National Enquirer
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Not As Trashy As Some People Think
Sometimes the National Enquirer is the only place to find the true story about a subject - for example it broke the story about O. J.'s shoes. I guess you have to pick and choose your articles. Some of the articles, I admit, are useless. However, other articles are interesting and some you can't find anyplace else.

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Gane dinero desde su hogar(semanalmente).No necesita experiencia,
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Fake and phony!
What is the National Enquirer, you ask?
It's a phony as hell newspaper that provides all the latest gossip about celebirties but they come up with fake stories half the time.

Avoid it like the plague. ... Read more

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MAD Magazine
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Parody Central
There are a few written sources of parody and satire available in the United States; "The Onion," "Cracked" and "National Lampoon" are all sources of both.Of the three, "National Lampoon" is a relatively sophisticated magazine that started with a largely college audience and retains its college focus today, though its movies appeal to a much wider audience."The Onion" is a newspaper type format that tends to be less subtle than "National Lampoon."Both "The Onion" and "National Lampoon" contain graphic art, but are principally article-based.

"Cracked" and "Mad" are both graphic based.Of the two, I have seen descriptions of "Cracked" that included phrases such as "low-budget Mad Magazine."Unfortunately, for a short time "Cracked" even suspended production.On the other hand, "Mad" has been around continuously since the mid-50s, and while its affect on readers is reduced from the days when its views were often seen as at least controversial, its readership remains high along with the magazine's ability to keep a good level of humor.

Original editor William Gaines's desire was that "Mad" not accept any advertising to allow the magazine to satirize anyone without fear of reprisal.The magazine kept this tradition until relatively recently, when it began accepting a limited number of advertisements.About the same time the magazine also started using color in portions.The addition of color was enjoyable.The acceptance of advertisements remains concerning, though I have yet to see any real affect on "Mad's" satires and parodies.

Many of "Mad's" features have existed for decades.The miniature cartoons in the margins have existed as long as I have read "Mad," which is back into the 60s."Spy vs. Spy," the fold-in at the back of the magazine, and "A Look at the Lighter Side of..." have all been long running features.More recently the magazine has added "Monroe," and "The Fundalini Pages," which combines and reduces some previous features along with the addition of new elements, as regular features.

One of the best features of "Mad" remains poking fun at current television shows and movies.While "Mad" is limited to poking fun at one or two movies per month, usually the selected movies were popular either with audiences or the critics and thus likely to be a movie that readers would recognize."Harry Potter," "Star Wars," "Star Trek," and "The Godfather" are just a small sample of the hundreds of movies that have been honored by a "Mad Magazine" parody.There are a few clunkers in the pantheon of parodies portrayed in "Mad," nearly every one has at least a few good one-liners and most can cause at least a good chuckle, if not an outright laugh.Similarly, the most popular television shows get their turn, and the characteristics of each show are satirized to a usually humorous extreme.

The official mascot of "Mad" remains Alfred E. Newman, the perennially freckle-faced "What, me worry?" representative of the general silliness of us, if we only look at ourselves properly.As others in numerous locations have point out, there are a variety of famous people who bear a remarkable likeness to Alfred E. Newman, and more than one of those famous characters depicted in "Mad" have had their features manipulated ever so subtly to enhance that resemblance.I will leave it to the reader to discover who those famous people might be.

"Mad Magazine" is probably the oldest continuous source of parody and satire available."Mad" has inspired artists, writers, and imitators.I found it to be a fun magazine as a teenage boy and to my surprise I found that reading it today nearly 40 years after my first exposure to "Mad" is almost as enjoyable as it was then.As with any magazine of any type, especially a magazine attempting to be humorous, there are jokes that fall flat, and occasionally jokes that are sufficiently obscure to leave some readers wondering what was funny, but most jokes are readily understandable.Some will bring a groan because they are so bad.Some will bring a "ewwwww" because they are "potty humor."But there are real gems among the jokes that will bring a smile to your face, and occasionally a laugh that must be out loud."Mad Magazine" is a wonderful way to put a uniquely graphic and humorous spin on the events occurring around us.I hope that I will always be able to appreciate the humor that the magazine attempts to portray, and that I never take life too seriously.

Funny stuff!
I bought an issue of MAD on the newsstand last July. I really liked it but my mum thought the subscription price was too much. They should lower it a bit. It makes me laugh every time I pick it up. However, I reccomend it for the 13 and older crowd because it has some humor that kids won't get a/o their parents wont want them to see.

mad really rocks
one time i got issue #443 of mad magzine it was so cool! i like a mad look at braces.and i like when they make fun harry potter. but i have a qustoen.why can you make the magzine a little more apreatt for seven year olds? ... Read more

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TV Guide
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Around nearly as along as the television has been in American homes, TV Guide has been the TV reference guide for generations. With weekly regional issues jammed with clear and organized listings of what plays when, it's a compact and dependable guide for everyone from leisure-time weekender to professional couch potato. TV Guide remains in step with the explosion of cable channels, as television becomes the prime destination for innumerable sporting events, movies, and music. In addition to the listings, the week in television is covered alongside features on the top personalities and trends: visit the set of The Sopranos, get up-close with Janet Jackson before her special hits the airwaves, or ready yourself for the upcoming NFL season. The most recognizable and bestselling magazine of its kind, TV Guide is ground zero for what's happening on television. --Doug Thomas ... Read more

