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<p>FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996 file photo, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., holds a copy of Newsweek Magazine and makes comments about President Clinton and the Democratic party in Jackson, Miss. Newsweek announced Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 that it will end its print publication after 80 years and shift to an all-digital format in early 2013. Its last U.S. print edition will be its Dec. 31 issue. The paper version of Newsweek is the latest casualty of a changing world where readers get more of their information from websites, tablets and smartphones. It's also an environment in which advertisers are looking for less expensive alternatives online. (AP Photo/Dan Loh, File)</p>

<p>FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 24, 1996 file photo, House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., holds a copy of Newsweek Magazine and makes comments about President Clinton and the Democratic party in Jackson, Miss. Newsweek announced Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 that it will end its print publication after 80 years and shift to an all-digital format in early 2013. Its last U.S. print edition will be its Dec. 31 issue. The paper version of Newsweek is the latest casualty of a cha…

October 19, 2012

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Going out of print, Newsweek ends an era
October 19, 2012 9 p.m.

Going out of print, Newsweek ends an era

Publication will shift to all-digital format in early 2013

NEW YORK - There was a time when the newsweeklies set the agenda for the nation's conversation - when Time and Newsweek would digest the events of the week and Americans would wait by their mailboxes to see what was on the covers.