RIP, Weekly World News
This actually makes me a little sad.
Publisher American Media Inc. said on Tuesday it will stop printing the Weekly World News, which for 28 years gleefully chronicled the exploits of alien babies, animal-human hybrids and dead celebrities.
The company said in a brief statement it would end the print version of the tabloid newspaper next month but would maintain the online version (www.weeklyworldnews.com).
“Due to the challenges in the retail and wholesale magazine marketplace that have impacted the newsstand, American Media, Inc. today announced it will close the print version of the Weekly World News, effective with the August 27 issue. Weekly World News was AMI’s smallest weekly publication,” the company said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters.
I used to love reading it (when I was a teenager), but haven’t picked up a copy in years. I guess that makes me part of the problem. 
I remember reading the WWN at Grammy’s house. Grammy was the grandma of my best friend growing up and her house happened to be the center of our universe. I couldn’t wait for each edition to come out so I could engage in deep discussions, at least for a 10 year old, about happenings in the world. The end of this publication as well as Bob leaving The Price is Right really is leaving making the guru feel old.
gurusteve
July 26, 2007 at 11:26 pm
They are keeping the website? What does that say about the reality based community?
pgwarner
July 27, 2007 at 3:06 pm
Nooooo!!! Not “The paper”! Reminds me of one of my fave silly movies:
Charlie Mackenzie: Hey Mom, I find it interesting that you refer to the Weekly World News as, “The paper.” The paper contains facts.
May Mackenzie: This paper contains facts. And this paper has the eighth highest circulation in the whole wide world. Right? Plenty of facts. “Pregnant man gives birth.” That’s a fact.
May Batboy RiP.
Mo K
July 28, 2007 at 10:22 am
My favorite cover headline was “Hillary has affaor with Space Alien; Bill shocked! ‘I thought she was gay!’”
Right then, I knew that WWN was the newspaper most closely in touch with the Washington power elite!
Dana
July 28, 2007 at 6:44 pm
Mo K-
“Head! Moooove! Now!”
Andre the Defiant
July 28, 2007 at 7:59 pm
“Head, pants now. Why don’t you go cry yourself to sleep on your huge pilla. Look at the size of that melon. It looks like an orange on a toothpick.”
gurusteve
July 28, 2007 at 8:11 pm
“Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes ya crave it fortnightly, smartass!”
Wes
July 28, 2007 at 9:02 pm
Oh I see some of you have heard of that little gem.
The dad sure had the best lines 
Mo K
July 29, 2007 at 6:49 am