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A news magazine is a typed, printed, and published magazine, radio, or television program, usually published weekly, consisting of articles about current events. News magazines generally discuss stories in greater depth than newspapers or newscasts do, and aim to give the consumer an understanding of the important events beyond the basic facts.

**2512**, a monthly news magazine published in **Réunion**

Broadcast news magazines

Radio 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 news magazines provide a similar service to print news magazines, but their stories are presented as short television documentaries rather than written articles; in contrast to a daily newscast, news magazines allow more in-depth coverage of specific topics, including current affairs, investigative journalism (including hidden camera investigations), major interviews, and human-interest stories. The BBC's Panorama was one of the earliest examples, premiering in 1953. In Canada, CTV premiered W5 in 1966, running for 58 seasons before being cancelled in 2024 due to budget cuts by its parent company (and being repurposed as a brand for long-form journalism across other CTV News programming and platforms). It was the longest-running program of its kind in North America.

In the United States, the Big Three networks all currently produce at least one weekly news magazine, including ABC's 20/20, CBS's 60 Minutes and CBS News Sunday Morning, and NBC's Dateline NBC; of these programs, 60 Minutes typically focuses on investigative journalism, 20/20 and Dateline focus predominantly on true crime stories, while Sunday Morning typically focuses on human-interest stories (up to and including stories on the arts) and has a more relaxed tone.

News magazines proliferated on network schedules in the early 1990s, as they had lower production costs in comparison to scripted programs, and could attract equivalent if not larger audiences. At the same time, newer newsmagazines—including syndicated offerings such as A Current Affair, Hard Copy and Inside Edition—often had an infotainment skew with a larger focus on tabloid stories (including coverage of celebrities such as Michael Jackson, and the O.J. Simpson and Menendez brothers murder cases) rather than the harder journalism associated with 60 Minutes and 20/20 at the time. CNN president Ed Turner argued that these shows had eclipsed the networks' evening newscasts as their flagship programs at the expense of their news divisions' traditions of hard journalism.

By the late-1990s, Dateline would establish a niche in true crime to set it apart from its competitors—a format that would bolster its popularity, and lead the show to being on as many as five times per-week at its peak. NBC experimented with other news magazines in the 2010s, including Rock Center with Brian Williams—a more hard news-oriented program that aired for two seasons, and Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly—a short-lived primetime vehicle for the former Fox News correspondent. In 2025, CBS relaunched its weekday CBS Evening News with a more news magazine-like format, focusing on in-depth stories rather than summarizing top stories like its competitors.

Some local television stations in the U.S. have produced news magazines, although they have largely been displaced by cheaper programming acquired from the syndication market. An exception is WCVB-TV in Boston, which has continued to produce the nightly news magazine Chronicle since 1982.

In Brazil, TV Globo's news magazine Fantástico has aired on Sunday nights. Historically, it has been one of the top programs on Brazilian television, although its dominance is no longer as absolute as it was in the past due to competition from variety shows such as SBT's Programa Silvio Santos, and from Record's competing news magazine Domingo Espetacular.

Notable print news magazines

Major news magazines
News magazine	Country of origin
Klan	Albania
Mapo	Albania
Noticias	Argentina
CartaCapital	Brazil
Época	Brazil
IstoÉ	Brazil
Veja	Brazil
L'actualité	Canada
Maclean's	Canada
Semana	Colombia
	Colombia
Týden	Czech Republic
Respekt	Czech Republic
Suomen Kuvalehti	Finland
L'Express	France
Marianne	France
L'Obs	France
Le Point	France
Der Spiegel	Germany
Stern	Germany
Focus	Germany
Yazhou Zhoukan	Hong Kong
Frontline	India
India Today	India
The Week	India
Outlook	India
Tehelka	India
	India
The Northeast Today	India
	India
Gatra	Indonesia
Tempo	Indonesia
L'Espresso	Italy
Famiglia Cristiana	Italy
Panorama	Italy
Proceso	Mexico
Zeta	Mexico
HP/De Tijd	Netherlands
Elsevier Weekblad	Netherlands
De Groene Amsterdammer	Netherlands
Nieuwe Revu	Netherlands
Vrij Nederland	Netherlands
Newswatch	Nigeria
Morgenbladet	Norway
Caretas	Peru
Polityka	Poland
Visão	Portugal
Ogoniok	Russia
The New Times	Russia
NIN	Serbia
Nedeljnik	Serbia
Novi magazin	Serbia
Mladina	Slovenia
Finweek	South Africa
Noseweek	South Africa
The Chosun Ilbo	South Korea
Fokus	Sweden
Korrespondent	Ukraine
The Economist	United Kingdom
New Statesman	United Kingdom
The Spectator	United Kingdom
The Week	United Kingdom
Bloomberg Businessweek	United States
The Atlantic	United States
The New Yorker	United States
The Nation	United States
Mother Jones	United States
National Review	United States
The New Republic	United States
Newsweek	United States
Time	United States
U.S. News & World Report	United States
World	United States
Zeta	Venezuela

