American Media Gets Ready to Test Reality Weekly

Simon Cowell thinks it’s a great idea. But then again, The X Factor purveyor has a vested interest in the concept of a new weekly U.S. magazine devoted to reality TV shows and their stars.

According to a piece over the weekend in the New York Times by Jeremy W. Peters, the January launching mag will be priced at $1.79 and embrace that fact with the newsstand slogan “Less Money, More Fun!” Other concessions are also apparently being made:

The writing is big and blocky, and makes liberal use of exclamation points.

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