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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Us Weekly stories: 5 news summaries
OPINION

 Why Do Twits 
 Grace Women's Mags? 

Women's mag covers have gone from models to celebs to Kate Gosselin

Sep 29, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aymar Jean Christian is fed up with the faces that appear on the covers of women’s magazines. Once upon a time, the women there were simply pretty. “Then sometime in the late 1980s and early 1990s, celebrity became more important than beauty.” And that was great, because... More »

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women • celebrity • Us Weekly • People Magazine • publishing industry • actress • magazine cover • celebrities • working

OPINION

It's Us, Not US, That Will Crush Jon and Kate

Couple didn't set out to exploit kids, actually made for decent TV

May 10, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Gosselin brood is kind of like the family of Russia's Czar Nicholas II. So who is the Rasputin scheming to tear down this public family? Don't just assume it's US Weekly, or TLC, or the alleged Other Woman, writes Foster Kamer for Gawker. The real force working against... More »

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Us Weekly • Czar Nicholas II • Gawker • TLC • Rasputin • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

Reporter Dropped Dime on Locklear, Pocketed $25K

Former US Weekly magazine editor banks on bad driving with TMZ

Oct 2, 08 4:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former magazine editor collected $27,500 from a gossip internet site after making the 911 phone call that led to Heather Locklear's DUI bust, reports ABC News. Jill Ishkanian, a one-time editor at Us Weekly magazine, called the cops after spotting Lockyear in the parking lot of a California... More »

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DUI • celebrity • Us Weekly • Heather Locklear

Michelle, Barack
Cover a Major
Success for Us

Wannabe first lady's image catapults mag sales—sans interview

Jun 24, 08 3:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Featuring Michelle Obama and hubby on the cover of Us Weekly paid off big time for the gossip mag, MSNBC reports. Early sales figures have already far outpaced recent covers sporting Jessica Simpson and Heidi Montag—the mag's usual celebrity fare. The circulation bump is a boon for the flagging... More »

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Michelle Obama • magazine • celebrity • Us Weekly • magazine industry

Paris Blackout Sweeps Mag

Heiress fatigue sets
in at Us Weekly

Jun 27, 07 4:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may be spring time for Paris but one of the nation's top pop culture rags won't be participating in the media frenzy. Just as the scofflaw celebutante ends her well-publicized stint in jail this week, Us Weekly is bowing out of the competition—not only eschewing the predictable cover... More »

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media • Paris Hilton • pop culture • Katie Holmes • celebrity • heiress • Tom Crusie • Us Weekly

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