People (Australian magazine)
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Cover of 9 July 2012 issue
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| Editor | James Cooney[1] |
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| Categories | Men's magazines |
| Frequency | Fortnightly |
| First issue | 1950 |
| Company | Bauer Media Group |
| Country | Australia |
People is a fortnightly Australian lad's mag published by Bauer Media Group.[1] It has been published since 1950.[2] It is not to be confused with the gossip magazine known by that name in the United States; that magazine is published under the name Who in Australia.
People focuses on celebrity interviews and scandal, glamour photography, sex stories sent in by readers, puzzles, crosswords, and a jokes page.
People was reportedly the first weekly magazine in Australia to feature topless models.[3]
History
- 1950s
People was first published in 1950; it covered "everything from news, to scandals, to true crime stories."[2]
- 1970s
Pix, a weekly men's magazine, merged with People in 1972.[4]
- 1980s
People magazine started a "Covergirl of the Year" quest in the early 80s with Samantha Fox an early winner. The 1985 winner was Carolyn Kent. People had a deliberate policy of searching for "average Aussie birds" from 1985 onwards, trying to veer away from a reliance on U.K. Page 3 girl pictorials (though Page 3 girls still appeared, and indeed, Tracey Coleman was named Covergirl of the year in 1992 and 1994). Mostly scouted by and photographed by Walter Glover, many popular "average" girls became very popular and frequent cover girls. These include Lynda Lewis, Lisa Russell, Narelle Nixon, Melinda Smith, Raquel Samuels, Tanja Adams (real name Tanja Adamiak) and Belinda Harrow (who also appeared as the debut cover–centre of Picture magazine in 1988.
It was also the subject of "much controversy" for featuring naked models in dog collars on its cover.[2] At its peak in the mid-1980s, it sold about 250,000 copies a week.[3]
- 1990s
Though published by the same company, People had an early fierce rivalry with Picture magazine. Many girls defected from People to Picture, and vice versa. In the early 90s, People followed the lead of Picture and introduced "Home Girls" - amateur photos sent in by female readers. Picture was seriously eroding People's sales figures by featuring fully nude photos, as opposed to Peoples topless-only stance. In 1992, People fought back, and went fully nude. Gold Coast model Lisa Haslem became a figurehead at this time. Also, it began to feature more celebrities and once again returned to Page three girls or American models. The reliance on Australian talent diminished.
- 2010s
From January to March 2012, People's average sales were fewer than 28,000 copies a week.[3]
References
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