Dennis was unavailable for an interview because he was busy composing poetry at his estate on the Caribbean island of Mustique. “Is Felix Dennis mad?” The Wall Street Journal asked.Ī spokeswoman for The Week said Mr. At the time, few in the media world thought the idea would work. The Week began publishing in the United States in 2001 after Felix Dennis, who was an early supporter of the idea and a major investor who later purchased the magazine, established an American version. “We’re not a legacy magazine that’s trying to adapt to a new era,” Mr. Falk said some 200 news sources are cited in each issue. A researcher uses LexisNexis to prepare dossiers on the big stories of the week it is not uncommon for one to contain 100 articles. An additional 15 people work on the Web site.Įditors and writers spend their days combing the Internet. Falk leads a group of 18 at the magazine. A more serious feature called “How they see us” translates reports from foreign publications few Americans would ever stumble on. A feature called “Best properties on the market” allows readers to lust after gorgeous homes. It also excerpts film and book reviews and obituaries. The magazine identifies hot topics from the week before and publishes excerpts from a variety of news articles and opinion columns on each topic. (Only the weekly editor’s note carries a byline.) “It’s not one that piles up next to the bed with its beautifully written articles that go on and on forever.” “This is not a coffee table magazine,” said William Falk, the editor in chief, who likened the role of The Week’s writer-aggregators to off-stage producers. But editors at The Week are unashamed about what they are, and their confidence lends a certain verve to their work. And it piggybacks on the expensive reporting that larger news organizations carry out. (Despite falling circulation and advertising, Time is profitable.)Ĭritics of The Week complain that its approach to the news is reductive and that its model is essentially a print version of the aggregation done by Web sites like The Huffington Post. News and World Report ceased publishing as a printed news magazine altogether, there are plenty of publishers who would happily take that $4 million. But in an environment where in just the last six months Newsweek sold for $1 and U.S. “By saying less, The Week actually got more into people’s minds, and I think that’s the idea,” he said.Ī profit of $4 million is indeed modest. “People don’t want to believe that it can be so easy,” said Isaiah Wilner, author of “The Man Time Forgot,” a book on Mr.
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