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People Magazine’s worst selling issue this year? The one with Hillary Clinton ...
WaPo ^ | 16 Dec 2014 | Jaime Fuller

Posted on 12/17/2014 2:02:04 AM PST by Rummyfan

In June, Hillary Rodham Clinton appeared on the cover of People magazine for the first time in more than a decade. Real people, not the magazine, talked about what the article might mean for 2016. They talked about whether Clinton was using a walker (she wasn't). They talked about people talking about whether Clinton was using a walker (She still wasn't).

What they didn't do was buy the magazine. According to a report from AdWeek on Monday, the June 16 issue of People featuring the former first lady and senator was the magazine's worst selling of 2014 with 503,890 copies sold. The magazine's best-selling issue --1,169,800 copies -- was the one featuring Robin Williams after his death in late August. AdWeek said that celebrity weeklies saw poor performances with issues that featured the Kardashians and Beyonce on the cover.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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1 posted on 12/17/2014 2:02:04 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan
Not surprising...


2 posted on 12/17/2014 2:03:26 AM PST by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Wanna see worse sales? Put Jeb B., Chris C., or Scott W. on the cover.


3 posted on 12/17/2014 2:05:03 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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4 posted on 12/17/2014 2:18:13 AM PST by LT Brass Bancroft
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To: Rummyfan

For God’s sake, what is the matter with you posting something like that the first thing in the morning?


5 posted on 12/17/2014 2:34:41 AM PST by JohnG45
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To: Rummyfan
Ready for the nursing home.


6 posted on 12/17/2014 2:41:34 AM PST by Bon mots (American Exceptionalism becomes American Acceptionalism under this regime... :()
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To: Rummyfan

...and most of those sales were by subscription and padded the numbers.


7 posted on 12/17/2014 3:36:58 AM PST by Birdsbane ("Onward through the fog!" ... Oat Willie)
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To: 9YearLurker

Why is Scott Walker from WI in that list?

Pray America is waking


8 posted on 12/17/2014 5:00:02 AM PST by bray (Palin/Perry 16 two Ps in a pod)
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Because Walker’s so pro-amnesty he’s essentially open borders.

(Along with a path to citizenship for current illegals, his vision includes making it possible for every aspiring immigrant from “Mexico or any other country” to come here legally, so there’s no need for them to break any laws.)


9 posted on 12/17/2014 5:18:48 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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But directly answering your question, Walker’s a charisma-free unknown.


10 posted on 12/17/2014 5:19:54 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Rummyfan
An old hag on the cover doesn't sell to an audience who buys the mag for the air brushed and coiffed celebs on the covers.
11 posted on 12/17/2014 5:56:04 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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