About us. PEOPLE is the #1 source for celebrity news and inspiring stories. We revolutionized personality journalism when we launched in 1974 with a mission to celebrate extraordinary people doing ordinary things and ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

People, weekly American magazine specializing in stories about the personal lives of celebrities. The New York-based magazine is one of the best-selling weeklies in the world and the most profitable asset of its publisher, Time, Inc.

People's Magazine was first published in July 1906 by Street & Smith in New York City. This first issue contained fiction, articles, and poems. The intent of People's was to be a companion to the literary magazine The Popular Magazine. It was later published by Lily, Wait & Co.

March 4, 1974People / First issue date In 1974, the first issue of People magazine, then called People Weekly, was published by Time-Life Inc.; on the cover was actress Mia Farrow, then co-starring in "The Great Gatsby."

People's website, People.com, focuses on celebrity and crime news, royal updates, fashion and lifestyle recommendations 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".

People Magazine treats people in an even-handed and fair way. One doesn't feel angry or upset, irritable or anxious, as can happen when you read news sources or even other entertainment sources. I feel generally cheerful. In today's world, I think that is high praise for a magazine!

magazine, also called periodical, a printed or digitally published collection of texts (essays, articles, stories, poems), often illustrated, that is produced at regular intervals (excluding newspapers).

There are three main categories of magazine publications, each of which include more specific types of publications, are:

• General interest magazines.
• Special interest magazines.
• Professional magazines.

People magazine had an average circulation of 2.57 million as of 2022. Its average audience reach was 84.56 million for the year. 83.93% (21.46 million) of National Geographic's average audience came from print and digital edition users. 64.89% (19.13 million) of US Weekly's average audience came from mobile web users.

The modern magazine has its roots in early printed pamphlets, broadsides, chapbooks, and almanacs, a few of which gradually began appearing at regular intervals. The earliest magazines collected a variety of material designed to appeal to particular interests.

The first magazine was published in Germany during the 17th century. The success of this publication led to the introduction of magazines across Europe. During the 17th and 18th centuries, publishers founded several different types of periodicals aimed at diverse audiences, including the elite and women.

The earliest example of magazines was Erbauliche Monaths Unterredungen, a literary and philosophy magazine, which was launched in 1663 in Germany.

The purpose of a magazine article is to inform, entertain, educate or persuade its readers on a specific topic or issue.

Magazines are a type of literature publication used since the 1700s to distribute news and information related to the interests of a general or specific intended audience.

At the most basic level, a magazine provides information that may be more in depth but less timely than that of, for example, a newspaper. A magazine can typically focus on trends or issues, and it can provide background information for news events.

Magazines have structure In print publishing parlance, you'll find these parts of a magazine: Cover pages. Front-of-book content, which may include columns (including an editorial), letters to the editor, news, quick-hit trend pieces and publisher-focused content.