IBT Media, the digital publisher that agreed earlier this month to buy Newsweek, publishes websites in seven languages in pursuit of readers around the world. It now calls Newsweek's international presence key to growing the new acquisition. "We plan on deepening the current relationships and potentially adding more global partners," IBT Media founder and CEO Etienne Uzak said in an email.
The North American version of Newsweek published its final print issue last December, reverting to an online-only publication whose website was revamped in May and put up for sale with a greatly reduced staff. But Mr. Ahmed's office in Lahore still produces English-language editions not only for Pakistan but, since a deal with another publisher early this year, one for Latin America and another for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. When Newsweek U.S. went all-digital, Mr. Ahmed told the press in Pakistan that he planned to actually add headcount to the local edition. Some countries also have local-language editions of Newsweek still publishing in print.
