American Weekly
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American Weekly was a widely circulated Sunday newspaper supplement in the United States, best known for its sensational features, illustrations, and entertainment content during the mid-20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sunday magazine
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newspaper supplement ⓘ |
| aimedAt | general family readership ⓘ |
| associatedWith | American Sunday newspaper culture ⓘ |
| businessModel | advertising-supported ⓘ |
| circulationArea | national ⓘ |
| contentFocus |
celebrity features
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fiction ⓘ human-interest stories ⓘ illustrations ⓘ puzzles and comics ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
popular entertainment medium
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vehicle for mass-market advertising ⓘ |
| distributionChannel | Sunday editions of U.S. newspapers ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | newspaper insert ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
entertainment magazine
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illustrated magazine ⓘ sensational journalism ⓘ |
| hasFormat | tabloid-style pages ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationType |
cover art
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full-page illustrations ⓘ |
| hasSection |
comic strips
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entertainment columns ⓘ feature stories ⓘ fiction serials ⓘ illustrated articles ⓘ puzzles and games ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketPosition | mass-circulation Sunday supplement ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
colorful illustrations
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sensational features ⓘ wide circulation as a Sunday supplement ⓘ |
| printingTechnology | color rotogravure printing ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| readingContext | weekend leisure reading ⓘ |
| targetAudience | mass-market readership ⓘ |
| typicalContentStyle |
sensationalist
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visually oriented ⓘ |
| typicalPublicationDay | Sunday ⓘ |
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