Feeble-sounding stories in magazines (8)

I believe the answer is:

weeklies

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'magazines' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'feeble-sounding stories in' is the wordplay.
'feeble' becomes 'weak' (synonyms).
'sounding' shows a homophone (sound like).
'stories in' becomes 'lies' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'weak' sounds like 'week'.
'week'+'lies'='WEEKLIES'

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(Another definition for weeklies that I've seen is " some publications".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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