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Waste of Paper and Glue and Time
The TV GUIDE was once a valuable weekly periodical for finding out what was playing when and where on our televisions. Everything was listed by date, time and channel. It was that simple. It has now evolved into a nightmare of cross-referencing and incoherence. There are also enormous gaps where programming is not even listed. I believe that television was once labeled to something synonymous to a vast wasteland. The TV GUIDE has now evolved into a vast wasteland unto itself.

NO GUIDE AT ALL
This magazine is no guide as far as I can see. It is no help either. I can't find a thing in it. It takes a BS or maybe a Masters to even find a program listings in it. Come on! Am I the only one out there who feels this way? I can't figure out how to use it anymore since it was changed.

Save Money and use your Sunday Newspaper
TV Guide is a weekly publication that is customized for specific television viewing areas so that each issue shows an accurate listing of local programming. Television programs, including cable and network, are listed on a day by day basis, with information on when to tune in to your favorite show.

Besides the television listings, TV Guide is also a magazine of sorts. It presents a few stories each week about Hollywood stars and the people behind the scenes of different television programs. These articles, unfortunately, are usually not very good and they remind me of the supermarket tabloids. It's rare that I find a story in TV Guide worth reading.

Since the Sunday newspaper in most cities has a television guide included, I can't really see any good reason to subscribe to TV Guide. I know that some people like it because of its slick paper, which is better quality than newspaper, and because of the way the programs are organized. This may be true, but the only thing that's really different between this magazine and the Sunday paper's television section are the articles in TV Guide, and that isn't enough, in my opinion, to justify a purchase.

TV Guide does provide a decent listing of television programs and the price for a subscription is low. These reasons might be enough to convince some people to subscribe. For myself, however, I will continue to consult my Sunday paper. It gives me what I need without all of the celebrity fluff.

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Disney's Princess
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I love Disney Princess!
I love Disney Princess, and I read this kind of magazines in China. In China, the magazines of Disney Princess are on shelf after the 10th day of a month. The magazines are colourful and wonderful, I buy them every month. There are many Princess' stories in it and something teaches girls how to be a grace little princess. And there are some toys and DIY go with the magazines. I expect to buy a Disney Princess Magazine every month! But I'm so afraid that my family and my friends will laugh at me, I'm 18 years old after all! I know this kind of magazines are for very little children, but I love Disney Princess very much, and I think that I buy them only because they are Disney-printed.

i liked it but.....
i love the princesesbut my next issue hasn't come yet what should i do? lol

Daughter loves it!
Our daughter, soon to be 5, recieves this magazine as a gift from her Grandma, and she loves it! She loves disney princess, and this magazine is great for her. There are usually several stories in comic book style that we read together, in addition to coloring pages, a full page poster, and some have come with a page of princess stickers. She always looks foward to it coming in the mail. We will definately renew it for her next year. ... Read more

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Ebony
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Ebony is not 2 hype
I enjoyed this magazine since I grew up on it. It changed the way I think about the black community and the culture we live in and discuss. Yeah a lotta people need to get their hands on EBONY 'cuz they rock I mean they're da bomb. It has it all from entertainment, history, sports, books/literature, music, stars, everything. I 'Preciate John P. or John H. Johnson for doing much work on this. Not sure if he's around or what. Maybe dead.

Declining Quality
I've been an Ebony reader for years and in the past have usually enjoyed the articles.But in recent years, I have become disappointed in the quality of the magazine.Many of the articles do not delve deep enough in the issues affecting the Black community and for me come off as journalistic fluff.I would also have to agree with another reviewer who expressed concern with the constant barrage of celebrity pics.Besides adding to the aforementioned journalistic fluff, I have grown weary of seeing Ebony fill their pages with some famous Black actor or sports hero with his new "pigment deficient" wife. (This, while in a previous issue, they talk about how hard it is for Black women to find a good Black man.)But since they are going to profile celebritites, I would like to see them profile more Black actresses than Halle Berry.There are many of us who are in the "Angela Bassett was robbed" camp and would like to see evidence that Black female Hollywood is not just Halle.

For an overall review, if you want glossy pics, this mag is for you.

