newsmagazine

[ nooz-mag-uh-zeen, nyooz- ]

noun

1. a periodical specializing in reports and commentaries on current events, usually issued weekly.
2. Radio and Television. magazine ( def 5a ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of newsmagazine¹

First recorded in 1920–25; news + magazine

Example Sentences

He also hosts the syndicated version of the true crime newsmagazine “Dateline.”

From Los Angeles Times

Trump has fumed over the "60 Minutes" interview for most of this month, alleging foul play after the network aired two different portions of an answer to a question about the war in Gaza on "Face The Nation" and their flagship newsmagazine program.

From Salon

Morrison, Mankiewicz and Dennis Murphy have been with “Dateline” since the mid-1990s, when it was a multitopic newsmagazine.

From Los Angeles Times

A comprehensive joint investigation by the open-source group Bellingcat and its partners, the German newsmagazine Der Spiegel and another publication, the Insider, also found the Kazakhstan-born Krasikov’s FSB links, charted his movements using phone metadata and unearthed photos showing a distinctive tattoo to definitively establish his identify.

From Los Angeles Times

This time around, the dual-anchor format is aiming to play up what CBS News executives are calling an “ensemble” approach that gives more on-air time to the network’s correspondents, including those on newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” which is the most-watched non-sports prime-time show most weeks.

From Los Angeles Times