It is a usefull tool for someone that can not watch the news on TV

I have been subscribing to Time for two years and is totally disappointed with the depth and fairness of their articles. While ignoring USA's own real problems, their articles are pretending to be self righteous and focused on bashing China and other irrelevant contents. I thought I could get better media in USA than I could in China. But in the end, both are just full of the same propaganda, in different ways. And the USA one is more deceptive.

I will not renew the subscription anymore even I may get the same deal I got for the past two years ($20/year). Any science magazines can bring more benefits to me and my family than the biased Time magazine.

My wife likes to read Time magazine and I believe that Amazon may have the best price for it out there at the time of the review.

As a teacher, I am always being asked for shortcuts to knowledge. My response is simple: "Subscribe to TIME and/or NEWSWEEK and read them religiously. In three years' time, you'll be the smartest person you know." I know that's not exactly true. What I mean by that bit of hyperbole is: you'll "appear" to be the smartest person you know because no one will be able to bring something up that you aren't at least AWARE of and can speak intelligently about (or at least ask an intelligent question.) Nearly every subject is covered by these great institutions--most of the time impartially. It comes with your name on the cover and entices you to open it. Who knows what you'll learn?

I know that all this is available on the internet, but the distractions of the internet are irresistible, I may be old-fashioned, but there is no substitute for holding something in your hand. And nobody can edit it when you're not looking. Plus, the writers are professionals, not anonymous bloggers who face no repercussions for their inaccuracies.

Many learners today are hard-pressed to find time among their activities to actually LEARN. TIME is a great shortcut to information which if used becomes knowledge which, when absorbed, eventually becomes wisdom. Wisdom will earn a decent salary and respect in your community.. OK, so you may not actually become the smartest person you know, but it's a start.

Time Magazine has been a great read for years and years. Received first issue Monday.

We are happy to be receiving Time magazine during the election year so we can read as much as we can about the candidates. Wish we had started it earlier.

Time used to be a lot better; they would spend more time on the pages of the magazine informing people about the news, life and times of our generation and even other generations. They would continue to do follow-up stories more so than they do these days. However, slowly but surely, the magazine has rejected that strategy in favor of more frequent sensationalist front page articles and many more advertisements in the weekly issue.

One thing I do like very much is that once in a while Time devotes the bulk of an issue to a retrospective view of times past. Their person of the year choice is always suspenseful; and I like that issue very much in particular.

Overall, if you want a weekly news magazine, Time is one of those out there to consider. Remember that there'll be more ads than ever before; but the articles that they do present are very well written.

Three and one-half stars.

Time and Newsweek are pretty mirror magazines with similar content, but I already had a subscription to Time so I stuck with it. I love how Time covers a broad area of relevant topics and then also keeps us updated on politics. I don't read every article, but there's more then enough interesting article's each week to keep me reaching for the latest issue in my mailbox. Time does a very good job of balancing its coverage so not to just appeal to conservatives or liberals.

I love reading Time every week, and even better is the huge savings from the regular subscription price.

To subscribe to this Time magazine from Amazon is money saving. I used to subscribe to the manazine directly from Time, the price has gone up incredible high as more than $70 for one year subscription. When I came to Amazon I realized the price here is so low ($29.99) for a year subscription. Why not switch! So, I did and saved a lot of money.

It's nice to be able to read what is going on in the world and in our nation.

I will be cancelling my subscription to Time Magazine. In an effort to increase their appeal, they have done the opposite. The magazine has gotten as silly and irrelevant as TV news. It is simply too dumb to merit reading.

At $.53/issue just a couple good articles makes it worth the price. However, each year I seem to read fewer and fewer articles for reasons many have already stated.

Time Warner has cut back on Time's foreign offices and the coverage is now poor. They are so worried about presenting a balanced political viewpoint that Time no longer has the backbone to give opinions on what's really right and wrong with our government. One thing that hasn't changed over the years; their movie, book and music reviews have snob appeal.

Edit: I didn't renew. I'm really enjoying the New Yorker. There's usually a few lengthy articles I really enjoy in each issue. I see that Time fired Charles Krauthammer and Bill Kristol. Maybe there's hope for Time.

I think Time magazine is a good subscription for those just looking for an overall picture of what's been going on with the U.S mostly. Not too many internationally related articals. The past issue of the 100 Most Influential people was really bad in that they picked the most pathetic examples, i.e Brad pitt, Justin Timberlake. I'm beginning to think Time is a sellout. I would recommend U.S News and World Report instead.

