People is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity
news, human-interest stories, and gossip. It is published by Meredith
Corporation. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, People
had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to
second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to
35.9 million. People had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011,
the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it
had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5
billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in
October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and
advertising. People ranked number 6 on Advertising Age's annual
"A-list" and number 3 on Adweek's "Brand Blazers" list in October
2006.People's website, People.com, focuses on celebrity news and human
interest stories. In February 2015, the website broke a new record: 72
million unique visitors.[failed verification]People is perhaps best
known for its yearly special issues naming the "World's Most
Beautiful", "Best & Worst Dressed", and "Sexiest Man Alive". The
magazine's headquarters are in New York, and it maintains editorial
bureaus in Los Angeles and in London. For economic reasons, it closed
bureaus in Austin, Miami, and Chicago in 2006.
news, human-interest stories, and gossip. It is published by Meredith
Corporation. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, People
had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to
second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to
35.9 million. People had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011,
the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it
had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5
billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in
October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and
advertising. People ranked number 6 on Advertising Age's annual
"A-list" and number 3 on Adweek's "Brand Blazers" list in October
2006.People's website, People.com, focuses on celebrity news and human
interest stories. In February 2015, the website broke a new record: 72
million unique visitors.[failed verification]People is perhaps best
known for its yearly special issues naming the "World's Most
Beautiful", "Best & Worst Dressed", and "Sexiest Man Alive". The
magazine's headquarters are in New York, and it maintains editorial
bureaus in Los Angeles and in London. For economic reasons, it closed
bureaus in Austin, Miami, and Chicago in 2006.
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