If you want in-depth articles that really examine the issues, look elsewhere.

black awareness
After reading EBONY, i found out that the magazine is unique in the sense that it brings out the welfare of Black race, more so it is also good for one to know the insight of what is going on in America concerning the Blacks, as in their welfare, also knowing what they've achieved in the music Business, and the entertainment world. ... Read more

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Interview
by Brant Publ Attn Michelle Thiel
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The brainchild of Andy Warhol back in the heyday of the '70s club culture, Interview magazine has morphed from newsletter and photo essay of the Studio 54 set to the arbiter of what defines cutting edge for the nation (well, at least those in the nation who believe New York to be the center of the universe). It's magazine chic at its highest. When you pick up the magazine, don't look for Julia Roberts; look for the woman who will eclipse Julia in the next five years. The concept of the magazine couldn't be simpler--Q&A format, accompanied by photographs--but the Q is often provided by celebrity interviewers, and the A is usually extremely insightful, intriguing, and candid. And the photographs are the crème de la crème, by A-list lensers like Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and Annie Leibovitz (if you don't know them by name, this is definitely not the magazine for you). Nudity and profanity may put off some readers; others will be pleasantly titillated. --Mark Englehart ... Read more

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Terrible Magazine
I bought this magazine as reading material for my flight home from Ruzyne Airport in Prague to NYC. This was the first time I ever purchased this magazine.
Terrible choice. First of all this magazine was not worth the $10+ USD I paid for it. It was way too large to do anything with on the airplane and the content was for the lack of a better word BORING!
Every other page was some chic ad. Who buys this magazine?
Well I will not be buying it again.

Fantastic Magazine
Interview is a small magazine with big ambitions. All the latest news in entertainment, fashion, and politics can be found within it's colorful pages. The photography is amazing, and grand in scale, although the magazine is packed full of ads (which are equally as colorful I might add). This is NOT entertainment weekly- Interview is the indi-film of magazines, and the people and films it covers are not usually those found in typical magazines. Instead of focusing on the actor du jour, Interview covers the up & coming, the soon to be, and the undiscovered. The interview formats are fascenating and unique, as most are done by celebrities, of celebrities. If one is looking for typical hollywood gossip, Warhol's masterpiece is not for them. At such a cheap price, Interview is a gem that is yet undiscovered by many. I highly recommend it!

The In Crowd??
Interview is not the magazine that I thought it was going to be. I was under the impression that it was another periodical covering the world of entertainment. It's not. Sure, Hollywood mags are a dime a dozen, and there are in depth interviews within these pages that spotlight celebs but not many.

The magazine was the idea of the late Andy Worhol, created during the height of the 70's, at a time when everyone wanted to part of the action of the club scene. The magazine is too abstract for me. It also covers many trends in fashion, which quite frankly, I couldn't care any less about about than I already do. Its review section is very limited in the films it covers and there is an over abundance of supersized photos that takes over the mag. When the editors dicide to conduct an actual Interview they do a pretty good job at giving readers a sense of what the star is like and they can be very candid...That's all well and good but two major sitdowns a month doesn't warrant any more of my money...not for me ... Read more

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Jet
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Good but time for some changes
I have enjoyed Jet magazine since I was 7 years it.It was a magazine that my family subscribed to and the first magazine I read on a regular basis.Now I am an adult and I still subscribe to Jet but I have noticed that my Jet magazines don't seem to have the kind of substance that make me want to read them more than once or even keep them past one read.The Johnny Cochran Memorial issue was the best issue of Jet in a long time.The cover stories are often about current films or entertainment stars.A recent cover was devoted to the movie "Crash," another cover devoted to Halle Berry's quest to have a child.Jet does still have that "magazine for the community" feel but I do think that it needs some new features and maybe cut down on some of the regular features.I am very proud to see African-American's living past 100, but I don't want to see a Centurian in every issue.I love that we celebrate our weddings and anniversaries but I think this could be cut to 1-2 pages tops. I know Jet might consider themselves going the high road but I really would like to see more current entertainment news verses just well planned feature stories about the current "it" movie or artist.Since it's a weekly mag, I would like to say I count on Jet for current information.I would also like to see them devote more page space to African-American books and plays.I think you can't be Jet for the price but the magazine doesn't do as much for me as Sister 2 Sister or Upscale.

Beauty of the Week ain't always a beauty
SOme of them JET Beauties of the Week look like straight up skank ho's. Show a brother what he really wants to see, a white girl!

Getto brothers who have made it
Hi,
My name is Valerie Y. Williams and I have a few topic to talk about.First of all I work for a company and the president use to be one of the head leaders for a gang.He also sold drugs.This guy is know the president of a company in the same area he solded drugs and gang bang.He is an example of how people can change.I think it would be great to have an article on him and a couple of other bothers who were in that same situation.I work for Kingsway Fiancial Group, Aurora, Illinois @ 630 375 6048.My boss is willing to tell his story to help other black brothers out there.Please give him the opportunity to speak out and reach our brothers or brothers who are thinking about helping others.

You need articles that are going to interest our black community.The way to do that is find things that relate to our lives.I can write about "Black man forget but White man don't", that would be awesome.Our people are so argry and it needs to be released.We can't move forward with all that baggage.

Stories about how educated brothers from the hood became successful.We should educate our people from other people success to show them that they can make it and how.

