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and published by Manifest. The glossy print magazine, covers celebrity, fashion, beauty, travel, culture and wellness through articles mainly about actors and hosts involved with programming on the

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broadcast network. The magazine is published bimonthly in the

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with both newsstand and subscription distribution. Post COVID outbreak, the magazine's frequency was reduced to quarterly. ''CBS Watch'' has a circulation number of approximately 200,000 copies per edition. It was created by former CBS Vice President Jeremy Murphy, who left to start his own company 360bespoke.

History

The magazine launched in January 2006 as a quarterly and increased to six times a year in 2007. In 2010, a pictorial shot by Patrick Demarchelier featuring ''

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'' actress

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received national media coverage in USA Today and on ''Entertainment Tonight''. ''Watch!'' has conducted photo shoots around the world, including in Italy, Ireland, London and Paris. A photo from the Paris shoot featuring Cote DePablo walking two French poodles on Avenue Montaigne was reprinted on the cover of ''Women's Wear Daily'' during 2012 New York Fashion Week. On June 3, 2014, ''Watch'' was the subject of a national televised special on the

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network, whose producers followed editors during two photo shoots in London the previous December. The magazine photographed '' Under the Dome'' star

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at The Four Seasons Hotel Hampshire in the English countryside, then ''

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'' star

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at the

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. The behind the scenes footage formed the basis for a 30-minute special called ''Watch TV''. Also in September 2014, Watch! began publishing monthly specially themed issues devoted to a single topic exclusively for newsstand audiences. Among the special issues are an ''

'' edition as well as ones devoted to ''

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'', the anniversary of '' The Wizard of Oz'' on CBS, and ''The Academy of Country Music Awards''. The magazine commissioned British violinist

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to create a musical score for marketing and promotional purposes in 2014. Siem recorded a five-minute song called "Canopy" in a church in London with the 22-member English Chamber Orchestra. The magazine commissioned a second five-minute behind-the-scenes video that featured Siem and the orchestra performing the piece in its entirety."Magazine Has a Soundtrack, and It's Classical"
Fishbowl NY on ''Adweek''.

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