National Enquirer parent buys Us Weekly for $100m

The parent company of American tabloid the National Enquirer has agreed to scoop up celebrity magazine Us Weekly for $100m. American Media’s purchase of Us Weekly will give the group a deeper foothold in the popular culture arena that is in vogue among young readers. Us Weekly sells about 1.95m paid copies per week and its website is visited by 22m visitors a month, American Media said in a statement. The magazine was founded in 1977 by the New York Times company, and was acquired eight years later by Wenner Media, the publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.

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