Entertainment Weekly is No Longer Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is going monthly https://t.co/i42gKpJ2Xa pic.twitter.com/JoIvgYvT6h
- Variety (@Variety) June 6, 2019
- Entertainment Weekly is moving to a monthly print schedule.
- Current editorial chief Henry Goldblatt is stepping down after 17 years, and JD Heyman is taking over as editor in chief.
- They are going to produce more digital exclusive content, along with podcasts and videos.
- The last weekly issue will be for July 5th, on sale June 26th.
- It is keeping its name despite no longer being a weekly publication.
Current and former EW employees and fans are lamenting the loss of the weekly publication.
I started at Entertainment Weekly pre-launch, in 1989. Most people said it wouldn't last a year. It lasted 29. Working there with some of the brightest, sharpest, funniest people any journalist could ever hope to know was a joy. >
- Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) June 6, 2019
Mark Harris, former EW editor
Working at Entertainment Weekly was a dream job.
It ended for me today, but I want to thank all of you who read, watched, listened or shared. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/96n6JDt9cI
- Anthony Breznican (@Breznican) June 7, 2019
Anthony Breznican, senior staff writer for EW
I was a senior in high school when Entertainment Weekly launched and it was love at first sight. I dreamed of someday working there. I still can't believe that dream came true. Also: It's not dead! It's going monthly. (But it feels like a death.) https://t.co/DgUFvXssAz
- Michael Ausiello (@MichaelAusiello) June 6, 2019
Michael Ausiello, former writer for EW
I've subscribed to @EW for 25 yrs. It was my first entry point into the industry. I remember, as a kid in Sacramento, laying in bed and devouring every word of every issue and learning what I wanted to do with my life. So a big true thank you to everyone at @EW over the years. <3 https://t.co/tgQlTgVu05
- Chris Kelly (@imchriskelly) June 6, 2019
Chris Kelly, television and film writer
I drank the flat champagne in the fridge and should go to bed, but one more thing: It meant the world to me to be part of the @EW fiction roundup, because I've loved and read the magazine for so long. Long may it wave, if less often. Thanks to the staff there for everything.
- Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) June 7, 2019
Linda Holmes, writer
I'm sad about EW going monthly
I get it
But 12 year old me still waits for the newest issue in the mail on Fridays
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- Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) June 7, 2019
Lin-Manuel Miranda, playwright
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Sad news, even if it was somewhat inevitable. I'm with Chris Kelly in that I read it every week as a youth and it fueled my pop culture obsession. Favorite EW covers? I loved this one (at the absolute height of my Buffy fandom!):
