News magazine

News magazines generally discuss stories in greater depth than newspapers or newscasts do, and aim to give the consumer an understanding of the important events beyond the basic facts.

[5][6][7] News magazines proliferated on network schedules in the early 1990s, as they had lower production costs in comparison to scripted programs, and could attract equivalent if not larger audiences.

At the same time, newer newsmagazines—as well as syndicated offerings such as A Current Affair, Hard Copy and Inside Edition—often had a larger focus on tabloid stories (including celebrities such as Michael Jackson, and the O.J.

CNN president Ed Turner argued that these shows had eclipsed the networks' evening newscasts as their flagship programs at the expense of their news divisions' traditions of hard journalism.

Historically, it has been one of the top programs on Brazilian television, although its dominance is no longer as absolute as it was in the past due to competition from variety shows such as SBT's Programa Silvio Santos, and from Record's competing news magazine Domingo Espetacular.