Soap Opera Weekly: Difference between revisions

*Soap Opera Weekly*
Kategorien	Entertainment
Frequency	Weekly
First issue	November 1989
Final issue	2012
Unternehmen	Source Interlink Media
Land	USA
Based in	New York City
Sprache	Englisch
ISSN	1047-7128

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Soap Opera Weekly was a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas. It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information. Launched in November 1989 by News Corporation with Mimi Torchin as editor-in-chief, Weekly began as a sister magazine to Soap Opera Digest. News Corporation sold the magazine to K-III in 1991. K-III was renamed Primedia, and sold its magazines to Source Interlink in 2007.

American Media, Inc. took over Source Interlink's soap magazines in 2011; Soap Opera Weekly ceased publication in 2012.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ American Media, Inc. Reaches Licensing Agreement With Source Interlink Companies
^ American Media Inc.’s Soap Opera Weekly Folds
^ AMI folds 'Soap Opera Weekly' Adweek. April 10, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

External links

Daytime Confidential #244: Mimi Torchin Interview. Daytime Confidential. May 23, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2009.

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 |title         = Soap Opera Weekly
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 |firstdate     = November 1989
 |finaldate     = 2012
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-'''''Soap Opera Weekly''''' was a weekly magazine covering American daytime [[soap opera]]s. It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information. Launched in November 1989 by [[News Corporation]] with Mimi Torchin as editor-in-chief, ''Weekly'' began as a sister magazine to ''[[Soap Opera Digest]]''. News Corporation sold the magazine to [[Primedia|K-III]] in 1991. K-III was renamed Primedia, and sold its magazines to [[Source Interlink]] in 2007.
+'''''Soap Opera Weekly''''' was a weekly magazine covering American daytime [[soap opera]]s. It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information. Launched in November 1989 by [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] with Mimi Torchin as editor-in-chief, ''Weekly'' began as a sister magazine to ''[[Soap Opera Digest]]''. News Corporation sold the magazine to [[RentPath|K-III]] in 1991. K-III was renamed '''Primedia''', and sold its magazines to [[Source Interlink]] in 2007.
-[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]] took over Source Interlink's soap magazines in 2011; ''Soap Opera Weekly'' was closed in 2012.<ref>[http://www.sys-con.com/node/1794517 American Media, Inc. Reaches Licensing Agreement With Source Interlink Companies]</ref><ref>[http://www.foliomag.com/2012/american-media-inc-s-soap-opera-weekly-folds American Media Inc.’s Soap Opera Weekly Folds]</ref>
+[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]] took over Source Interlink's soap magazines in 2011; ''Soap Opera Weekly'' ceased publication in 2012.<ref>[http://www.sys-con.com/node/1794517 American Media, Inc. Reaches Licensing Agreement With Source Interlink Companies]</ref><ref>[http://www.foliomag.com/2012/american-media-inc-s-soap-opera-weekly-folds American Media Inc.’s Soap Opera Weekly Folds]</ref><ref>[http://www.adweek.com/news/press/soap-opera-declines-cause-fallout-magazines-139510 AMI folds 'Soap Opera Weekly'] ''Adweek''. April 10, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2015.</ref>
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-* {{Cite video|url=http://daytimeconfidential.com/2008/05/23/daytime-confidential-244-mimi-torchin-interview|title=Daytime Confidential #244: Mimi Torchin Interview|date=May 23, 2008|publisher=DaytimeConfidential.com|accessdate=December 15, 2009}}
+* {{Cite video|url=http://daytimeconfidential.com/2008/05/23/daytime-confidential-244-mimi-torchin-interview|title=''Daytime Confidential'' #244: Mimi Torchin Interview|date=May 23, 2008|work=Daytime Confidential|accessdate=December 15, 2009}}
 ==See also==
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 {{American Media}}
-[[Category:Television soap opera media]]
+[[Category:Defunct magazines published in the United States]]
-[[Category:American magazines]]
+[[Category:Magazines about soap operas]]
 [[Category:Magazines established in 1989]]
 [[Category:Magazines disestablished in 2012]]
+[[Category:Magazines published in New York City]]
+[[Category:Weekly magazines published in the United States]]
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