Outlet profile

The Week

U.S. left-leaning

Owned byFuture plc, a UK-based publicly traded international media company (acquired from Dennis Publishing in 2021 for approximately £300 million / $415 million)

FundingPrimarily subscription revenue, supplemented by print and digital advertising; operates an ad-light, subscriber-focused model

On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

The Week was founded in the United Kingdom in 1995 by journalist Jolyon Connell, formerly of the Sunday Telegraph, with the goal of distilling the week's news from across the British press into a single concise publication. Publisher Felix Dennis became an early investor and eventually took full ownership through Dennis Publishing while Connell and co-founder Jeremy O'Grady continued leading the editorial operation. Dennis launched a U.S. edition in April 2001, with William Falk as editor-in-chief from the start. The magazine's aggregation model — condensing articles and opinion pieces from outlets across the ideological spectrum — gave it a reputation for presenting multiple viewpoints in its digest sections, even as its own editorial voice leaned left. Dennis died in 2014; ownership of Dennis Publishing passed to his Heart of England Forest charity, which sold the company to Future plc in 2021. Future plc, which also publishes MoneyWeek and The Week Junior, operates The Week on a heavily subscription-driven business model. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it 'Left' with high factual sourcing standards; AllSides rates its news section 'Lean Left' and its opinion section more firmly left. The publication has not faced major editorial controversies but has drawn criticism from some readers for relying heavily on left-leaning outlets — particularly the New York Times and Washington Post — in its digest selections.

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Profile compiled 2026-09-06; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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