''Soap Opera Magazine'' was a weekly periodical devoted to interviews and recaps of
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soap opera
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[http://www.soapoperaworld.com/soap-opera-magazine.html Soap Opera Magazine] and was run for many years by
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until the company, which had lost money for years, decided to cease publication of the magazine, focusing instead on their tabloid endeavors.
The final issue was published on February 16, 1999.
[Soap Opera Magazine]
/ref> At that time, all customers who had existing ''Soap Opera Magazine'' subscriptions began receiving ''Soap Opera Digest
''Soap Opera Digest'' is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional in ...
'' instead.
See also
* ''Soap Opera Digest
''Soap Opera Digest'' is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional in ...
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* ''Soap Opera Update
''Soap Opera Update'' was a magazine dedicated to the coverage of soap operas, co-founded by Angela Shapiro in 1988. The magazine was published every three weeks. It was purchased by Bauer Media Group in 1992. The magazine became popular on newsst ...
''
* ''Soap Opera Weekly
''Soap Opera Weekly'' was a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional i ...
''
* ''Soaps In Depth
''Soaps In Depth'' is an American entertainment magazine, formerly published as a series of biweekly print publications and currently as an online-exclusive publication, that is dedicated to coverage of daytime soap operas. Founded in 1997 by B ...
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1991 establishments in the United States
1999 disestablishments in the United States
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