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newsmagazine

newsmagazine

2 3.7
A magazine that reports and explains recent events
  • noun
  • /ˈnuːzˌmæɡəˌzin/
  • Literature
translation icon : revista de noticias
  • Maclean's, which purports to be Canada's weekly newsmagazine, and which has prospered thanks to protectionist tax measures and a huge postal subsidy, is sometimes the worst offender.
  • a weekly newsmagazine

Examples

  • The percentage of people reading weekly newsmagazines at least occasionally dropped steadily from 31.9 percent in 1981 to 10.6 percent in 2001, while the percentage of students reading newspapers frequently dropped steadily from 64.5 percent in 1986 to 38.6 percent in 2001.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Vox Populi is the staff blog of the Georgetown Voice, a weekly newsmagazine at Georgetown University.

    Blog text (17)
  • U.S. News & World Report ceased being a full-scale newsmagazine years ago.

    Blog text (11)
  • These kinds of consequences have been cited in newsmagazines and major newspapers.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Several weekly newsmagazines, such as Russian Newsweek, also practice independent editorial policies.

    Academic text (2010)
  • The Rag Blog is a non-profit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change.

    Blog text (17)
  • Part of writing a publishable science news article was identifying a science topic that would interest other teenagers, the newsmagazine's target audience.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Reading weekly newsmagazines by students has experienced steady and significant declines over the 20-year period since 1981.

    Academic text (2004)
  • That's the topic of an article in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS's weekly newsmagazine.

    Blog text (20)
  • Every week, the newsmagazine features articles that analyze the latest political developments.

Synonyms

magazine
vsnewsmagazine
1.0

A printed or online set of pages that comes out regularly with articles and pictures about a subject

focuses specifically on reporting and analyzing current events
news magazine
vsnewsmagazine
  • Literature
14 2.6

A paper or online publication that reports and explains recent events, usually weekly

is defined similarly but without specifying publication frequency

How In-Depth

broadsheet
  • Literature
3 4.5
newsmagazine
  • Literature
2 3.7
newspaper
  • Literature
899 1.0
news report
  • Literature
68 1.1

Surface Forms

newsmagazine singular
newsmagazines plural

Morphology

newsmagazine = news + magazine (transparent) = news + magazine

Meaning is directly derived from 'news' + 'magazine' = a magazine about news, a straightforward compound.

Etymology

The word newsmagazine combines news ('new information') and magazine, a word that once meant a 'storehouse' or 'collection'. So a newsmagazine is like a 'store' of news articles and longer reports that explain current events.