Product Description

This magazine provides world and international weekly news with an analytical and anticipatory focus. Its extensive business and economic coverage is complemented with practical news for a general readership. In addition, it contains life management information on personal finance, health technology, education and other matters which impact its readers' lives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #390 in Magazine Subscriptions
• Formats: Magazine Subscription, Print

Customer Reviews

What happened to the News?
About 5 years ago I ran screaming from Time Magazine after reading one too many poorly written editorials. After looking around for a bit, I settled on US News which has been an excellent alternative -- until now.

This once proud news weekly is now only published once a month and no longer covers the broad range of current events that I had grown accustomed to. Now, it is just another face in a sea of monthly magazines and this one in particular seems to be fashioning itself as an alternative to Consumer Reports more than anything. Each monthly issue will now be written around a central theme such as health care, college, autos, environment, money, etc.

If that was information I wanted I would be thrilled, but that is not at all what I subscribed for. I'm looking for timely coverage of world events with insightful commentary and well thought out editorial content, and it appears that I will no longer be able to satisfy that desire with US News.

To be fair, they are planning to have more subscriber-only content online in the near future. Though I much prefer the printed magazine format, I will give the online content a fair shake before I cancel my subscription and move on to greener pastures elsewhere.

US News & World Reports
I subscribed to this news magazine in late November 2008. When I subscribed to it, it was advertised as a weekly subscription for (1) year. That would be 56 issues in 12 months. When January arrived and I wasn't receiving my weekly magazine, I called and inquired. I don't know when the switch to monthly issues begun, but I was not informed when the ad said weekly.

Not what it used to be
I began reading US News and World Report about 10 years ago, and in that short decade I felt that the quality of the publication has declined so rapidly, that this isn't worth reading anymore.

There is a reason that the traditional print media is dying, and it's because they don't offer much in the way of news anymore. You can find all the information you want online, for free, and for editors to think people will still pay to read their publication is surprising. Their photojournalism is still impressive, but the choice of topics which newspapers and magazines choose to cover is becoming more questionable. I recommend you save your money and avoid print journalism entirely if possible, but if you do subscribe to something, avoid USNWR. It's only getting worse!