Notable TV news magazines

Australia

Four Corners
Dateline
60 Minutes
Revealed
Sunday Night

Canada

16×9
The Fifth Estate
Global Sunday
This Hour Has Seven Days
W5

Italy

AnnoZero
In ½ h
L'Infedele
Porta a Porta

Mexico

Noticieros Televisa

Philippines

Magandang Gabi... Bayan
Pareng Partners
Probe
Reporter's Notebook
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho
KBYN: Kaagapay ng Bayan
Kuha Mo!
Rated Korina
Tao Po!

United Kingdom

Dispatches
Exposure
Newsnight
On Assignment
Panorama
Tonight
Unreported World

United States

20/20
60 Minutes
60 Minutes II
48 Hours
America Now
America's Heartland
Aquí y Ahora
Bill Moyers Journal
Business Nation
CBS News Sunday Morning
Connie Chung Tonight
Dateline NBC
Day One
E:60
Eye to Eye with Connie Chung
Frontline
Inside Edition
Now on PBS
Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric
Primetime
Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel
Real Life with Jane Pauley
Rock Center with Brian Williams
Saturday Night with Connie Chung
Small Town Big Deal
Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly
Turning Point
Weekend

Other countries

Brazil
- Fantástico
Bulgaria
- Vsyaka nedelya
Chile
- Contacto
- Informe especial
Hong Kong
- (新聞透視)
- Sunday Report (星期日檔案)
Spain
- BCN Week
- Informe Semanal
European Journal (Belgium/Germany)
Kastljós (Iceland)
Mladina (Slovenia)
Provjereno (Croatia)
Séptimo día (Colombia)
Tagesthemen (Germany)
On the Spot (Indonesia)

Notable radio news magazines

International

Newshour

Australia

AM
RN Breakfast
PM
The World Today

Canada

Canada Live
The Current
The World at Six

Mexico

W noticias (XEW-AM)
El Heraldo Radio

United Kingdom

(BBC Radio Five Live)
Broadcasting House
PM
Today
The World at One
The World This Weekend
The World Tonight
(Five Live)

United States

All Things Considered
America in The Morning
Eye on the World
Morning Edition (weekend version branded as Weekend Edition)
This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal
Weekend America
The World

References

McQueen, David (4 January 2011). "A Very Conscientious Brand: A Case Study of the BBC's Current Affairs Series Panorama". Core. Journal of Brand Management. 18 (9). Bournemouth University Research Online: Macmillan Publishers: 4–5. doi:10.1057/bm.2011.5. S2CID 167900487. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
Thiessen, Connie (2024-02-08). "Bell to reduce workforce by 4,800, divest 45 radio stations". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
Thiessen, Connie (2024-02-08). "Most noon, weekend CTV newscasts cancelled as part of cuts at Bell Media". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
"CTV slashes staff, episodes from W5 newsmagazine show". The Globe and Mail. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2025-01-04.
Bill Carter (August 19, 2011). "True Crime TV on Shows Like 'Dateline'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
Eclipsing the Nightly News | American Journalism Review Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Ajr.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-28.
"How NBC's 'Dateline' took back its true-crime throne". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
Taubman, Philip (April 21, 1986). "for Horowitz in Moscow, Bravos and Tears". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
Jon Friedman (April 7, 2006). "CBS' 'Sunday Morning' stands apart". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2009.
Guthrie, Marisa (2011-10-24). "'Rock Center' Looks to Bring More Hard News to Primetime". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
Kondolojy, Amanda (May 10, 2013). "'Rock Center with Brian Williams' Canceled by NBC After Two Seasons". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
Littleton, Cynthia (March 6, 2018). "NBC News' 'Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly' Returns for Spring and Summer Run". Variety. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
"Here's What the New CBS Evening News Will Look Like". Adweek. January 26, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
P. Hill, Michael (January 29, 2025). "CBS debuts reimagined 'Evening News' with clean graphics, LED volume set". Newscast Studio. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
""Chronicle" marks 30 years on the air". Boston.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
""Fantástico" perde 17 pontos de audiência em 10 anos". NaTelinha (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-08.
Patten, Dominic (26 March 2013). "Syndicated Newsmagazine 'America Now' Renewed For Fourth Season". Deadline. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.
Fretts, Bruce (16 December 1994). "Lessons for boosting tv ratings". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009.

