A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio or

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, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories, in greater depth than do

newspapers A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sport ...

newscast News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televi ...

s, and aim to give the consumer an understanding of the important events beyond the basic facts.

Broadcast news magazines

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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 to three hours or more.

Television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...

news magazines provide a similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in ter ...

rather than written articles. These broadcasts serve as an alternative in covering certain issues more in depth than regular newscasts. The formula, first established by ''

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'' on the BBC in 1953 has proved successful around the world. 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,

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magazines were very popular in the 1990s since they were a cheap and easy way to better use the investment in national

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news departments. Television news magazines once aired five nights a week on most television networks. However, with the success of

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s, 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 has largely drifted to

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, where common news magazine topics such as

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, and

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all have their own

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s. Most commercial broadcasting

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have local news that refers to news coverage of events in a local context which would not typically be of interest to those of other localities, or otherwise be of national or international scope.

Notable print news magazines

Notable TV news magazines

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60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique st ...

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United States

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America Now ''America Now'' is a defunct American daily television magazine program hosted by Leeza Gibbons and Bill Rancic, featuring "news you can really use" on lifestyle topics such as health, diet, family and pets. The program, which aired Monday thro ...

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America's Heartland ''America's Heartland'' is a television program in the United States airing on public television since 2005. Produced by KVIE Sacramento, ''America's Heartland'' reporters and crews have brought in stories from all across the United States as we ...

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Bill Moyers Journal ''Bill Moyers Journal'' was an American television current affairs program that covered an array of current affairs and human issues, including economics, history, literature, religion, philosophy, science, and most frequently politics. Bill Mo ...

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Business Nation ''Business Nation'', which debuted on January 24, 2007, is a monthly hour-long newsmagazine airing on CNBC, focusing on the stories behind the business headlines. This program also reveals the stories of business, finance, and the economy that to ...

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CBS News Sunday Morning ''CBS News Sunday Morning'' (normally shortened to ''Sunday Morning'' on the program itself since 2009) is an American news magazine television program that has aired on CBS since January 28, 1979. Created by Robert Northshield and original hos ...

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Connie Chung Tonight ''Connie Chung Tonight'' is an American television newsmagazine hosted by Connie Chung. The hour-long series premiered on CNN on June 24, 2002. At first the show was live, then previously taped in a move the network hoped would improve the progra ...

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Dateline NBC ''Dateline NBC'' is a weekly American television news magazine/reality legal show that is broadcast on NBC. It was previously the network's flagship general interest news magazine, but now focuses mainly on true crime stories with only occasio ...

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Eye to Eye with Connie Chung ''Eye to Eye With Connie Chung'' is an American news show that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1995. The show, hosted by Connie Chung as a second project from her time as co-anchoring the ''CBS Evening News'' with Dan Rather, she hosted and would often ...

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Inside Edition ''Inside Edition'' is an American news broadcasting newsmagazine program that is distributed in first-run syndication by CBS Media Ventures. Having premiered on January 9, 1989, it is the longest-running syndicated-newsmagazine program that is ...

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Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric ''Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric'', shortened to ''Now'', is an American news magazine that aired on NBC from 1993 to 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The K ...

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Primetime Live ''Primetime'' was an American news magazine television program that debuted on ABC in 1989 with co-hosts Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer and originally had the title ''Primetime Live''. The program's final episode aired May 18, 2012. History ...

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Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's '' Today''. He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hoste ...

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Real Life with Jane Pauley ''Real Life with Jane Pauley'' was a newsmagazine television program aired in the United States by NBC from 1990 to 1991. ''Real Life with Jane Pauley'' seemed to be presented as an answer to both critics and members of the general public to the f ...

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Rock Center with Brian Williams ''Rock Center with Brian Williams'' was an American weekly television newsmagazine that was broadcast on NBC from October 31, 2011 to June 21, 2013 and hosted by former ''NBC Nightly News'' anchor Brian Williams. It aired on Mondays until January ...

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Saturday Night with Connie Chung Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday ("Saturn's Day") for the planet Saturn, which controlled the first hour of that day, according to Vettius Valens. The day's na ...

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Small Town Big Deal ''Small Town Big Deal'' is an American television news magazine that runs in first-run syndication with a focus on human interest stories in rural America. The TV program is co-hosted by Rodney K. Miller and Jann Carl. Together, they travel the Un ...

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Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly ''Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly'' was an American television newsmagazine hosted by journalist and former attorney Megyn Kelly. The series premiered on NBC on June 4, 2017, as Kelly's first NBC News program since her departure to the division f ...

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BCN Week ''BCN Week'' is a cultural newsweekly started in 2006 by ex-pats An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. In common usage, the term often refers to educated professionals, skilled work ...

