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People is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human interest stories, published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it has a circulation of 3.73 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion.^[1] It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising.^[2] Image File history File links People_weekly_3. ... A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. ... A human interest story is a type of news story that is concerned with the activities of a few named people. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. ... A human interest story is a type of news story that is concerned with the activities of a few named people. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Advertising Age is a magazine, chronicling trends in advertisement. ...

The magazine, whose full name is People Weekly, runs a roughly 50/50^[3] mix of celebrity and human interest stories, a ratio it has maintained, according to its editors, since 2001. People's editors claim to refrain from printing pure celebrity gossip, enough so to lead celebrity publicists to propose exclusives to the magazine, evidence of what one staffer calls it a "publicist-friendly strategy."^[1] Confidential, July 1957 Gossip magazines, which featured scandalous gossip about the personal lives of celebrities, were at their peak in the 1950s. ...

People is perhaps best known for its yearly special issues naming "The 50 Most Beautiful People", "The Best and Worst Dressed", and "The Sexiest Man Alive". Intended as an annual feature, the Sexiest Man Alive designation by People magazine is billed as a benchmark of male beauty. ...

The magazine maintains editorial bureaus in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., London, Austin (Texas), and Miami (Florida).^[1]^[2] Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 606. ... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area - City 1,290. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... Nickname: Live Music Capital of the World Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas County Travis County Mayor Will Wynn Area - City 669. ... Nickname: The Magic City Location in Miami-Dade County and the state of Florida. ...

History

People was cofounded by Dick Durrell^[4] as a spin-off of the "People" page in Time magazine. Its first managing editor, Richard Stolley, characterized the magazine as: Dick Durrell (born ca. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from the dates May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

It debuted in 1974, with a March 4th issue featuring actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the movie The Great Gatsby, on the cover. That issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the wives of U.S. Vietnam veterans who are Missing In Action.^[1] March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... Mia Farrow (born Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow on February 9, 1945), is an American actress. ... The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. ... Gloria Vanderbilt, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1958. ... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (Russian: , Aleksandr IsajeviÄ SolÅ¾enicyn, IPA: ; born in Kislovodsk, Russia, on December 11, 1918) is a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. ... Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War. ... MIA is a three-letter acronym that is most commonly used to designate a combatant who is Missing In Action, and has not yet returned or otherwise been accounted for as either dead (KIA) or a prisoner of war (POW). ...

In 1996 Time, Inc. launched a Spanish-language magazine entitled People EN ESPAÑOL. The company has said that the new publication emerged after a 1995 issue of the original magazine was distributed with two distinct covers, one featuring the slain Tejano singer Selena and the other featuring the hit television series "Friends"; the Selena cover sold out while the other did not.^[6] Though the original idea was that Spanish-language translations of articles from the English magazine would comprise half the content of the newer publication, People EN ESPAÑOL over time came to have a mix of 90% original content and 10% translated material perceived by editors to have intercultural importance.^[7] 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... People EN ESPAÃ‘OL (official title; more commonly cited in print as People en EspaÃ±ol) is a Spanish-language magazine published by Time Warner, Inc. ... It has been suggested that Tejano Texian be merged into this article or section. ... Selena Quintanilla PÃ©rez (April 16, 1971 â€“ March 31, 1995), best known as Selena, was a Mexican-American singer who has been called the queen of Tejano music. ... Friends is a situation comedy about a group of six friends living in New York City. ...

In 1997 the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shutter publication of Teen People effective immediately. The last issue to be released will be for September 2006. There were numerous reasons cited for the publication shutdown, including a downfall in ad pages, competition from both other teen-oriented magazines and the internet along with a decrease in circulation numbers. [1] 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... People, a weekly magazine of celebrity and popular culture news, debuted in 1974. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In Australia, the localised version of People is titled Who because of a pre-existing lad's mag published under the title People. Who magazine or Who weekly is a popular magazine produced in Australia by Time inc. ... This is a list of magazines primarily marketed to men. ...

Competition for celebrity photos

In a July 2006 Variety article, Janice Min, Us Weekly editor-in-chief, blamed People for the increase in cost to publishers of celebrity photos: Variety is a daily magazine for the entertainment industry. ... Us Weekly (a. ... The Editor in chief is a publications primary editor. ...

People reportedly paid $4.1 million for newborn photos of Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt, the child of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.^[1] The photos set a single-day traffic record for their website, attracting 26.5 million page views.^[1] Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American Golden Globe Award-nominated actress, Grammy Award-nominated singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion designer. ... Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight on June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ... William Bradley Brad Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ...

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