5.Este es un ejemplo de News Magazines: https://newsmagazinesbc.com

External links

The Guardian article on news magazines
WORLD podcast of a radio news magazine (archived 5 March 2016)
Merrian-Webster definition of news magazine
A brief history of the TV news magazine TVNewser (archived 13 July 2014)
TV critic from The Buffalo News on TV newsmagazines (archived 5 March 2016)

[Conscientious_Brand-1] McQueen, David (4 January 2011). "A Very Conscientious Brand: A Case Study of the BBC's Current Affairs Series Panorama". Core. Journal of Brand Management. 18 (9). Bournemouth University Research Online: Macmillan Publishers: 4–5. doi:10.1057/bm.2011.5. S2CID 167900487. Retrieved 4 July 2023.

[2] Thiessen, Connie (2024-02-08). "Bell to reduce workforce by 4,800, divest 45 radio stations". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-02-08.

[3] Thiessen, Connie (2024-02-08). "Most noon, weekend CTV newscasts cancelled as part of cuts at Bell Media". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-02-08.

[4] "CTV slashes staff, episodes from W5 newsmagazine show". The Globe and Mail. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2025-01-04.

[nytimes.com-5] Bill Carter (August 19, 2011). "True Crime TV on Shows Like 'Dateline'". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

[:0-6] Eclipsing the Nightly News | American Journalism Review Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Ajr.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-28.

[7] "How NBC's 'Dateline' took back its true-crime throne". Washington Post. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[8] Taubman, Philip (April 21, 1986). "for Horowitz in Moscow, Bravos and Tears". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 24, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

[9] Jon Friedman (April 7, 2006). "CBS' 'Sunday Morning' stands apart". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on May 11, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2009.

[10] Guthrie, Marisa (2011-10-24). "'Rock Center' Looks to Bring More Hard News to Primetime". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

[11] Kondolojy, Amanda (May 10, 2013). "'Rock Center with Brian Williams' Canceled by NBC After Two Seasons". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

[12] Littleton, Cynthia (March 6, 2018). "NBC News' 'Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly' Returns for Spring and Summer Run". Variety. Retrieved March 12, 2018.

[13] "Here's What the New CBS Evening News Will Look Like". Adweek. January 26, 2025. Retrieved January 28, 2025.

[CBSENEWS2-14] P. Hill, Michael (January 29, 2025). "CBS debuts reimagined 'Evening News' with clean graphics, LED volume set". Newscast Studio. Retrieved January 29, 2025.

[15] ""Chronicle" marks 30 years on the air". Boston.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

[16] ""Fantástico" perde 17 pontos de audiência em 10 anos". NaTelinha (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-08.

[17] Patten, Dominic (26 March 2013). "Syndicated Newsmagazine 'America Now' Renewed For Fourth Season". Deadline. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015.

[18] Fretts, Bruce (16 December 1994). "Lessons for boosting tv ratings". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009.

Broadcast news magazines

Notable print news magazines

Notable TV news magazines

Australia

Canada

Italy

Mexico

Philippines

United Kingdom

United States

Other countries

Notable radio news magazines

International

Australia

Canada

Mexico

United Kingdom

United States

See also

References

External links