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Editors-in-chief | Jeremy O'Grady (United Kingdom edition) William Falk (United States edition) |
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Categories | News magazine |
Frequency | Weekly |
Publisher | Adam Dub (United States edition) |
Total circulation (2016) | 206,251 (UK)[1] 578,163 (US)[2] |
First issue | 1995 (UK edition) April 2001 (US edition) October 2008 (Australian edition) |
Final issue | October 2012 (Australian edition) |
Company | Dennis Publishing (UK edition) The Week Publications (US edition) |
Country | United Kingdom, United States, Australia (formerly) |
Based in | New York City, New York (United States edition) |
Language | English (all editions) |
Website | theweek.co.uk (UK edition) theweek.com (US edition) |
ISSN | 1533-8304 |
The Week is a weekly news magazine with editions in the United Kingdom and United States. The British publication was founded in 1995 and the American edition started in 2001; an Australian edition was published between 2008 and 2012. A children's edition, The Week Junior, has been published in the UK since 2015, and the US since 2020.
The Week was founded in the United Kingdom by Jolyon Connell (formerly of the right-of-centre Sunday Telegraph) in 1995.[3] In April 2001, the magazine began publishing an American edition;[3][4] and an Australian edition followed in October 2008. Dennis Publishing, founded by Felix Dennis, publishes the UK edition and, until 2012, published the Australian edition. The Week Publications publishes the U.S. edition.
Since November 2015 The Week has published a children's edition, The Week Junior, a current affairs magazine aimed at 8 to 14 year olds.[5][6]
The Australian edition of The Week ceased operation in October 2012. The final edition, its 199th, was released on 12 October 2012. At the end, it was selling 28,000 copies a week, with a readership of 83,000.[7]
The various editions of the magazine provide perspectives on the week's current events and other news, as well as editorial commentary from global media, with the intent to provide readers with multiple political viewpoints. In addition to the above, the magazine covers a broad range of topics, including science, technology, health, the media, business and the arts.
In September 2007, the magazine's U.S. edition launched a daily website. First called THEWEEKDaily.com, and now called TheWeek.com, the site publishes original commentary from writers including David Frum, Robert Shrum, Will Wilkinson and Brad DeLong.[8]