Jun 7, 2010

Pick of the Week


Shocking True Story: The Rise and Fall of Confidential, "America's Most Scandalous Scandal Magazine"
by Henry E. Scott

Here is the never-before-told tale of Confidential magazine, America’s first tabloid, which forever changed our notion of privacy, our image of ourselves, and the practice of journalism in America. The magazine came out every two months, was printed on pulp paper, and cost a quarter. Its pages were filled with racy stories, sex scandals, and political exposés. It offered advice about the dangers of cigarettes and advocated various medical remedies. Its circulation, at the height of its popularity, was three million. Readers loved its lurid red-and-yellow covers; its sensational stories filled with innuendo and titillating details; its articles that went far beyond most movie magazines, and told the real stories such trade publications as Variety and the Hollywood Reporter couldn't.

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