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Reader's Digest Closes Rick Warren Magazine

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

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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 09.24.2009 | Media

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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 Bankruptcy: Lenders OK With Chapter 11 Plan

AP | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

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

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.17.2009 | Comedy

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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 To File For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Posted 09.17.2009 | Media

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

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

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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 03.01.2009 | Media

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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 02.27.2009 | Media

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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 01.30.2009 | Media

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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 12.25.2008 | Media

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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 09.06.2008 | Media

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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 06.20.2008 | Media

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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 03.28.2008 | Media

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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 03.28.2008 | Media

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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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