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AMI, today, released monthly circulation information for Star, Shape and National Enquirer, down 10 percent, down 8 percent and down 11 percent, respectively.  Last week, AMI’s fiscal report showed year-end revenue increases, largely on the ad revenue strength of Shape, Star and Men’s Fitness.  Folio (July 8, 2008)

Writing in The Circulator, the online newsletter of Circulation Management magazine, Kristina Joukhadar picks up the New York Post story about the reported purchase agreement and provides a few background details.  Among them: the price David Pecker and Evercore Partners paid for American Media in 1999 ($850 million) and the price AMI paid for Weider Publications in 2003 [...]