TIME (1-year)

In addition to national and world news events, Time also covers business, the arts, and more personal issues, such as health. It follows and notes social trends and reports on them to its readers. Its articles are often accompanied by first rate photographs and illustrations. All in all, it is a value packed, first rate news magazine and, as a subscriber, I look forward to receiving it each and every week.


General Subject Magazine with a News Focus   March 20, 2004
Lonnie E. Holder (Sullivan, Illinois United States)
36 out of 39 found this review helpful

I began subscribing to Time Magazine as a way of getting more depth on world and national events, as well as sound bites related to a variety of events. While I have found that Time Magazine leans a bit toward the left, in general I have been able to read through the slant of the language. Additionally, it is always good to have a balanced viewpoint of the world, and given my traditional lean to the right, Time provides some balance to my personal opinions.

The magazine presents a broad array of articles that cover key events such as births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and indictments, in "Milestones," sort of a mini-People Magazine. The entertainment portion covers books, television, movies, recordings, and even occasionally live performances. The "Numbers" portion is short, but provides comparisons of numbers to help put numbers into perspective, like the amount spent on school children per year versus the amount spent per soldier per year (I am unable to remember if Time reported that exact statistic, but that is the sort of thing they compare - it is fascinating). Time even includes letters to the editor, which are always interesting to read.

In keeping with the times, Time also has articles about computers and technology, and internet sites and scams are often reported. Time also does a good job of analyzing styles and trends in society, and how those styles and trends can affect us. Commentaries by writers such as Joel Stein often put these articles into interesting and humorous perspective.

At the heart of Time are the analytical articles. Typically there will be at least two and sometimes more articles that are in-depth. In some circumstances the magazine will explore a subject with several articles on the same issue, which is when the magazine also provides its most balanced reporting because the articles when then attempt to see the issue from all sides. The joy of the magazine is that with the quality of the print and the organization of the articles it is generally easy to skim and pick out key facts.

I've subscribed to a variety of magazines that are general news magazines over the years. I had previously tried Newsweek, which I also liked but thought was a little too focused, as well as U.S. News and World Report, which was great for straight on news, but again was more news versus an array of articles. It is Time Magazine's breadth that makes it the "Reader's Digest" of news magazines. It has a bit of this and a bit of that, and it may lead you to seek out more information on a subject. Ultimately, it is the exposure to the large variety of subjects that makes Time Magazine one of my favorite magazines, and now my only news magazine. Definitely subscribe because it is more cost effective, and the longest subscriptions are the cheapest. My son and I usually fight to see who will get the new issue of Time first. It usually doesn't take long to skip through it, but we each want to be the first to know!


It does fall over   December 15, 2001
Peter Ingemi (Worcester County, Massachusetts United States)
27 out of 37 found this review helpful

Some people will take issue with be rating this magazine only one star. They will assume it is due to my political leanings. They are only half right.

There are Magazines that are much further to the left then Time such as Mother Jones and the Nation and there are magazines on the right like National Review and the Weekly Standard, I would rank all of them higher than Time.

The reason is simple, none of those mags pretend to be unbiased. Time does and insults my intelligence by doing so. They not only do it but they do it poorly with poor writing and a layout which is just not easy on the eyes. It is a magazine that is full of itself and boy does it show.

Time has a partnership with CNN and you see a lot of cross promotion, it is good business but doesn't add anything to the mag. Time does have one weaknes that isn't its fault. The news cycle makes weekly news magazines irrelevent to a large degree. Of the three major mags Time does the worst job dealing with it. The photography is pretty good and is the brightest side of the experience. The built in features are just a waste.

Time is living off its reputation as an American icon. Unless they improve their quality and admit (or modify) their slant they will be irrelevent.


Time.....Like Clockwork   January 4, 2005
L. Shirley (fountain valley, ca United States)
22 out of 33 found this review helpful

My "Time" magazine arrives like clockwork weekly in my mailbox. I am always happy to see it there among the bills and the junk mail. I recently dropped cable TV, and "Time" fills in all the gaps for me, and gives in depth reports on newsworthy events that are just glossed over on the local stations.

From the big world events, including special reports like the recent Tsunami tragedy, to what's new in the science and industry world, the economy, the latest inventions and gadgets, to sports and people in the news, and TV, movie and music happenings, there is something for everbody. It's a periodical that lets me catch up on the newest terminology in the cyber world to the newest star in the hip-hop world. It amazes my kids that I would even know this.

The articles seem well researched, are well written, interesting and very informative. Find out if the video game your child is playing is suitable for their age group, who we lost this week, great quotes and much more. There are excellent photos and even the letters to the editor seem more insightful and informative then anywhere else. From Politics to Fitness, from Food to Technology..it's all here.

The price is right for a subscription. You get your money's worth, and will have the world at your fingertips.

Keep up the pace with "Time"....Laurie

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