Reader's Digest, the
Reader's Digest, the ( 1922– ),monthly magazine featuring condensations of articles reprinted from other periodicals. It had a circulation (1994) of 16,250,000 in the U.S. and of 31,000,000 in all of its 16 language editions, making it the widest circulated magazine in the U.S. and in the world. It also publishes a Braille edition, a school edition, and a phonograph transcription. About 60% of its articles are original works, generally farmed out to other magazines for first publication, the remaining being legitimate reprints. Until 1955 it did not carry advertising. It has always featured many filler items such as a department of picturesque speech, and maxims and epigrams. It also features condensations of books and human-interest material. The editorial content is conservative and geared to the average mind. It is optimistic in depicting the joys of living on a small income, the ways of overcoming misfortune, the wonders of...
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