Kurtz on Newsweek/Daily Beast: ?I?ll be sticking around?

Howard Kurtz, the former Washington Post media reporter who bolted to the Daily Beast in 2010, feels ?wistful? about the decision to end Newsweek?s print run on Dec. 31. ?I?m an old print guy, and there?s something iconic about magazine brands, and I like holding a publication in my hands,? says Kurtz, the Beast?s Washington bureau chief and host of CNN?s ?Reliable Sources.? On the other hand: Shutting down the print edition ?is the only decision that makes sense in a tough business environment where most of the journalistic action is moving online,? he told this blog today. (Newsweek and the Daily Beast merged in late 2010, not long after Kurtz left The Post.)

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