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Washington Times2y
When old friends like Reader’s Digest go off the rails
And speaking of old friends, we experienced another loss, this time of trust. Reader’s Digest has been around ... Drawn from Elizabeth Bartholomew’s book “Siege: An American Tragedy ...
CNN12y
Rise and fall of Reader’s Digest
When I began my book on the Reader’s Digest ... about the difference between America and its old enemy. Perhaps the decline of Reader’s Digest’s fortunes was inevitable with the longer ...
The New York Times14y
Recalling the Glory Days of Reader’s Digest
Books and record divisions opened, and the Reader’s Digest Sweepstakes was established ... The company’s stately old headquarters is now the proposed site of a housing development.
Daily Mail1y
Book closes on Reader's Digest: After 86 years of leather bound volumes and interviews with the world's biggest names how did financial pressures crush beloved publication?
Reader's Digest has been forced to close its door after ... it was reported that mid-way through development of a book about the Second World War in the 1980s the decision was made that the ...
The New Yorker1mon
The Real Reader's Digest
When the writer thinks of the Reader's Digest he does not think of a pocket magazine but a book called "Reader's Digest of Books" by Helen Rex Keller. This book contains condensations of all the ...
Daily Mail1y
It's farewell to Reader's Digest as British edition of iconic magazine closes down after 86 years due to 'financial pressures': Editor-in-chief shares touching tribute
Reader's Digest UK collapsed into a company voluntary arrangement in 2013 after a severe decline in its book and CD selling business. It saw 95 out of 125 staff lose their jobs but allowed the ...