Saturday, May 23, 2026

TIME Has No Meaning for Meredith Publishers, They Just Wanted People, Entertainment Weekly

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TIME Magazine is for sale again.

After being purchased with all the other Time-Life magazines to Meredith Publications, a new sale has emerged.

Reports are that Meredith just wanted People, InStyle, Golf Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly. They’re now going to try and sell Time, Sports Illustrated, Money, and Fortune. Apparently they’re too serious for the readers of Ladies Home Journal.

Who will buy the big four? Hard to say. Conde Nast could be interested. But it’s sad that Meredith isn’t interested in real journalism. But the Koch brothers invested $650 million into the Meredith deal to buy Time Inc. And you know, the last thing they want are real magazines. Sewing and cooking are more their speed.

Henry Luce turns over in his grave once more.

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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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