US Weekly Slam of Palin Costly

Remember the comparison of US Weekly’s treatment of The One and Sarah Palin? Turns out that a whole lot of people got upset about it. Us Weekly, which unlike People and OK!, chose a rather caustic cover line (“Babies, Lies and Scandalâ€�) is said to have lost thousands of subscribers in just the first 24 hours following the printing of the issue. “I’m hearing it’s 5,000, maybe more,â€� says one well-placed source in the industry. Another source claimed that as many as 10,000 readers have already cancelled their subscriptions. A spokesperson for Wenner Media, which publishes Us, says “it is completely false that we are losing 10,000 subscribers.â€� As for the 5,000 estimate, the spokesperson only said “that is false, too,â€� but wouldn’t comment further. That is surprising to me because I didn’t think that many conservatives would subscribe to US Weekly. Perhaps they are those ‘independents’ that we hear so much about? Ch...