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Why Are Many U.S. Mayors Saying They Feel Like 'Bad Guys'?

Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Housing Bust, Housing Market, Labor Market, Budget Gaps, National League of Cities, Reader's Digest, Tax Hikes, Budget Crises, Housing Crisis, Mayors, Business News

Mayors of U.S. cities and towns feel they are being cast as the "bad guys" as they attempt to address budget crises, often through tax hikes and s...

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When Is Too Much Information Too Much?

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Physicians, Medical Research, Published Medical Research, Psa Tests, Mindfulness, Medical Studies, Reader's Digest, Medical Testing, Consumer Reports, Health News, Healthy Living News
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

Research should guide decision-making but not be the end all. Physicians need to know how the "research findings" might be applied in a patient's individual circumstance.

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My Vanity Fair Moment

Abigail Spencer | Posted 12.14.2011

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Abigail Spencer

Forever, my Vanity Fair moment will be the story of my father beginning to love me in his passing ... in ways he couldn't in his presence.

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Dumbocracy: Reader's Digest Releases List Of America's Dumb Criminals, Airhead Celebrities and Ridiculous Lawsuits

AOL Weird News | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 11.16.2011

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It's Memorial Day weekend, a time to remember some of the country's heroes who have made this a great democracy. But when the Reader's Digest gang sur...

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Reader's Digest CEO Out

AP | Posted 06.26.2011

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NEW YORK — The publisher of Reader's Digest has promoted Chief Financial Officer Tom Williams to CEO, as Mary Berner steps down. Berner says th...

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11 Brands That Will Disappear In 2011: 24/7 Wall Street

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: T-Mobile, Newsweek, Readers Digest, Dollar Thrifty, Zales, 24/7wallst, Slidepollajax, Blockbuster, Kia Motors, Business News

By 24/7 Wall St. : 24/7 Wall St. regularly compiles a report of brands that are likely to disappear in the near-term. Last April, and again in Decembe...

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Reader's Digest Closes Rick Warren Magazine

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reader's Digest has ended its partnership with Rick Warren, the New York Post's Keith Kelly reported Wednesday. The multimedia partnership — wh...

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J.P. Morgan Now Biggest Publisher In US

New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, considered by many to be the country's most influential and successful bank executive, can add another title t...

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Reader's Digest Bankruptct: Lenders OK With Chapter 11 Plan

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — Reader's Digest Association Inc., publisher of the popular monthly magazine and dozens of other titles, said Thursday it h...

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Reader's Digest To File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Associated Press NEW YORK - The publisher of Reader's Digest, the country's most popular general interest magazine, said Monday it will seek Chapt...

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Poll: Majority of Americans Just Pretending to Know Why Mad Men Is So Awesome

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mad Men, Readers Digest, Andy Borowitz, 30 Rock, University of Minnesota, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Over 50% of those surveyed "strongly agree" with the statement, "I have no idea what all of the excitement about 'Mad Men' is all about, but I'm terrified that if I admit it I'll look like an idiot."

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Reader's Digest Denies Move "In Decidedly Conservative Direction"

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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Update: Reader's Digest is denying the New York Times' claim that it is shifting the magazine's content in a more conservative direction. DailyFinanc...

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Reader's Digest Slashes Work Force

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reader's Digest Association Inc. said Wednesday it will cut about 280 jobs, or 8 percent of its global work force, and implement other cost-cutting me...

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Rick Warren Magazine, Purpose-Driven Connection, To Debut

Wall Street Journal | RUSSELL ADAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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He has written one of the best-selling books in history. But can pastor Rick Warren sell a magazine? The test starts this week, with the debut of P...

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Time To Have a Little Talk About Those "Women's Magazines?"

Sheila Weller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sheila Weller

Why, 40 years after the advent of second-wave feminism, are the words "women's magazine" still so automatically a term of mild ridicule?

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Reader's Digest Teaming With Rick Warren For Multimedia "Purpose Driven Connection" Partnership

New York Times | Richard Perez Pena | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mary Berner hates the musical chimes that have played for decades in the Reader's Digest Association headquarters. She asked about replacing the "1950...

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Judith Miller: She's B-A-A-A-C-K!

Richard Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Richard Silverstein

In case you're wondering what august nationally-distinguished journalistic enterprise is gracing its pages with Miller's deeply researched writing, let me spare you the suspense: it's the Reader's Digest.

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Mike Leigh, Randy Pausch, Reader's Digest and an End to Miserablism

Margaret Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Margaret Heffernan

Mike Leigh, who more or less invented miserablism as an art form, has changed his tune. His new film, Happy-Go-Lucky is, as the title suggests, cheerful. What's he doing?

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Rachael Ray's Magazine In "Turmoil" As Top Execs Call It Quits

Keith Kelly | New York Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is more turmoil at the magazine home of Rachael Ray. Two more top-level execs have resigned from the Reader's Digest Association-owned Every Da...

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Discontent Bubbling Over At Rachael Ray Mag

New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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There are signs of tension at Every Day with Rachael Ray, the magazine that became an overnight success and was hailed as the hottest magazine launch ...

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