'' (Spain) *'' Contacto'' (Chile) *''

Domingo Espetacular Domingo may refer to: People *Domingo (name), a Spanish name and list of people with that name *Domingo (producer) (born 1970), American hip-hop producer *Saint Dominic (1170–1221), Castilian Catholic priest, founder of the Friars popularly cal ...

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European Journal ''European Journal'' was a weekly, 30-minute Deutsche Welle (DW) news programme produced in English from 1992–2014. It was broadcast from Brussels, Belgium and primarily covered political and economic developments across the European Union ...

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Fantástico ''Fantástico'' (originally known as ''Fantástico: O Show da Vida'', Portuguese for ''Fantastic The Show of Life'') is a Brazilian weekly television news program broadcast on Sunday nights on Rede Globo since August 5, 1973, created by José ...

'' (Brazil) *'' Informe Especial'' (Chile) *''

Informe Semanal ''Informe Semanal'' ( ''Weekly Report'') is a weekly Spanish television news magazine broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española (TVE). Debuting on 31 March 1973, it is the second longest-running national television program in the history of te ...

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Kastljós ''Kastljós'' ( en, Spotlight) is an Icelandic news magazine and talk show on the Icelandic national television channel RÚV. Þóra Arnórsdóttir is the current editor and former host of the show. The hosts for 2019-2020 are Einar Þorsteinsson ...

'' (Iceland) *'' Magandang Gabi... Bayan!'' (Philippines) *''

Mladina ''Mladina'' (English: Youth) is a Slovenian weekly left-wing political and current affairs magazine. Since the 1920s, when it was first published, it has become a voice of protest against those in power. Today, ''Mladinas weekly issues are d ...

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Reporter's Notebook ''Reporter's Notebook'' is a Philippine television documentary show broadcast by GMA Network, GMA News TV and GTV. Originally hosted by Jiggy Manicad and Maki Pulido, it premiered on June 1, 2004 on the network's Tuesday evening line up. The s ...

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Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho ''Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho'' (International title: ''One at Heart, Jessica Soho'' / ) also known as ''KMJS'', is a Philippine television news magazine show broadcast by GMA Network. Hosted by Jessica Soho, it premiered on November 7, 2004 on ...

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Séptimo día ''Séptimo día'' (Spanish: "Seventh day") is a Colombian television newsmagazine broadcast by Caracol TV on Sunday evenings. It proclaims itself as "a weapon against injustice". ''Séptimo día'' first aired in 1996 on Canal Uno, when Caracol ...

'' (Colombia) * '' Sunday Report'' – ''星期日檔案'' (Hong Kong) *''

Tagesthemen ''Tagesthemen'' is one of Germany's main daily television news magazines, presented by journalists Caren Miosga and Ingo Zamperoni. Second only to the 20:00 ''Tagesschau'' ("Review of the Day") ''Tagesthemen'' ("Issues of the Day") is ARD's mos ...

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Vsyaka Nedelya "Vsyaka Nedelya" ( bg, Всяка неделя, literally "Every Sunday") is a Bulgarian television program hosted and edited by journalist Kevork Kevorkian. It is one of the most successful television shows on Bulgarian television. History Th ...

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Kuha Mo! ''Kuha Mo!'' () is a Philippine documentary and news magazine television program broadcast by ABS-CBN, hosted by Anthony Taberna. It premiered on April 27, 2019 to July 25, 2020 and airs worldwide on The Filipino Channel, replacing ''DocuCentral ...

'' (Philippines) *''

Rated K ''Rated Korina'' (formerly known as ''Rated K'') is a Philippine television newscast lifestyle and Magazine show produced by Brightlight Productions and associated by ABS-CBN, hosted by Korina Sanchez. It currently broadcast via Cignal T ...

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Notable radio news magazines

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Mexico

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'' heraldo of Mexico

Australia

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United Kingdom

* '' Breakfast'' (daily,

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'' (Monday–Friday; Radio 4) * '' Worricker on Sunday'' (Sunday; Five Live)

United States

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'' (daily, weekend version branded as ''

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This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal ''This Morning: America's First News'' (formerly ''The Wall Street Journal This Morning'') is a two-hour radio news/talk program hosted by Gordon Deal and Jennifer Kushinka, who replaced long-serving co-host Gina Cervetti on January 2, 2015. In ...

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Canada

* ''Canada Live'' (CBC) * ''The Current Review'' (CBC) * ''World Report The World At Six'' (CBC)

References

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''The Guardian'' article on Newsmagazines

Worldmag.com podcast of a radio news magazine

Merrian-Webster definition of news magazine

A brief history of the TV news magazine ''TV Newser''

TV critic from ''Buffalo News'' on TV newsmagazines
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