''In Touch Weekly'' is an American celebrity

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. The magazine is focused on

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news, fashion, beauty, relationships and lifestyle, and is geared towards a younger readership, billing itself as "fast and fun", along with making claims about their lower cover price on their front cover to encourage buyers to purchase their magazine rather than the other titles on a supermarket checkout rack. It usually targets younger women and teenage girls.

History and profile

The magazine was launched in 2002 by Bauer Publishing; Richard Spencer was editor from its launch until 2010. American Media, Inc. acquired Bauer's US celebrity magazines in 2018. The magazine announced it will print its final issue in June 2025. The magazine shares a publisher with its sister magazine '' Life & Style Weekly'', a similar weekly gossip magazine. Whereas ''In Touch'' is focused more on celebrity gossip, ''Life & Style'' bills itself on giving readers lifestyle tips on how to incorporate celebrity beauty and fashion into their lives. On September 18, 2006, after the death of Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Anna Nicole Smith, Getty Images sold the last photos taken of Daniel alive at his mother's bedside to ''In Touch Weekly'' and ''

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'' for a reported $650,000. On May 21, 2015, the magazine controversially released a police investigation of Josh Duggar from the '' 19 Kids and Counting'' reality TV show, from an investigation carried out in 2006, when Josh was 18 years of age, about events occurring in 2002, when Josh was 14 and still a minor, when he was accused of molesting his sisters and several other girls. No charges were ever filed. Although the magazine was criticized for releasing the report, the Springdale, Arkansas, city attorney and several legal experts said that since Josh was 18 at the time of the investigation and all minors' names were redacted, the release was permitted under Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act. ''In Touch Weekly'' and its successive parent companies have faced lawsuits from people including Duggar, Richard Simmons,

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, David Beckham,

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and Judy Sheindlin alleging causes of action including

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and invasion of privacy.

References

External links

Official website
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