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The demise of Newsweek

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Newsweek is to literally go out of print at the end of the year. We take a look back at some key front pages. Also, Google and the French government lock horns over a proposed "Google tax" for referencing French media. Finally, British police taser a blind man after confusing his cane for a samurai sword!

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
Babar vs. Asterix
14/11/2011 - MEDIA WATCH FRANCE

Babar vs. Asterix

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Mon. 14/11/2011: François Hollande is likened to cartoon elephant Babar, while Nicolas Sarkozy is like the fearless Gaulish warrior: so says Education Minister Luc Chatel. Also, might Dominique Strauss-Kahn have admitted he's "ill"; and what do you call inhabitants of La Somme?
Rick Perry's big 'fail'
11/11/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

Rick Perry's big 'fail'

MEDIAWATCH, Fri., 10/11/2011: One moment of forgetfulness may well have cost Rick Perry his presidential ambitions. We take a look at the man who would be president who couldn't remember a list of three...
After Greece and Italy, is France next?
10/11/2011 - MEDIA WATCH FRANCE

After Greece and Italy, is France next?

MEDIAWATCH FRANCE: France's woes as viewed by the foreign press and the latest twist in Dominique Strauss-Kahn's legal woes.
Charlie Hebdo does it again!
09/11/2011 - MEDIA WATCH

Charlie Hebdo does it again!

MEDIAWATCH, Tues 8/11/2011: Charlie Hebdo has shocked devout Muslims again this week with a provocative cartoon showing a Muslim man kissing a MALE cartoonist from the weekly. A ... homosexual version of "kiss and make up" therefore a very insincere bid to apologise for last week's front page which featured the Prophet Mohammed.
Welcome to the Hôtel Majestic...
08/11/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

Welcome to the Hôtel Majestic...

MEDIAWATCH, Mon, 7/11/2011: ...where you do eventually leave but not after spending a few thousand euros, perhaps even tens of thousands. How much did Nicolas Sarkozy spend per night during his G20 stay at this sumptuous Cannes hotel? This is the question Le Post was asking in France after Britain's The Sun claimed world leaders spend tens of thousands on luxury suites during a summit dominated by the crisis.

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