Thank you,

Valerie Y. Williams
630 375 6048 ... Read more

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Entertainment Weekly
by The Time Inc. Magazine Company
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Subscribed for a year...very disappointed
I got a free subscription to ET by using my frequent flier miles.When I read through my first issue, I was more than a little disappointed.The cover stories often dealt with movies that wouldn't open for a year, and were mostly hype to begin with.A few of the cover stories I remember (The Village, Van Helsing) covered two of the worst movies of the year, certainly not worthy of a cover story.The weekly reviews of the movies were pretty good, but the music reviews were terrible.I have quite an extensive music collection and familiarity, however, the albums reviewed were often from artists I'd never heard of while larger, more established artists were completely ignored.This is simply unacceptable.ET should be focused on the mainstream.Let Rolling Stone and other "music" magazines focus on the obscure bands.The articles and interviews in ET are terrible at best.Often, a "feature" interview consists of a celebrity rambling on about something stupid.And the filler material in the first half of the magazine (The Hot List, etc.) isn't fit for tabloids.In the year that I subscribed to the magazine, I can only think of one or two good articles that I read in the magazine. The addition of Stephen King as a columnnist helped, but even his columns seemed off-base most of the time, like he didn't have the guidance of an editor, but was simply given an open forum instead.ET is very disappointing.They simply ride each fad or popular celebrity until it stops moving, and then hop on to the next one.The magazine is hardly journalism.It's more like a high school gossip forum of sorts, where people talk about people rather than ideas and artistic achievements.Sad.

The Best Entertainment Magazine Out There
If you're looking for a magazine that focuses on all aspects of the entertainment industry, look no further than this magazine.

I signed up for Entertainment Weekly as a charter subscriber back in 1990. I was looking for an alternative to Rolling Stone, something that focused exclusively on entertainment, and I found it with this magazine. I was hooked from the first issue and I've been a subscriber ever since.The funny thing is that I tend to keep my past issues. And as you can guess, on a weekly basis, they tend to take up space quickly!But I actually do find myself going back and referring to past issues.

Each issue is broken down into specific sections: Television, DVDs, Movies, Music, Books, etc., with fairly good commentary in each section. They rate the items reviewed on a grading scale of A to F, and often provide excellent, well thought out reviews. Yes, you're going to get latest fads (the Britney's and the Usher's) on the cover - but you'll also see established performers like Harrison Ford, Kenneth Branagh, Thomas Wolfe, and Tom Hanks on the cover as well. They cover the good, the bad, and everything else in between.If it's entertainment oriented, you'll find it here.

I especially like their annual movie and TV perview issues. ou get a great comprehensive overview of the upcoming TV season as well as almost every movie due to hit the screen, month by month.

While I really like the magazine overall, there are a few items I wish would change. The layout has gotten a little sloppy and hard to read over the past two years. Lots of colors mixed with different texts make it hard to focus. Another item is that they occassionally revise their reviews. For instance, Britney Spears's "Crossroads" movie received a B+. Once it came out on DVD, they revised their rating to a C. At least they come clean and state why they changed the rating in the DVD review. The last thing I've noticed is that they've gotten a little soft as far as their reviews go. I think they may have grown to the point where they don't want to offend any celebrities, so their interviews take a softer edge.

With Entertainment Weekly, you get what the magazine's name promises: a quality product covering all media outlets, delivered on a weekly basis.Subscribe to it and you'll be in the know as far as entertainment is concerned.

That's 'Entertainment'
Been a subscriber for well over ten years and this mag is still one of the best out there.There've been format changes and sometimes I wonder where the reviewers are coming from but, hey...it's still the only magazine I read from cover to cover.(Letter column included!)I would be considered by most to be a 'flyover' cuz, heck, I live in the middle of the country and don't have that LA LA chic or NY state of mind or whatever, but this mag keeps me up to date on new releases (Books, Music, Movies, DVD...and heck, once a month, I get a feel for what's what on Broadway--lucky me!!)EW has turned me onto many, many great things-Erik Larson, Buffy, Lemony Snicket, House, Gilmore Girls, Lost...I could go on and on and on.And, I don't always agree with the reviews/grades but they are competent and reasonably critical.(Owen and Lisa aren't afraid to call abad movie exactly that--especially Lisa!)I guess if you're looking for something serious, EW is not for you.If you're looking for some light reading with a bit of snark and humour and insight, this is the magazine for you.I know I look forward to it every week... ... Read more

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People
by The Time Inc. Magazine Company
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People is the most wildly, consistently successful magazine in history (not to mention the most stolen from lunchrooms) and it's avidly read by half the population of America each year. Why? The people at People know what you want to read: the absolute latest, impossible-to-get dish on celebrity scandals (a $3-million-a-year fact-checking department keeps it real); definitive tribute issues; snappy wrap-ups on the whereabouts of yesterday's stars and the current Most Beautiful People; riveting stories of real folks caught up in the day's biggest news, health, and crime stories; and quick picks and pans on what's up in entertainment. And after years of black-and-white drabness, the mag has fully mastered the art of flashy, full-color photography. --Bob Brandeis ... Read more

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True Crapper Reading
There are some magazines that are true crapper reading - light, mildly interesting or entertaining articles that engages you slightly, but don't require you to be engaged with, in order to read while doing some damage sitting on the can.Then there are pretenders - stuff you simply can't drop off or pick up at any point.YOU know what I'm talking about...

