Much Hyped Reality Weekly Not Doing So Hot
The newly-launched Reality Weekly magazine, a title that hangs its success upon hanging on Kim Kardashian’s every word, is having a bit of a softer launch than owners American Media Inc expected.
The first issue, which hit newsstands the last week of December, sold just 100,000 copies, even though stores were shipped half a million.
According to MediaBuyerPlanner, subsequent issues have sold even less, even though AMI CEO David Pecker was saying just last month that by week six, the magazine would be selling a million copies a week.
The mag is priced lower than its competitors, at $1.79,
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