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    Canadian Magazine Dispute To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture? Canadian government was aware of how powerful print media like magazine can rapidly change the lifestyle and culture of the citizens. The government was mindful about the fact that magazine is one of the easiest way to introduce the citizens to pop culture which in turn will influence the country’s fashion, food, television content and even music

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    mid-October surprise greeted print media with the announcement that Playboy magazine would no longer feature nude women. CEO Scott Flanders noted “"You 're now one click away from every sex act imaginable for free. And so it 's just passé at this juncture.” The magazine will continue to picture women in provocative poses; the running joke that men read Playboy “for the articles” will now carry more credence as the magazine attempts to compete with the likes of Vice. Playboy is struggling. Distribution

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    patriotic Americans bought and consumed American made products to help the American economy grow. The American government also put out campaigns to promote American produced and made products to the public to change the views of consumer purchases. Just another example of factors that support change in consumer behaviours. Governments and consumer groups control or filter what information is known about certain products. The Australian consumers association or ACA produces a magazine that informs

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    seen all over TV, magazines, social media sites and even kids toys like Barbie and Ken, dolls and puppets. These pictures portray what the perfect women should look like in American Beauty Culture. Society today has ladies (and teens) being either skinny and starving or stout and full. I know numerous women, I included, who think they are ugly in light of the width of their clothes. According to Fatema Mernissi in “Size 6: The Western Women’s Harem,” she believes that the American fashion industry

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    Conde Nast Publications

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    Arthur Baldwin Turnure. In 1909, when Baldwin died, Conde Nast Publications, Inc. (created in 1908, based in New York City and which publishes other magazines such as Vanity Fair, Glamour, GQ, W, The New Yorker or Architectural Digest) purchased the famous magazine and Vogue joined Conde Nast Publications, Inc. Precisely, this was the first American publication that managed to captivate Europe given that it was first published in Britain in 1916 and in France in 1924. Conde Nast Publications, Inc

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    Dear ___, Welcome to this very special edition of American Lifestyle magazine! This issue recognizes that the effects of breast cancer are all around us and offers content geared toward supporting breast cancer awareness and the people impacted by the disease. Life is never a straight path, and as I help people find their financial balance, I help them envision the stepping-stones to an enriched life; a balanced life. At times health challenges and wealth obstacles try to force us off our ‘golden’

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    Teen Magazines

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    Feature Writing & Magazine Editing Feature Writing & Magazine Editing A SEMINAR ON * TEEN MAGAZINES * REAER’S DIGEST * PRE-FLIGHT A SEMINAR ON * TEEN MAGAZINES * REAER’S DIGEST * PRE-FLIGHT SUBMITTED TO RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN SUBMITED BY JOBY THOMAS 6/8/2012 SUBMITTED TO RAMESH RAMACHANDRAN SUBMITED BY JOBY THOMAS 6/8/2012 TEEN MAGAZINES Teen magazines are a genre of magazines aimed specifically

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    The Comfort of the American Dream The United States was once a country that was founded and inhabited by outcasts and people who looked for a fresh start in the “land of opportunity.” However, the myth of the American dream is no longer considered a philosophy for Americans to live by, but is now used as a cultural reference or an identifier for the United States. The American dream holds various interpretations. This popular myth is unique to the United States and its relation to patriotism, makes

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    Hugh Heffner

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    revolution providing brash intellectual commentary and volumes and volumes of naked playmates”, Hugh Heffner started this iconic magazine who’s Bunny head logo is now recognizable in a large portion of the world, and has become recognizable on such a level thanks to the “revolution” it started. The 1950s was the time period where the company would take off but later on with the woman’s rights movement in the 1960s there were some mild but still obvious speed bumps in the way. Woman started to have

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    appearing on magazine covers, the dominate race to be seen on covers are white people. It is never a half and half mark when putting a count on the covers. While doing research for the presentation for Men's health magazine, it became quite a struggle to gather information on which person was the first person to be on the cover who was of non-white ethnicity. GQ seemed to be easier to research since it is a much older magazine than Men's magazine. Gathering general information on Men's magazine was somewhat

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