Friday

Cover Girls - Do We Care?

WWD posted an article today listing the cover girls that sell the most magazines. It made me wonder - when you're dropping your $3.99 at the newsstand, does it really matter who is on the cover? Tell us:

What makes you buy a magazine?
I'll buy any issue if I like the mag
Enticing cover headlines
Cool cover model
Thickness or size
I have no idea

The top selling faces were no surprise - Jolie, Lohan, LC, Beckham and Jessica Simpson (drama queens!) Celebs with relatively low gossip quotients like Rachel Weisz, Katherine Heigl and Drew Barrymore didn't move much paper this year. The other question I have - have you ever NOT purchased a magazine because you hate the person on the cover?

3 comments:

kelley said...

i am not usually swayed into buying a mag by who is featured on the cover, but i will think twice, and often put one back, if someone like lindsay lohan is on the mag.

Anonymous said...

Selling magazine covers has nothing to do with popularity or talent. Its about gossip and drama. Lindsay Lohan, Angelina Jolie and the rest who sell put their lives out in the open for the public to view, that's why their covers sale tons of copies.

erin said...

i ONLY grab a mag if there's some good gossip on the cover model. true story.