I read Time to make sure I don't miss any major news items or trends. It tries to feature commentators from all sides of an issue, but they're not the reason I buy the magazine; I just want a hard-copy summary of what's going in the world. They recently introduced design changes and moved their publication date to a Friday, so you can receive it by Saturday and read it over the weekend.

Subscription-wise, I like the fact that you can manage online such things as changing your mailing address or ordering a missed copy. When I have an inquiry that can't be handled on their website, I email them and they reply within 24 hours.

Why only four stars? There's always something you can complain about the content. And there was one time when they couldn't send me a replacement copy of an issue that never arrived. (Doesn't happen often.) They sent a postcard apologizing for having run out of replacement copies for that particular issue and that they would extend my subscription by one issue. Other magazines don't even bother with customer service, so thumbs-up to Time.

Time magazine now is just a void full of advertisements and one sided political banter. It is like fictionalized films that try to present false, twisted information! The only good part about it are some of the cartoons at the beginning of it. Even then, c'mon people I mean wake up, this is a rags rag. I use mine to get the fire in the fireplace going, that is about the extent of its worth to me, but now that I cancelled my subscription I will have to use some NewsWEAK magazines I found in the attic.

It is very good to order from Amazon, The Mag was delived on time

Time used to be relevant. With the advent of a 24-hour news cycle and from competition from more competent mags, Time decided to revamp a month ago or so. There is a new format, new fonts, new features. But what is left is the same tired political agenda, and its readers are the same tired political hacks.

I subscribed to a specail $[...] six issue trial. After the first edition, a biased global warming send up, I cancelled it. The stories, letters to the editor and 'opinion pieces' all have a political slant. Some of the letters chosen for publication were downright hateful and disrespectful.

Gone is hard news; hello political magazine.

I find nothing wrong with political mags. There is a place in this world for tomes like "The Nation", "The Weekly Standard" and "Reason". But don't try to mascarade "Time" as hard news anymore.

That aside, I do not even like the new format. The layout is cumbersome, the font is hard to read and hard on the eyes. There are also too many advertisements.

I always enjoy the variety of articles from politics, science, popular culture,etc.. Great Job

When I started out in Christian writing, I checked the bibliography of my favorite author Hal Lindsey's Bible Prophecy books to see what he read for information. And I do know that when I took high school journalism for a semester, they said NEWSWEEK was an example of a magazine with a lively writng style. But I think TIME Magazine is more readable. When I got it in the 90's I did like their analysis of the news-like their reporting on the gang situation in Los Angeles before the LA Riots. And how amateur photographers were following cops around when they were shaking down black motorists. And this amateur photography one day photographed the Rodney King beating which led to the LA Riots!
I remember studying Daniel the Prophet where God had compared Babylon and Nebuchadnezzar to a giant tree that provided food and shelter for the animals and birds of the field. And also that the Babylonian Empire had enssured freedom from domestic wars and brought civilizaiton to the conquered peoples. Later Charles Krauthammer had written a similar editorial comparing Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon with the former Soviet Union.
I liked the article on Mount Weather, West Virgina where the Washingtom politicians get to hide out in a bunker through the nuclear war while we all get killed. I did notice they were of a better class then the hacks at THE TOLEDO BLADE who I delivered papers for for three years in high school.
Their aricles on young professionals and their home offices did inspire me since I am a disabled writer who writes out of my home.I found out about the rock band PEARL JAM from their aritcle on the angry sound of young america.
I liked their stuff so much that I even sent them my resume in the 90's. When they had an article which I read in my doctor's wating room, one of the reporters had said that he graduated The University of Pennsylvania. He said this was an Ivy League school. The University of Pennsyvania had in 1984 accepted me for grad school in Chemistry; but I never heard of the place except that it was located in a state next to Ohio where I live. And their grad program looked too demading for me.
They had done a report on Clinton and NAFTA in which they visited and interviewed unmeployed factory workers in North Toledo where I live.
They had also reported that 25% of Toledoans were on public assitance of some sort. I had also checked in 1989 with the human services about this as background to my Christian witness that never made it.
I guess, all in all, I can appreciate their quality.
I know that I read about the proposed Monroe, Michigan Supercolliding Cyclotron which some of my Physical Chem and Inorganic Chem professors had boasted about at Michigan State Univeristy in 1984-saying that now they will have access to two Energy Department Supercolliding cyclotrons for their nuclear research. Later, I read in TIME that George Bush Sr. had decided to move it to Waxahatchie Texas-BOY THAT HURT MY FORMER PROFS who seemed to hate my guts and we were appatently enemies-me and the P Chem department at MSU. So, at times I seemed to read about my enemies getting paid back in the pages of TIME!
I liked their story about Mt. Weather, West Virginia where our politicans will get to hide in the safety of an underground bunker under the mountain in the event of a nuclear war. I was once in the US Army Chemical Corps out of high school; so this interested me.