People is one of those in, what I like to call, the true crapper camp.The kind of read you need in the bathroom when you're taking a dump.The articles are so pointless and inane, it doesn't distract you from your real and first responsiblity.Taking a dump.

That's why I call People magazine, true crapper reading.

Inspirational
This magazine has had a huge impact on my life. A lot of people get this magazine because they are looking for lite entertainment or escapism, but if you are looking for inspiration, the pages of People Magazine are loaded with it.

For example, a while back I read a story about Julia Cameron in People which inspired me to investigate what she was all about. That led to my buying "The Artist's Way," then I did the 12 week program, and since then have become a professional house painter making twice the salary that I used to make! All because I read about Julia in PEOPLE!

Another great example is Robert Kyosaki -- I read a story about him which talked about his Rich Dad book, which I immediately went out and DEVOURED in one day. Then I got his tapes, I drove around listening to those tapes in my car for months. Just a few months later, I bought my first house! My own personal American Dream story, just because I was reading People Magazine.

Then I read a story about a new system for increasing passion for couples through sexual mastery. I got a copy of the "New Sex Now" dvd right here on amazon, and after watching it one time, suddenly my lovelife went from average to AMAZING! My girlfriend and I experienced intimacy that we had never known before, and passion that was profound. Now, we're married and living a life of unexpected closeness and fulfillment. I connected with the love of my life because of an article I read in People Magazine.

Now I'm not saying that there's not a lot of fun fluff and mental popcorn for people who want that from a magazine, but if you are looking to improve yourself and get more out of life, People Magazine has plenty of grist for the mill, and on every page provides opportunities for everyone to think and dream bigger. Now that is the mark of a truly awesome magazine!

Not enough people
To my mind, a magazine called "People" should have more people in it. Since I began my subscription in 1978, I've uncovered a detectable decline in the number of people appearing in the so called "People" magazine. For the most part, the decline has been pretty steady. 1986, however, was a notable year, as the number of pictures of people in People declined by 64%. This same year saw an increase in dog photos by roughly 3%. It was at this point that I wrote to the editors suggesting a name change for the magazine, or else keep the ratio of dogs to people reasonable. Or else feel my wrath. And by wrath I mean cancelled subscription. Much to my chagrin, they called my bluff and cancelled my subscription for me, so it's fortunate that I had another subscription coming to my house under a pseudonym. What is that pseudonym, you ask? Johnny Depp. And that pseudonym is what has gotten me into the annual People Magazine Christmas party every year since. And each year, as I stand on my hind legs next to the punchbowl, talking with a gorgeous starlet, I laugh and laugh, because while the editors of the magazine are all cornered by drunken John Lovitz, I am enjoying every dog and man's dream, and it feels as though the night will never end. ... Read more

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Wild Animal Baby
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A Great Toddler Magazine For Your Animal Lover!!!
We ordered this magazine for our son when he was one year old because he loves photographs of animals.This magazine is so cute.Each month they feature a baby animal with real photographs and a short story.The issues also include an animal fingerplay, an animal comparison (Showing your child how a particular animal is similar in one way to him or herself.), a short story about a child and his or her pet, and a picture hunt for a little skunk that is hidden four places in the magazine.Other material changes each month and feature an early childhood concept.Some months you will have counting, other months focus on a beginning sound (and all the animals that start with that sound), opposites, and other skills are introduced.What a greatintroduction to magazines.A must for every toddler that is an animal lover.My son is now 17 months and will bring his Wild Animal Baby magazine to me and sit in my lap wanted it to be read over and over.

Another plus to this magazine is that it is small for little hands (about board book size).The corners are rounded and the pages are sturdy (but not as thick as board book pages).The magazine is also glue bound so you don't have to worry about a curious toddler and staples.

Everything is good except the binding
The magazine is interesting and informative.My toddler can recognize and tell the names of many animals, she learns a lot from the magazine.
Just one thing is that the binding easily coming off after a few times of flipping.
We would like to keep the magazines and so the siblings and other kids can have the chance to read them.

I have been gluing and putting scotch tapes all over the magazines, but they still not holding up.

Hope the publisher will look into this matter and have it improved.
Thank you for your attention.

Great toddler magazine!Nice size for little hands.
I started my daughter's subscription on her first birthday.She loves the idea of getting her own magazine, and we spend lots of time looking through each issue.We keep all the issues with her books, and I've often seen her looking at them.We take them with us when we go out to eat so she has something to look at.They're also terrific potty reading material; easy for her to hold and great pictures. ... Read more

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Alternative Press Magazine
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do not subscribe to magazines through amazon.
I subscribed on august 27th. My magazine did not show up for six months! I emailed them to ask what the hell. Six months, come on. I was refunded to dollars. I finally recieved my first issue. Its been more than a month since then and i have yet to recieve my second. When people i know who subscribed from ap, have gotten their magazines. This is absurd, i'm cancelling my order.

sort of alternative press
Yes, I do read Alternative Press, or parts of it anyway. To their credit they do cover some great alternative bands and their new "unsigned band of the month" feature is pretty cool, but sadly the cover stories are usually misguided pieces about the likes of Good Charlotte or Yellowcard. Their bizarre marriage of punk/indie and uber-mainstream pop-punk make for a painful experience. The new "Big Takeover" issue speaks volumes of the diversity of their readership: Good Charlotte was in the top 5 for both the "Artist that I wish would Die" and "Artist with the Most Integrity" categories.

