Newsweek, which today's New York Post slags off as a "chicks' magazine these days," illustrates why with its "The Good Wife 2012" cover concerning Republican presidential candidates' wives. With 92-year-old Billy Graham back from the hospital recuperating from pneumonia, the ish also examines the fight for his legacy; on the health tip, too, Magic Johnson reflects on his 20 years of living with HIV. Newsweek's "special double issue" also has an "exclusive report" on Pakistan's post-Bin Laden "ramp-up" of its nukes.
Glee fans take note: The Hollywood Reporter offers "Tales From A Finale" (something to do with an "exclusive" visit in NYC). The cover pic has seven of the kids at an upright piano, with the story recounting how the show pulls off its most ambitious (100 cast and crew) and expensive ($6 million) episode in its history. Other features focus on "ad buyers' private thoughts" regarding this week's "network upfronts" presentations of their Fall schedules, and "Oprah's new OWN woes."
TV, too, is the main interest of this week's New York, particularly "its creators"--including the makers of 30 Rock, The Good Wife and Community. Amy Poehler is on the cover, with other features including Roseanne's take on Charlie Sheen and "the hell of carrying a sitcom." The New Yorker plays up National Security Agency whistle-blower Thomas Drake, along with the GOP's starting lineup. Foodies may--or may not--digest "Test-tube Burgers" and the potential it presents for growing "slaughter-free meat"in the test tube.
At Adweek we learn that "Women run TV," the cover feature naming the 10 most powerful women in the business along with 20 more to watch. And finally, Billboard has "the ultimate summer preview" with "16 next-gen tours," among them U2, Britney Spears, Rick Ross, Taylor Swift and Janelle Monae pictured in a cover illustration carrying a surfboard on the beach.
--jim bessman
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