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When I was little I remember staring at the tabloid sections in the checkout line with my mom. As a little girl I always wanted to pick them up and read them, now when I see them all I do is laugh because I know that information is anything but true. OK! originally was a British tabloid that was released weekly and the first release was in 1993. However, American Media Incorporation bought out the magazine in 2011 when the editor stepped down and was replaced by James Robertson. The AMI has other major tabloid they publish like Life&Style, Global Inquirer, Star, US Weekly, etc. According to their site OK! is ranked #1 in reaching women ages 18 to 49. Their social media has over 3.1 million fans on their multiple profiles and the prints weekly median age is 37. Now OK! may have some truth in their magazine but you will have to give it a hard look.

OK! is very well known for their coverage of weddings and everything surrounding the event. They even do marriage special magazine mostly for extensive coverages of royal weddings. They did an exclusive on the Royal wedding in 2011 between Prince William and Catherine. With multiple pictures of the nuptials even pictures of the cake. They claim they had the 'secret scoop' into their perfect day. Discussing how they were breaking the normal tradition with their wedding plans. Of course OK! is always involved in the Royals since it was once a major British tabloid. They also covered the recent pregnancy of Meghan and Prince Harry's pregnancy quickly after being married. The magazine states they have the inside scoop on "the scandal the stunned Buckingham Palace" and how Harry has gone against the Queen's Monarch rules by choosing love instead of following her wishes. Which I think its absolutely ridiculous knowing that none of this information was from the source or anywhere close to the real source.

Along with wedding nuptials they love to cover celebrity news and drama that they come up with to market their magazine. A hot topic for OK! was always Jennifer Aniston's 'pregnancies' and her 'relationship' with Brad Pitt even though they have been divorced for quite sometime now. Even though they rarely speak the whole truth they do provide a sense of entertainment and are typically amusing with how ridiculous some of the stories are.

   



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