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[A good idea that should be emulated here - perhaps by<i> Foreign
Affairs</i> and <i>Foreign Policy</i>, respectively.]<br>
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'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up<br>
April 19, 2011 | ISSUE 47.16
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LONDON---World-renowned news and opinion magazine /The Economist/ <br>
announced plans to suspend any new online and print content for the
next <br>
month in an effort to finally allow subscribers a chance to catch
up. <br>
"It's only fair to our readers," said /Economist/ editor Winthrop <br>
Parker, adding that there was no reason for subscribers to feel
ashamed <br>
for not necessarily knowing every last detail about the current
economic <br>
and geopolitical climate. "Even just scanning over some of the
feature <br>
stories can sometimes take two or three daily bus commutes to
finish. <br>
After all, some of these issues have as many words in them as a
short <br>
novel. No one should be expected to do that in one week." In related
<br>
news, /ESPN The Magazine/ announced Monday it would be suspending <br>
publication indefinitely until its readers learned to read.<br>
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