In short AP consistently makes me hate them by covering some of the crappiest, least alternative bands out their, but they draw me back in by putting the words "motion", "city", and "soundtrack" together on a regular basis.

Try a different magazine.
I used to really like "Alternative Press", but lately I have been incredibly irritated by it. A lot of the magazine has turned into fashion tips for how to be more hardcore. The magazine tries to have "shock value", I think, but being increasingly geared to younger people with gross taste in music, it's not shocking, its annoying.

Also, every month, the magazine has some column where they basically trash classic bands, like ELO and such. I find this ridicuous, considering the kind of junk they put in their magazine, and this particular column really irks me.

However, I do listen to some of the bands which they feature in their magazine, and I like to read the CD reviews and lists of CDs to be released. This does not save the magazine from being awful, though.

So, whatever your taste in music is, this magazine will most likely annoy you. Spare yourself the headache. ... Read more

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ESPN the Magazine
by ESPN The Magazine
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Like the industry leader in sports television that created it, ESPN the Magazine is big, bold, and brash, using its oversize format to show off striking full-page images and splashy sidebars.It's not all flash, though: the magazine also gets contributions from familiar on-air talent such as Dan Patrick, Chris Berman, Stuart Scott, Peter Gammons, and John Clayton as well as the athletes themselves.The biweekly format doesn't allow for the minutiae that The Sporting News handles, so you'll get broader features--playoff previews, personality profiles, photo spreads--with an emphasis on basketball, football, baseball, hockey, and some extreme sports, though off-season coverage tends to be limited to a page or two.--David Horiuchi ... Read more

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Not Impressed

Just waiting for my subscription to run out on this thing.
Each week I glance through all it's ads and "flashy" pictures
looking for some substance,but really never find much.Most
of the time it gets tossed in the trash the same day I receive it.
As soon as my subscription runs out,I will never bother
with looking at it again.If you want a true Sports magazine
with real substance get "The Sporting News".I prefer this over
"Sports Illustrated" and "Espn the magazine".I'd rate them
1.The Sporting News
2.Sports Illustrated
3.Espn the Magazine

ESPN: Stick with the Network, Ditch the Magazine
Sports publications seem like a dime a dozen, and in the case of ESPN magazine, this fact is true almost in the literal sense. This magazine is one of the least expensive on the market and this fact alone might make it seem tempting to purchase.

Before you act too quickly, however, you should know that ESPN magazine is not one of the better sports publications available. For starters, the magazine's dimensions are a little too large, making it seem more like a newspaper than a magazine. Second, the paper quality is poor. It is similar to a newspaper, but maybe one step above, which isn't saying much. The binding of this magazine is bad, too, with three staples holding each issue together.

These physical characteristics are annoying, but what's even worse with ESPN magazine is the articles themselves. There is little cohesiveness among the different sections of this magazine and the articles themselves are usually simplistic in nature and don't really offer any form of intellectual discussion. They point out a few facts about a popular sports personality, make a casual mention about his/her family and goals, along with a few other bits of fluff, and then end right there. There is nothing stimulating at all to the majority of the articles.

ESPN is a good network, and I watch its programming with a good degree of loyalty. But the people at ESPN really need to make some improvements to this magazine. It's the type of magazine that you toss aside after skimming through a few pages. There just isn't enough here to keep one's interest for very long.

Disappointed with this magazine
I subscribed to ESPN THE MAGAZINE for a year and did not renew.Subscription rates are low which makes the magazine attractive but I found a lack of substance.It is basically a couple of athlete interviews or profiles and then a lot of disjointed information thrown throughout the magazine.

It is flashy and colorful.Its not bad for the price but there are better.The writing is a little on the edgy side which doesnt appeal to me.It seems to be aimed at teens and young adults.I ended up not reading most issues I got or just glancing through them. ... Read more

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Spin
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Founded in 1985 by Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione's son, Bob Jr., Spin magazine aimed to occupy a space forged and outgrown by Rolling Stone, which had since moved on from counter-culture reporting to a more pop-culture focus. Due to its well-funded birth, Spin rode the wave of the burgeoning alternative rock movementand was afforded the luxury of being as controversial as it wanted, forsaking at times somewhat slanted reporting in favor of the punch and jibe. Nonetheless, it brought into America's peripheral vision early stories of the ravages of AIDS in Africa, in addition to standard artist interviews and album reviews. Switching from a tabloid format to a glossy perfect-bound publication, the magazine now reports on fleeting music trends and the Next Big Thing more than it unearths alternative-rock gems, but it still does a good job of uncovering behind-the-scenes-stories, such as the violent acts and deplorably unhygienic conditions of 1999's Woodstock III music festival, in a way no other music magazine does. When the Beastie Boys released Hello Nasty in 1998, Spin published three different editions of the magazine--each with a separate headshot of one member of the renegade hip-hop group. Three years later, Rolling Stone copied the gimmick, featuring the members of boy band 'N Sync individually on five different covers. If Spin's influence in rock journalism was ever in question, this event provides irrefutable proof. --Beth Massa ... Read more

