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A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly magazine

Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
featuring articles or segments on current events. News magazines generally go more in-depth into stories than newspapers or television news, trying to give the reader an understanding of the context surrounding important events, rather than just the facts.

Television news magazines
Television

Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
news magazines provide a similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles.

These broadcasts serve as an alternative in covering certain issues more in-depth than regular newscasts.

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A newsmagazine, also spelled news magazine, is usually a weekly magazine

Magazine

Print news magazines

Major news magazines in print include:

Major Newsmagazines
Newsmagazine	Country of origin
Noticias Noticias (magazine) *Revista Noticias* is a weekly news magazine in Argentinian Spanish published in Argentina, roughly the equivalent of the American magazines Time or Newsweek....	Argentina Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
CartaCapital CartaCapital *CartaCapital* is a weekly Brazilian newsmagazine published in Santana do Parna?ba, S?o Paulo and Jo?o Pessoa, Para?ba and distributed throughout the country by Editora Confian?a....	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
Época Época ?poca is a Brazil weekly newsmagazine. Since its inception in 1998, it has become one of the country's most widely read magazines. It is published by Editora Globo, part of the Rede Globo media conglomerate....	Brazil Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
IstoÉ Istoe *Revista ISTO?* is a weekly news magazine in Brazilian Portuguese published in Brazil, roughly the equivalent of the American magazines Time or Newsweek....	Brazil
Veja Veja (magazine) *Veja* is a Brazilian weekly newsmagazine published in S?o Paulo and distributed throughout the country by Editora Abril. It has a circulation of over a million copies by issue, the largest in Brazil and the fourth largest in the world just behind the americans: Time, Newsweek and U.S....	Brazil
L'actualité L'actualité *L'actualit?* is a French language newsmagazine and general interest magazine in Quebec, Canada, published in Montreal by Les ?ditions Rogers, which is owned by Rogers Communications....	Canada Canada Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
Maclean's Maclean's *Maclean's* is a Canada weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events....	Canada
L'Express L'Express (France) *L'Express* is France's first weekly news magazine. When founded in 1953 during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the United States magazine TIME....	France France France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
Marianne Marianne (magazine) Marianne is a weekly Paris-based France news magazine created in 1997 by Jean-Fran?ois Kahn with Maurice Szafran as editorialist. The main shareholder of the company is Robert Assaraf with 49.4% of the shares ....	France
Le Nouvel Observateur Le Nouvel Observateur *Le Nouvel Observateur* is a weekly French language newsmagazine. It is the most prominent French general information magazine based in Paris in terms of audience and circulation ....	France
Le Point Le Point *Le Point* is a France weekly news magazine. It was founded in 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of L'Express , which was then owned by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, a d?put? of the Radical Party ....	France
Der Spiegel Der Spiegel *Der Spiegel* is a German weekly magazine, published in Hamburg. It is one of Europe's largest weekly magazines with a circulation of more than one million per week....	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
Stern Stern (magazine) *Stern* is a weekly news magazine published in Germany. It was founded in 1948 by Henri Nannen, and is currently published by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann....	Germany
Focus Focus (German magazine) Focus is a Germany weekly newsmagazine published in Munich and distributed throughout Germany. It is the third-largest weekly newsmagazine in Germany....	Germany
Yazhou Zhoukan Yazhou Zhoukan *Yazhou Zhoukan* , literally as "Asia Weekly", is the only China language international affairs newsweekly which has been published for over 20 years....	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
Frontline Frontline (magazine) Frontline is a fortnightly English language magazine published by The Hindu Group of publications from Chennai, India. Narasimhan Ram is the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine....	India
