- Jul 10, 2004
- 24,526
- 16,976
- 1,405
Over saturation maybe?
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Pity the poor Hollywood film stars: they cant open movies the way they used to and now they cant sell magazines.
Even a few years ago, the prize for a magazine editor was in luring an A-list Hollywood star onto the cover. But just as much critical attention has shifted to television from theatrical releases, readers are now more likely to pick up a magazine featuring a television actor, reality star or musician.
There was a day when movie stars were the gold standard for magazines, said Jess Cagle, the managing editor of Entertainment Weekly, where the frequency and sales of TV-oriented covers are catching up with film covers. But movie stars are less revered than they used to be, and also audiences have shifted their allegiance in large part to television.
Glamour featured film stars on half of its covers in 2012. But the May 2012 issue featuring Lauren Conrad, the former star of the reality show The Hills, was the years best-selling issue, at 500,072 copies. The magazine now expects to make film stars the minority presence in 2013.
On Newsstands, Allure of the Film Actress Fades - Yahoo! Finance
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Pity the poor Hollywood film stars: they cant open movies the way they used to and now they cant sell magazines.
Even a few years ago, the prize for a magazine editor was in luring an A-list Hollywood star onto the cover. But just as much critical attention has shifted to television from theatrical releases, readers are now more likely to pick up a magazine featuring a television actor, reality star or musician.
There was a day when movie stars were the gold standard for magazines, said Jess Cagle, the managing editor of Entertainment Weekly, where the frequency and sales of TV-oriented covers are catching up with film covers. But movie stars are less revered than they used to be, and also audiences have shifted their allegiance in large part to television.
Glamour featured film stars on half of its covers in 2012. But the May 2012 issue featuring Lauren Conrad, the former star of the reality show The Hills, was the years best-selling issue, at 500,072 copies. The magazine now expects to make film stars the minority presence in 2013.
On Newsstands, Allure of the Film Actress Fades - Yahoo! Finance
