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In the aftermath of the title’s sale to American Media Inc. for $100 million, its legendary former editor-in-chief Janice Min reveals some unknown facts about the one-time darling of publishing. And, long before BuzzFeed, people used to blame Min for ~The List~.

The place used to mint money.

Before Instagram and Snapchat, the publication made $1.80 per issue sold on the newsstand after the initial 500,000 sale. Many weeks it moved 1–1.3 million on the newsstand, ringing up an extra $1 million in cash. Ad pages were $95,000 a page, subscriptions went for $69 a year. (And you wonder why publishers have been slow to move off the print model?)

“The Wolf of Wall Street” / Paramount Pictures

Owner Jann Wenner was the first person to suggest putting The Bachelor on the cover.

In 2003, Andrew Firestone and Jen Schefft became the first Bachelor magazine cover in history (you’re welcome).

US Weekly

Half of a very famous couple once didn’t like his (rumored-to-be-enhanced) hair in existing paparazzi pictures and asked our photo team to set up a shot of him with his soon-to-be fiancée walking in LA. Another well-known actress staged photos of herself with her adopted baby playing in the park.

In 2008, the median household income for Us Weekly readers (per independent research group MR) was $72,000, more than that of Vogue‘s and Vanity Fair‘s.

And the typical reader was 32, female, and college-educated.

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