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Decent overview
Ok - This is not pitchforkmedia.com - the online music review who's more concerned with prose rather than the actual reviewing of music BUT nevertheless the greatest source out there to new music. This ain't Rolling Stone neither, who'd have a better place in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame rather than the newstand, as it doesn't mean anything anymore to contemporary music fans. This is the guy stuck in the middle, between the one who does not want the intellectual crap of the one, neither the commercial junk from the other. Hence, a 3-star for ideal pulp, just what you want if you have 10 minutes to spend on the toilet! But then again, this is a daily occupation...

Egocentric Trash
I'm sure that this review isn't unique.Spin rotates the same ten bands on its cover, not to mention the ridiculous articles written within. By the time they get done describing the 'euro-punk-indie-pop artist that just slammed them in the face on their way to the train station with their jazzed up sound' I've completely forgotten the point of thier article.They must have the greatest time just sitting around finding how many contradictory adjectives they can tag onto useless music and still manage to say nothing. They sound like cyber-nerds who need to get out a little more and stop getting thier info from mtv.com. I'm sure that i've learned more about what thier editors do in the office on any given day than anything remotely close to music while reading spin.Next time you see it on the stands, I suggest you spin in another direction.

Where did my subsciption go?
I got my first month(a horrible Green Day issue)and then nothing! Uh,what up? Its not that good of a magazine,I just want what I paid for. ... Read more

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Vanity Fair
by Conde Nast Publications Inc.
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I so look forward to each issue
I've had an ongoing subscription to Vanity Fair for about 10 years.It is the one magazine subscription that I won't let expire.I really love it,especially Dominick Dunne's articles and the rabid anti- Bush stance of the entire editorial staff. Well worth the price.

Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll... with a Better Vocabulary
I've been an avid reader of Vanity Fair since first subscribing at age 16. How else would I know the goings-on of people like Jocelyn Wildenstein and Princesses Marie-Chantal, Pia, and Alexandra (aka The Miller Sisters)?

Vanity Fair consistently provides a well-balanced volume of investigative reports, society gossip, movers-and-shakers features, and luscious photography. If you care to know the who's who of everything upper-crust -- philanthropy, fine dining, theater and the arts, film, fashion -- Vanity Fair is the magazine to treasure. The photography alone is reason enough to subscribe: they are so masterfully styled and intricately decorated, images from ten years ago still are emblazoned in my (nutty-professor-forgetful) mind.

Sophisticated!!!
This is one magazine in the so-called "general" category (non political and business oriented) magazine that I always find intriguing to read. This is New Yorker meets Vogue.

The articles are thought-provoking but written in a light-hearted manner. Some articles are worthy of the Pulitzer Prize. Yes, the magazine embraces 'superficiality'... but then you should know that by now.

A weekend treat!!!! ... Read more

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Rolling Stone
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Founder and publisher Jann S. Wenner's brainchild remains the standard by which rock & roll magazines are measured, though even its most fervent boosters would concede there've been some growing pains for RS as it's strived to remain relevant through the decades. The erstwhile baby-boomer bible mixes fleshy covers of today's alluring celebs with coverage of graying rockers from the magazine's heyday. In addition to celebrity interviews, stalwart features such as CD reviews and Random Notes (the mag's long-running gossip section) provide familiar reading for older readers, as does the publication's superior political and cultural coverage. But the bulk of Rolling Stone's features are aimed at the younger pop-culture set. --Steven Stolder ... Read more

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Corporate magazines still suck
Rolling Stone hasn't been a credible music journal for at least 15 years, and that's being extremely kind.Rather they are a marketing outlet for the corporate sponsors of whatever music is being pushed at the moment.That's of course when they deign to write about music at all.There are far too many politically oriented articles from an upper middle class armchair liberal point of view to catagorize Rolling Stone as strictly a music magazine.And let's not mention the extremely annoying fashion layouts.RS is more of a lifestyle journal that panders to white and mostly liberal middle class tastes and culture.I don't care about the political bent of the magazine so much as I care about the pop garbage that Rolling Stone writes about.They almost without exception shill for the flavor of the month rather than write any responsible criticism.Occasionally the articles are informative, but for the most part Rolling Stone is an irrelevant device to generate advertising dollars.

You get what you pay for
Isn't it amazing that the cost of a Rolling Stone subscription is barely enough to cover the cost of postage?The magazine is mostly advertisements, and the rest of it isn't worth reading.I grew up on Rolling Stone, but have realized that if I want a decent music review about music I care about, I'll go to pitchforkmedia.com.Even SPIN is better than this crap.

