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Steven Levy, invariably one of the first four or five people to post a review of just-released Apple products (ie he's got connections at Apple), is reportedly leaving Newsweek and heading to Wired (ValleyWag).

Of special note is the rumor that Newsweek has paid Levy a six-figure sum to terminate his contract early, which ValleyWag says is indicative of the sad and getting sadder state of print magazines as he was one of the genre's most-popular writers.

Along with David Pogue and Walt Mossberg, Levy is one of Apple's most-consistent mainstream press cheerleaders.

One assumes he'll continue in that role at Wired—one assumes he'll bring his Apple contacts with him.

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Wired is the only print magazine I read, often cover to cover. It's a buck an issue and slickly produced. I will be sad to see the inevitable death of the dead tree version. Print versions of tech magazines Posted by Michael on 03/24/08 11:46 AM MacWeek brought me to the local library each week. Posted by Guest Poster #1 on 03/24/08 11:47 AM I still subscribe to MacWorld and Mac Life and will for a long time. It's a lot easier to bring a magazine to the bathroom than my laptop. :) Posted by Cubert on 03/24/08 1:31 PM I still subscribe to MacWorld and Mac Life and will for a long time. It's a lot easier to bring a magazine to the bathroom than my laptop. :) Posted by Cubert on 03/24/08 1:37 PM Maybe they are getting rid of him so he doesn't lose any more review units like he did with the Macbook Air. Posted by Lee on 03/24/08 3:01 PM but the last few issues were 10 pages of articles and 70 pages of ads. Used to Posted by inTIMidator on 03/25/08 2:00 AM Used to run a computer sourcing journal (30 pages of editorial, 90 pages of ads) and we were considered content heavy. Posted by Guest Poster #7 on 03/25/08 7:48 AM Wired was cool back in the first few years it was out. I read it religiously for about 5 years. Until the articles got incredibly repetitive... how many times can you read about artificial intelligence and still care? I stopped all my computer mag subscriptions years ago. With internet access, by the time the "news" appears in the magazines, it seems like a quaint tale from yesteryear. Besides, why chop trees, print, ship and pile them up in landfills, when Mac news is 'free' online? Wired? LOL Posted by Mr. Reeee on 03/25/08 9:43 AM Ahh, "the sad and getter sadder state" of web journalists who cannot even spell check (and think contractions are good writing). Yes, kill print before anyone remembers the effort that used to go in to literature. Print has better editorz?!? Posted by Guest Poster #9 on 03/25/08 8:54 PM

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