India Today India Today *India Today* is an Indian weekly newsmagazine published by Living Media, in publication since 1975. India Today is also the name of its sister-publication in Hindi....	India India India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
The Week The Week *The Week* is a weekly current affairs magazine created by Jolyon Connell and Jeremy O'Grady in 1995. It provides a digest of the week's most important news from a large number of news outlets....	India India India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
The Northeast Today The Northeast Today *The Northeast Today* is a popular magazine was launched by the king of tripura Kirit Pradyot Deb Burmanor P.B.K.Manikya in August 2007. In a short span the magazine has become the highest-selling magazine in the Northeast of India, with an estimated circulation of 39,000....	India India India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
L'Espresso L'Espresso *L'espresso* is a left wing Italy newsmagazine. It is one of the two most prominent Italian weeklies, the other being Panorama . Since the latter has been acquired by right-winged tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, L'espresso enjoys the reputation of being the main politically independent newsmagazine in Italy....	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
Proceso Proceso (magazine) *Proceso* is a Mexico magazine published in Mexico City. It was founded on November 6, 1976 by journalist Julio Scherer Garc?a, its current president....	Mexico Mexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
Polityka Polityka *Polityka* is a centre-left weekly newsmagazine in Poland. With a circulation of 170,000 it is the country's biggest selling weekly, ahead of Newsweek's Polish edition and Wprost....	Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
NIN (magazine) NIN (magazine) *NIN* is a weekly newsmagazine published in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name is an acronym for *Nedeljne informativne novine* which roughly translates into Weekly Informative Newspaper....	Serbia Serbia Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
Mladina Mladina Mladina is a Slovenian weekly current affairs magazine. It was first published in the 1920s as the youth magazine of the League of Communists of Slovenia ....	Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
The Economist The Economist *The Economist* is an English-language weekly news and international relations publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd. and edited in London....	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
The Spectator The Spectator *The Spectator* is a weekly United Kingdommagazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by the Barclay brothers, who also own The Daily Telegraph....	United Kingdom
The Week The Week *The Week* is a weekly current affairs magazine created by Jolyon Connell and Jeremy O'Grady in 1995. It provides a digest of the week's most important news from a large number of news outlets....	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... /United States United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
Businessweek BusinessWeek *BusinessWeek* is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time....	United States
The Nation The Nation *The Nation* is a weekly United States periodical devoted to politics and culture, self-described as "the flagship of the left-wing politics." Founded on July 6, 1865 at the start of Reconstruction era of the United States as a supporter of the victorious North in the American Civil War, it is the oldest continuously published weekly magaz...	United States
National Review National Review *National Review* is a biweekly magazine and web site, founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr. in 1955 and based in New York City....	United States
The New Republic The New Republic *The New Republic* is an United States magazine of politics and the arts. It is published semimonthly and has a circulation of approximately 60,000....	United States
Newsweek Newsweek *Newsweek* is an United States weekly newsmagazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally....	United States
TIME Time (magazine) *Time* is a weekly United States newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report. A European edition is published from London....	United States
U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report *U.S. News & World Report* is an influential United States newsmagazine published in Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek, it was for many years a leading news weekly, although it focused more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories....	United States
The Weekly Standard The Weekly Standard *The Weekly Standard* is a conservatism United States opinion magazine published 48 times per year. It is owned by News Corporation and made its debut on September 16, 1995....	United States

