
Over the years I've had subscriptions to all three major American newsweeklies. 'Time' has a liberal slant, 'Newsweek' an outright adversarial liberal agenda, and 'U.S. News' a moderate-to-conservative bent. The first two are short on news, long on sensationalism. The latter is mired in business news. And they are all packed with advertising despite their shrinking page count and inflated prices. <
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>Then I chanced across 'The Week.' It has a simple, brilliant, no-nonsense concept: A distillation of all the major U.S. stories and the headlines from around the world into a concise, comprehensive package. Each article has virtually the same format. A synopsis of the facts is given, liberal and conservative editors and columnists are quoted alternately for opinion, and the next step in the story is anticipated. Then on to the next article! <
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>This approach is so refreshing, it seems almost too good to be true. No hyperventilated reportage. No bloated "expert" panels. Just short and sweet weighing in from both sides - and an eye-opening third point of view from our international "audience." Yes, if you check the headlines every day you've seen most of the stories. But having the interpretations collected and condensed in one place for you is extrememly rare. It provides an excellent launching pad for further reading. <
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>It's hard to get through an issue without re-examining at least one position you hold or at least allowing that the other side has a legitimate point. And making people think (not trying to make them think like you or keep them coming back after the commercials) is something we should all applaud.

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How can a newsmagazine be slimmer, quicker to read, yet still broader and more informative than the competition?
Once you get your subscription to The Week, you can throw out Newsweek, Time, and People, along with heavy magazines that focus on the arts, food, and decorating. The Week comes in a deceptively small package, on thin paper, but it beats the competition in the breadth of subjects it covers. No longer will you be opening your news magazine and reading the same lead intro story about the Bush presidency and the Middle East over and over again. No longer will you be getting a narrow US-centric view on national and world events. No longer will you be flipping through pages of glossy ads to actually get to some text. And no longer will there be subscription cards falling out and littering your reading area! <
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>I was a bit apprehensive about receiving a gift subscription to "yet another news weekly," but The Week won me over with the first issue. The Week opens with the main news stories and _how_ they were covered--you get what happened, what the major editorials said, what the columnists said, and what we can expect next. The editors draw on coverage in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Jerusalem Post, and hundreds of other print sources, so that the best of the best can be reprinted in The Week to provide diverse viewpoints. Dozens of sidebars provide human interest and shorter local happenings. One of my favorite sections is "The World At a Glance..." which is three pages chock full of news items from every continent, complete with a world map indicating the location of each story. Reading this weekly has really helped me bone up on my middle East and European geography. These news items are the important ones that somehow don't make it to our weekly national news broadcasts or print media. <
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>The Week has a full spread on the best columns, from not US news media, but from European and international sources as well. You get the benefit of having read nine different major columnists from a diverse selection of sources, without actually having to go out and find these columns individually. In the "Talking Points" feature, major news issues are covered with input from three to six different sources. <
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>Want fun? The Week also delivers coverage on People (celebrities) as well as the best of the Gossip for the week. It's balanced and just enough to keep one informed about celebrity happenings. Really, how many times can one read about Britney and Brangelina in a regular gossip rag? There are also not-to-be-missed reviews on Art exhibitions, Theater, Stage, Film, Music, Books, Restaurants, Television, and Travel. One of my favorite features in Books is the weekly guest who makes up a list of their favorite books. It's a great way to find both new books and old classics that people treasure. My other guilty pleasure from The Week is the real-estate section, which features gorgeous historic, opulent, and unusual real-estate that is currently on the market, as well as a "steal of the week." <
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>Do you have enough yet? Don't worry, The Week also delivers Business news, Consumer news and product reports, detailed Obituaries, and recipes. With all I've described here, it sounds like this would be a tome, but as I said, this is the magazine that gets MORE information into LESS space and with less filler or extraneous information. Once you start reading The Week, your outlook will be changed, and it'll be hard to go back to the old media. Enjoy!