''Pick Me Up!'' is a British weekly women's magazine that is published through the

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group. It "leapt" into the ten most popular weekly women's magazines in just six months, selling more than half a million copies.

Editor

June Smith-Sheppard was appointed editor of ''Pick Me Up'' for its launch in 2005. The ''Guardian'' referred to her as an "uncompromisingly ordinary launch editor,

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offers a tantalising glimpse of the tongue-in-cheek items she hopes will define the new women's weekly.

Columnists

Jeremy Kyle Jeremy Kyle (born 7 July 1965) is an English broadcaster and writer. He is known for hosting the tabloid talk show ''The Jeremy Kyle Show'' on ITV from 2005 to 2019. He also hosted a US version of his eponymous show, which ran for two seas ...

: Jeremy wrote an agony uncle column for ''Pick Me Up'', until September 2010, in the style of the

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he presents, ''

The Jeremy Kyle Show ''The Jeremy Kyle Show'' is a British tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle and produced by ITV Studios. It premiered on the ITV network on 4 July 2005, and ran for seventeen series until its cancellation on 10 May 2019. It was the most ...

''. He offers straight-talking advice to readers that need it. *Claire Petulengro: Claire offers a complete weekly horoscope in every issue and makes daily updates on the ''Pick Me Up'' website. *Dr Nicola Davies: Nicola is the investigative psychologist for the 'Making of a monster' column. This studies the psychological influences causing specific people to become notorious killers. • GP Doctor Gary Bartlett is a regular contributor to writing the Instant Appointment column.

Reception

''Pick Me Up!'' Magazine is cited as one of the magazines targeted by the campaign group "Curb The Chat Mags".

References

External links

Article about the magazine
in ''

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Another article
in ''The Guardian''
Detailed 50 page ''Pick Me Up'' magazine audit at maglab.org.uk
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