Television news magazines

Television

CBS News Sunday Morning
CBS News Sunday Morning

CBS News Sunday Morning is an American television news magazine program created by Robert Northshield and Charles Kuralt, and appearing continuously from January 28, 1979 on the CBS Television Network, airing in the Eastern US on Sunday from 9:00 to 10:30 am....
(United States)
Dateline NBC (United States)
20/20
20/20

20/20 is an United States television newsmagazine broadcast on American Broadcasting Company since June 6, 1978. Created by ABC News executive Roone Arledge, the show was designed similarly to CBS's 60 Minutes but focuses more on human interest stories than international and political subjects....
(United States)
60 Minutes
60 Minutes

or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
(United States)
48 Hours
48 Hours (TV series)

48 Hours is a Television documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period....
(United States)
Primetime
Primetime (TV series)

Primetime is a general-interest United Statesn news magazine show which debuted on American Broadcasting Company in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title Primetime Live....
(United States)
Inside Edition
Inside Edition

Inside Edition is a syndicated news program, on the air since January 9, 1989. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair , but now more closely resembles Entertainment Tonight or The Insider ....
(United States)
(United States)
Bill Moyers Journal (United States}
The Fifth Estate
The fifth estate

the fifth estate is a Canada television newsmagazine, which airs on the English language television network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
(Canada)
This Hour Has Seven Days
This Hour Has Seven Days

This Hour Has Seven Days was a controversial CBC Television newsmagazine which ran from 1964 to 1966. The show, inspired by the British satire series That Was The Week That Was, was created by Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman as an avenue for a more stimulating and boundary-pushing brand of television journalism....
(Canada)
W-FIVE
W-FIVE

W-FIVE, also known as W5 or W5 with Eric Malling, is a Canada news magazine television series which airs on the CTV Television Network....
(Canada)
Global Sunday
Global Sunday

Global Sunday is the name of a Canada television newsmagazine, which aired Sunday evenings on the Global Television Network. The program was launched in September, 2001, with Charles Adler as host....
(Canada)
Probe
Probe (Philippine TV series)

Probe is a Philippines public affairs program being aired on ABS-CBN and on its sister cable channel, the ABS-CBN News Channel. It is hosted by Cheche Lazaro and is produced by Probe Productions Inc., under a joint co-production agreement with ABS-CBN....
(Philippines)
Reporter's Notebook
Reporter's notebook

Reporter's notebook is the common name for a particular design of writing pad often used by journalists: one that is spiral-bound at the top, roughly four inches wide and eight inches long, with cardboard front and back cover, containing scores of sheets of paper imprinted with horizontal lines....
(Philippines)
Kastljós
Kastljós

Kastlj?s is a high-rated Icelandic news magazine and talk show on the Icelandic national television network Sj?nvarpi?. ??rhallur Gunnarsson is the Editing and primary host of the show....
(Iceland)
Domingo Espetacular (Brazil)
Fantástico
Fantastico

Fantastico may refer to:*Fantastico , a Bulgarian supermarket chain*Fant?stico, a Brazilian television newsmagazine*Fantastico , a series of Italian TV shows...
(Brazil)
Tagesthemen
Tagesthemen

Next to ZDF's heute journal, Tagesthemen is Germany's prime daily television news magazine, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Tom Buhrow....
(Germany)
Panorama
Panorama (TV series)

Panorama is the longest-running current affairs documentary film series in the world. Launched on 11 November 1953 on BBC One, it focuses on investigative journalism....
(United Kingdom)
Contacto
Contacto

Contacto – Magazine Informative super Interlingua is a publication of the British Interlingua Society . It was established in July 1994 in response to increased interest in the auxiliary language Interlingua....
(Chile)
Informe Especial
Informe Especial

Informe especial is an investigative television newsmagazine from Chile. The program began in 1984 and, when in season, airs every Thursday night on Television Nacional de Chile....
(Chile)
Séptimo día
Séptimo día

S?ptimo d?a is a Colombian television newsmagazine broadcast by Caracol TV on Sunday evenings. It proclaims itself as "a weapon against injustice"....
(Colombia)
BCN Week
BCN Week

BCN Week is a cultural newsweekly started in 2006 by Expatriate in Barcelona. The English language-language publication originally included a spattering of Spanish language and Catalan language words in otherwise purely English articles, reviews, recommendations, and event listings, but has since expanded to include articles in Catalan and Sp...
(Spain)

Television news magazines provide several stories not seen on regular newscasts, including celebrity profiles, coverage of big businesses, hidden camera techniques, better international coverage, exposing and correcting injustices, in-depth coverage of a headline story, and hot topic interviews.

In the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, television news magazines were very popular in the 1990s, since they were a cheap and easy way to better utilize the investment in network news departments. Television news magazines once aired five nights a week on most television networks. However, with the success of reality shows, news magazines have largely been supplanted. Reality shows cost slightly less to produce and attain a younger and more loyal audience than the news magazines they replaced. Thus, the audience once attracted to news magazine shows have largely drifted to cable television

Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
, where common news magazine topics such as nature

Nature

File:Jungle in Punjab.JPGNature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe....
, science

Science

In its broadest sense, science refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research....
, celebrities, and politics

Politics

Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions. The term is generally applied to behaviour within civil governments, but politics has been observed in all human group interactions, including corporation, academia, and religion institutions....
all have their own channels.

