''People'' is an American weekly
magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by
Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of
IAC.
With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the largest audience of any American magazine, but it fell to second place in 2018 after its readership significantly declined to 35.9 million. ''People'' had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion.
It was named "Magazine of the Year" by ''
Advertising Age'' in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation, and advertising.
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, a January 2006 Time Warner press release. ''People'' ranked number 6 on ''Advertising Age''s annual "A-list" and number 3 on ''
Adweek''s "Brand Blazers" list in October 2006.
''People''s website, People.com, focuses on celebrity news and human interest stories.
''People'' is perhaps best known for its yearly special issues naming the "World's Most Beautiful", "Best & Worst Dressed", and "Sexiest Man Alive". The magazine's headquarters are in New York City, and it maintains editorial bureaus in Los Angeles and in London. For economic reasons, it closed bureaus in
Austin,
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History
Andrew Heiskell, who was the chief executive officer of Time Inc. at the time and the former publisher of the weekly Life magazine, is credited with coming up with the idea for People. The founding managing editor of ''People'' was
Richard Stolley, a former assistant managing editor at ''Life'' and the journalist who acquired the
Zapruder film of the