I was unsure about renewing my subscription to TIME, a solid-if-unspectacular magazine that delivers in-depth coverage of major domestic stories while spending most of its foreign reporting on Iraq. I have high regard for the new regular sections on History and Law. I will reserve judgement on another new section titled "The Power of One," but Caroline Kennedy's recent work on a New York City principal left something to be desired.

If you're looking for deep coverage of world news, this is not the magazine for you--look into The Economist or Foreign Affairs. But as a weekly summary of U.S. news with sharp analysis of the '08 Presidential contenders TIME does just fine.

This magazine is ok... I beleive some informantion on Time may not be all true. Other magazines call them out.

SOME ARTICLES ARE OUT DATED.. WHY IRAQ APPEARS IN EVERY ISSUE... SO BORING

I flip through Time every now and again at the barber shop. Sometimes there are good bits that they are using to keep the interest of people who want progressive social change, people who are sick of the power of the corporate elite and the violence of our militarists.
For the most part, since Time receives most of its revenues from Big Business advertisements, it can't challenge the establishment as it needs to.
So instead I read magazines like Z, Utne, Mother Jones, The Progressive, The Sun, Earth Island and the New Internationalist.

I have been a subscriber to TIME for over 15 years and before that a reader of my parents' subscription. It pains me to say that this magazine has forgotten what it is about. Frankly, the only issues worth their salt are those resulting from a major world event such as a natural disaster or a terror attack; such events seem to energize an otherwise listless staff of seemingly bored editors and newswriters.

A newsweekly has the obligation to go beyond the newspapers--to use the extra couple days to provide a more balanced and analytical view. Unfortunately TIME fixes its editorial position at the beginning of a story--any future coverage is designed to prove TIME's initial position correct. The immediate taking of an editorial position is then carried into all future coverage of the event; stifling analysis and preventing any analytical development beyond the first few stories--"we told you so, we told you so." Even worse, the coverage of a lengthy story peters out until something sensational happens at which point the sensational event becomes the ultimate interpretation of the entire story. Can't the magazine occasionally admit it was wrong rather than turning its eye away from the story that continues to burn? Out of sight, out of mind is the mantra...

In fact, I sometimes debate whether the decline of this magazine mirrors or outpaces the general decline in our media; newspapers are failing, television news can't seem to get away from the gory or sensationalistic, even academic journals have specialized themselves into irrelevance. We seem to have a greater appreciation for comedy than analysis.

Neutrality is dead. Frankly, I don't care so much about any perceived editorial slant as I do about the fact that the magazine is increasingly boring and irrelevant. TIME used to have excellent coverage of trends and events outside of the United States--no more. Iran is building nuclear weapons but merits the occasional blurb on a world summary page. African states are making vast strides towards democracy, we get an article about Nigerian computer fraud. Russia is emerging from the turmoil of perestroika and its painful transition has much to teach about the costs and value of democracy, but we seem to focus only on the latest roadbomb in Iraq. Japan, one of the world's most influential cultures, in the week I originally wrote this review (see 12-month subscription) merited only a snippet regarding a royal marriage and an analysis of foreign intrusion into sumo wrestling. Somewhere in the wide world is a fascinating place or culture to which TIME could send a correspondent and bring the place and people alive to its readership, instead we get tabloid excrement in the nature of Joel Stein's puerile take on pornography and social deviants. But most damning is the fact that after reading TIME one asks: How in the hell did our world become boring?

Can TIME try emulating The Economist rather than The Enquirer? Someone needs to step in and restore the proud tradition of complete and in-depth coverage--educate the reader about the world in which we live; don't wait until either natural disasters or internal politics shine the spotlight on any of the various cultures and countries in which real and interesting events take place every single week. TIME has the history and potential of being a five-star magazine, if only it would just focus on finding and reporting the news.

My sixth grader likes it. It is extremely ordinary and easy to outgrow.

"Time" is a fascinating magazine to read. It provides insightful and enlightening news most of the time. The magazine provides more balanced reporting than say Newsweek. I find its coverage of the wide range of issues it covers including politics, the arts, business and lifestyle, and many other areas to be interesting and enlightening.

So for those looking for a weekly that is largely educative on developments worldwide, then Time Magazine should do. To those already subscribing for the magazine, congratulations for making a good choice.

One of the better weekly magazines that covers world affairs from what's on the news around the world to some pretty obscure things like Imelda Marcos' shoes to life in China, a society not at ease with the globalisation of the world. TIME did a really good article on how Google has allowed itself to be sensored in the name of finance, makes you realise that Human Rights don't exsist when the dollar signs are being totted up!