RS: "Music Experts" who don't know CRAP about music.
Anyone who would consider putting a list of the 100 Greatest Artists ever without Pink Floyd, Queen, or Metallica has no knowledge of music whatsoever.

Also who the hell would put Kurt Cobain and Jack White on a list of the 100 greatest guitarists ever above Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads? Also not to mention that they didn't even include Slash or Malmsteem on the list.

This magazine makes me sick to the stomach. Basically all they do is praise artists who have good lyrics but crappy music, like Bob Dylan. They also need to get over their constant worship of U2, because even when they put out those 2 awful albums 'Zooropa' and 'Pop', they did nothing but praise them for their over-produced experimental crap.

And what can we say about their devotion towards 'The White Stripes' and 'The Strokes' and hail them as the BEST NEW THING, while we've been waiting for years for these people to make albums worth their praise. Yet, Rolling Stone rather ignores great new artists like Muse, Franz Ferdinand, and Keane.

I know you guys are probably potheads, but perhaps you should consider putting the hash pipe to the side and think about what you write because it's hurting the REAL ARTISTS. ... Read more

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Premiere
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It may share the same ZIP Code as its Tinseltown cousin Entertainment Weekly, but Premiere is a far different magazine, focusing less on gossip and more on the nuts and bolts that have helped Hollywood become a gigantic industry. Premiere tackles the big picture through articles like "Women in Film," "The Ultimate Summer Movie Guide," and "The Power List" of who's who in Hollywood. Premiere also offers a great variety of profiles, from movie stars to behind-the-scene players like grips and gaffers. Smart, unbiased reviews accompany each month's top movie releases, and the "In the Works" and "Home Guide" sections track films from creation to video release. Libby Gelman-Waxner adds humor with her indelible look at film from the fan's point of view. --Doug Thomas ... Read more

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Empire is just so much better
Sorry but I am on issue 190 of Empire magazine and I have used both these magazines quite a bit since the era of the BATMAN premiere when these magazines grabbed bigger audiences, Empire gets the reviews right, the news right, the DVDs right, the interviews are so much closer I often feel downright sterile after reading Premiere, a magazine that seems more about itself than the movies or guests it talks about.

Any issue of Empire beats the pants off Premiere. Trust me. Movie lovers read Empire more than this. Even movie personality peopleread Empire more than Premiere but don't say so because THEY CAN'T. It is obvious that EMPIRE had a major impact on the movie industry as a whole while Premiere never made a dent.

Get Empire.

Diverse but generally only okay
Premiere provides a good blend of reviews, features and previews to cover most of the film/movie business.But i found the delivery of my issues late -- often arriving in the mail AFTER many of the mag's Preview listings... ideally, you want previews BEFORE the release of the movie.Also, the design of the magazine is odd and can be confusing.Nit-picky, i'm sure... but it's enough for me not to renew.

An excellent source for movies
Next to music, movies is a huge passion of mine. I enjoy mostly movies that don't heavily rely on big movie studio promotions, let alone special effects but on the content of its actors, writers, and of course directors. Still I like to indulge myself in a big budgeted film like "Spider-Man 2" from time to time. One of my favorite sources for me to use when I want to read about a particular film and/or actor is "Premier" magazine. The magazine focuses both on big and smaller films. What I really like about the magazine is that it lacks the pretentiousness of film critics like Entertainment Weekly has (i.e Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwartzbaum who thinks they are the know all's of cinema history), or the overdraumatic film critics like Rolling Stone magazine (i.e Peter Travers). While Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone only covers a small amount on movies, Premier covers it all including the industry itself. I also like reading about the bonus features on dvds and they help me decide if I want to buy the dvd or not (I admit, I like dvd bonus features). Other than the internet, Premier magazine is a good source for this film buff. ... Read more

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Preschool Playroom
by Redan, Inc.
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Please help!
We had this for my granddaughter when she was little and we sent in one of her pictures, here it is a year and a half later and they are going to use it!If any of you get this it will be in the March April issue.Would you consider sending me that page after your child is through with that issue?I can't find a place where I can order just a couple copies of that issue.If you find an address to send for back issues would you please email me.cindyleet@gci.net

Kid's don't fake it. You know if they like it.
My four year old grand daughter likes to spend time with books and magazines.She choses this one frequently from the pile available to her.
Her favorite [...] mothergoosecaboose and this magazine gives it a run for the money.

Good short stories and activities
This magazine is expensive, but each issue contains several stories, activities like mazes, finding hidden items, and basic colors and counting. My son does not watch TV (his choice), but he likes the characters in this magazine, who are all friendly and likable to him.

I also recommend subscribing to the mediocre Parenting magazine, only because it includes an issue of Sesame Street magazine with every subscription-issue. Sesame Street magazine is better than Preschool Playroom because it has a much broader selection of information (includes animals, geography, and multi-cultural lessons) presented in a style that preschoolers enjoy. Just leave the Parenting magazine in the waiting room at the pediatrician's office. ... Read more

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