It was probably a day that Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek, could use a
laugh. He sat down with Comedy Central funnyman Jon Stewart on
Wednesday—the same day his
magazine's parent company decided to sell the
newsweekly. They had an earnest discussion about the changing media
landscape sprinkled with zippy one-liners that failed to really cheer
up Meacham.
This is an existential crisis – and it's not just because ... I feel incredibly strongly that this magazine for 77 years ... has mattered unto the life of the country. It's one of the very few common denominators in a fragmented world. ... I think the country will be poorer for our disappearing. And the good news is we did not close today – we went up for sale.'
The two segment interview:
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