The UK edition pretty much follows the USA edition, it's an easy read, and what's good is that every now and again TIME puts out a special edition which often follows a theme, the last one was on Christopher Columbus.

Worth getting a subscription, also you can do what I do, when you've read a copy, give it to your local dentist or Doctor for their waiting room.

This magazine is an easy read that keeps me generally informed with what's going on. Unlike the dry indepth articles of the Economist, Time Magazine is quick bang bang information. -a good overview.

I got a subscription for my father on father's day, and he really likes it. Recommend it.

A year ago, I could not wait for my Time to arrive every Tuesday. Now, when it arrives, I glance at the Table of Contents and skim a couple of articles. In my opinion, the magazine has become too pop culture. The entire back section is devoted to articles like Brad and Angelina's baby. Don't get me wrong, Time still has great political/historical articles, like this week's Special Report on Teddy Roosevelt. But in general, I think the magazine is declining and will eventually become a "sophisticated" People Magazine.

I received a complimentary subscription to TIME Magazine and I'm very thankful that I did not have to pay for it. Trust me, it is worth every cent I didn't pay for it. I wish I could at least demand a refund for the "time" I've wasted reading this dribble.

The sad thing is that TIME magazine has clout. You hear the name of the magazine and you think that it is trustworthy, respectable, and unbiased. The truth is that it belongs on the newsstand right next to the Enquirer. At least with the Enquirer your journalistic expectations are clear.

TIME is the printed poster-child of the "Liberal Media" in America. Take the cover off of it, hand it to somebody in the United States to read, and they will probably think you are passing out anti-American propaganda. At its' best, it might be an official publication of the Democratic Party (and I am NOT a Republican). At it's worst, Al-Jazeera just opened up a print shop. Plus, you get to read about how horrible this country is and how TIME knew about it months before it happened. Unfortunately, they just never published it back then. They live by the motto that hindsight is 20/20 and they're your overbearing optometrist.

Their articles are unfairly biased, frequently misinformed, and journalistically irresponsible. They are so good at only seeing one side of the story that I'm surprised they print their stories of both sides of the page.

Save your money!!! Save your intellect!! Read something more intellectually liberating (like Dr. Seuss). Support you country and do not subscribe to this magazine that does not deserve the clout that it currently receives !!!

"Time" is a cultural icon and has set the standard for newsweeklies for many years. What's still good about "Time" are the stellar (if editorially selective) photos, the relevant and intriguing topics, and the range of stories.

What's still bad about "Time" is its unrelenting liberal bias and subtle shading and twisting of the truth. A conservative perspective from time-to-time would freshen things up, not to mention adding more balance and credibility to the proceedings here.

Some of the great old columnists and reporters have gone, leaving "Time" now with less stylistic personality. It is slickly professional; but almost coldly so. The color is lacking. It still beats the heck out of the abyssmal "Newsweek," but a great publication should never be satisfied to be better than a weak rival. It should strive for accuracy, integrity, balance, and freshness.

'Time' was once of major importance in 'America'. It was 'the' News Magazine. It provided competent coverage on a broad variety of subjects. It seemed to have an immediacy, a freshness which made it vital to read and have each and every week.
As other reviewers have pointed out the world has changed. The Internet alone provides information with an immediacy and speed a weekly news - magazine cannot really equal.
So the news - magazines ideally provide coverage in greater depth and therefore give the reader 'more'. The problem there are more specialist magazines available on each and every subject. And in fact more specialist information available on 'the Internet'.
So the 'Time ' of today is not the 'Time ' that was. It still provides information, and has a number of excellent writers who by the way now sign their articles in the way they never did years ago. i.e. the move from the impersonal objective 'journalism' to 'personal journalism' is felt in its pages.
Now it is a source of information and not 'the source' A comedown, but still there, and often useful .

I picked up a recent, random issue of Time from a pile. And counted:

96 pages.
- 67 full pages worth of advertisements. (61 full pages, plus 12 half-page ads).
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= 29 pages of "content"

And many articles are like advertisements, covering celebrity,entertainment product, diets, gadgets, and vitamins. Plus 4 pages in the sampled issue cover the "social trend" of having your closets customized. So you're left with very little lost in the clutter: Letters to the Editor (that pale next to internet blog posts/responses), short-attention span current event snippets; and Time's news stories with lots of big pictures! Whoopdideedoo!

In short, Time seems aimed at intellectually lazy uber-consumers (who are also apparently too lazy to organize they're own closets!) who like Catalogs, and who have very limited interest in what's going on.