The newly redesigned Newsweek hits newsstands, the iPad app store, and browsers this week. The newsmagazine recently merged with Tina Brown's The Daily Beast, which has made Brown the joint editor-in-chief of the combined news entities.

Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive has unveiled a completely new, redesigned Newsweek website that is chuck full of ad-supported video programming and rich media experiences, all powered by Brightcove. The new site, which has migrated from MSNBC.com to a standalone Newsweek.com website, features a number of video players of different sizes, with email and "get link" distribution options, and a full-screen feature (designed and fully customized using Brightcove's developer APIs).

We are thrilled to announce that Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) has teamed up with Brightcove to launch ad-supported Internet video channels across its online news sites, which include washingtonpost.com, Newsweek.com and the online magazine

Media brands have intrinsic value - they've always stood for something to their viewers/readers/listeners. Often, the medium has been flexible, the message more important. Take for example, National Geographic, which started as a society, spawned a magazine, and decades later came to television. The mission and message remained the same.

In Television Reloaded, Newsweek tech writer Steven Levy looks at a variety of the changes affecting television. Variety, time-shifting, video-on-demand, broadband, and TV size are just a few of the catalysts forcing broadcasters and advertisers to rethink the business. There's a nice quote from Jeremy on page3.