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...despite the Journal's ignominious 'and painful birth.- the new daily has a better-than-even chance at life. It is the most highly automated and potentially the most economical daily newspaper operation in the world; and, even though Phoenix has two dailies, the morning Republic (circ. 132,132) and the evening Gazette (79,064), both owned by Pulliam, the expanding city can use another...
From Camel to Dodge, many big U.S. advertisers now substitute Negro models in their ads for Ebony (circ. 700,000), the nation's leading Negro magazine. Last year Ebony carried ads from 57 of the nation's top 100 advertisers; since 1955 its advertising revenues have soared 106% to $3,300,000. Another barometer: 20 years ago, only three U.S. radio stations offered programs tailored to Negroes. Now more than...
...prisons get 50,000 copies a month free. It goes to more than 100 countries and outsells all other monthly magazines in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay, Venezuela-and, of course, the U.S. Last week the Reader's Digest-circ. 22.8 million-proudly observed its 40th birthday with a 300-page anniversary issue...
...Reader's Digest has no small statistics. Merely to print each U.S. edition (circ. 13.5 million) takes a full month. The Digest sells more Christmas gift subscriptions-2,000,000, including renewals-than most magazines have readers. Each year it fields some 1,200,000 unsolicited contributions from readers, pays for some of those accepted at the uncommon rate of $1 a word...
Jealousy Showing. At first the London Sunday Observer (circ. 727,964), which is challenging the Times's Sunday supremacy, was shocked almost speechless. Its initial notice of the Earl's new job ran 17 deadpan words. Then the Observer's wrath spilled over. "Everyone, including the Observer," observed the Observer, "has said that a royal marriage should not preclude Lord Snowdon from doing work. But we believe he has chosen the wrong kind...