Time announces the end of Life as we know it

Time Inc is shutting down Life magazine, a title it resuscitated in 2004 as a newspaper supplement. Instead the magazine - which has been carried in 103 papers across the US - will be revamped as a website featuring pictures from its massive collection. The company cited the "decline in the newspaper business" and poor advertising outlook as factors in its decision. Life has had a rocky history. Originally launched in 1936 as a weekly, it vanished in 1972 to return as a monthly in 1978. It was suspended again in 2000, then brought back as a newspaper supplement in 2004. (Via Newsday)