With Life now soon-to-be dead, how are the other weekend newsmagazines taking the news?

Dave Barber, senior vice president of newspaper relations at USA Weekend, told E&P that "[Life's] issues had been looking good. It's disappointing to see someone go out."

Randy Siegel, president and publisher of Parade, took a diplomatic approach as well, but also got in a parting shot: "It's sad whenever a publication closes and the folks at Life did some nice things ... It's just hard to be a number three player in any category in media."

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