Radio news magazines

Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
news magazines are similar to television news magazines. Unlike radio newscasts, which are typically about five minutes in length, radio news magazines can run from 30 minutes up to three hours or more.

Examples include: International

- Newshour
  Newshour
  
  Newshour is the flagship news and current affairs radio programme of the BBC World Service. It is broadcast seven days a week and there are two editions each day....
  (every eight hours; BBC World Service
  BBC World Service
  
  The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasting, currently broadcasting in 32 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays....
  )

Australia

- Breakfast (Monday-Friday; Radio National)
- AM (Early Edition) (Monday-Saturday; Radio National)
- AM
  AM (ABC Radio)
  
  AM is one of Australia's longest-running current affairs programs. It is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's flagship radio current affairs program....
  (Monday-Friday; ABC Local Radio))
- PM
  PM (ABC Radio)
  
  PM is an Australian current affairs program on Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio. It is the sister program to AM .It is currently broadcast Monday to Friday from 5:10pm on Radio National and 6:10pm on ABC Local Radio, and is presented by Mark Colvin....
  (Monday-Friday; ABC Local Radio and Radio National)
- The World Today (Monday-Friday; ABC Local Radio and Radio National)

United Kingdom

- Breakfast (daily, BBC Radio Five Live
  BBC Radio Five Live
  
  BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. It is the principal radio station Broadcasting of sports events in the United Kingdom, broadcasting virtually all major sports events staged in the UK or involving British competitors....
  )
- Broadcasting House
  Broadcasting House (radio programme)
  
  Broadcasting House is a current affairs programme on BBC BBC Radio 4, presented by Paddy O'Connell. It is broadcast every Sunday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock....
  (Sunday, Radio 4
  BBC Radio 4
  
  BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history....
  )
- PM (Monday-Saturday; Radio 4)
- Today
  Today programme
  
  Today, sometimes referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays....
  (Monday-Saturday; Radio 4)
- The World at One
  The World At One
  
  The World at One, or WATO for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, which is broadcast from 1pm to 1:30pm from Monday to Friday....
  (Monday-Friday; Radio 4)
- The World This Weekend
  The World This Weekend
  
  The World This Weekend was launched on 17 September 1967. It is a weekly news and current affairs programme broadcast from 1pm to 1:30pm on BBC Radio 4 every Sunday....
  (Sunday; Radio 4)
- The World Tonight
  The World Tonight
  
  The World Tonight is a United Kingdom current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10pm news....
  (Monday-Friday; Radio 4)
- Worricker on Sunday (Sunday; Five Live)

United States:

- All Things Considered
  All Things Considered
  
  All Things Considered is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets....
  (daily; NPR
  National Public Radio
  
  National Public Radio is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national Radio syndication to 797 public radio List of NPR stations in the United States....
  )
- Day to Day
  Day to Day
  
  Day to Day is a one-hour weekday American radio newsmagazine distributed by National Public Radio , and produced by NPR in collaboration with Slate ....
  (Monday–Friday; NPR)
- Morning Edition
  Morning Edition
  
  Morning Edition is an American radio news program produced and distributed by National Public Radio . It airs weekday mornings and runs for two hours, and many stations repeat one or both hours....
  (Monday–Friday; NPR)
- Weekend America
  Weekend America
  
  Weekend America was a weekly public radio program dealing with news, popular culture, the arts and more. The program was produced for American Public Media and hosted by John Moe in Saint Paul, Minnesota....
  (Saturday ApM)
- Weekend Edition
  Weekend Edition
  
  Weekend Edition is the name given to a set of American radio news magazines produced and distributed by National Public Radio . It is the weekend counterpart to Morning Edition....
  (Saturday and Sunday; NPR)
- The World
  The World (radio program)
  
  PRI's The World is a global news radio, music and multi-platform program created by Public Radio International based on the program's congruence with PRI's mission, and in order to fulfill the critical need for more original global news created for and provided to Americans....
  (daily; PRI/BBC)

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