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...publicity because a business and before notoriety became as interesting as fame, popular imagination was fired by ballads or sagas on legends that passed from mouth to mouth. Now that pink newspapers and catchy captions have taken upon themselves the task of transmitting popular legends at length, the real digest of the news is broadcast in single words and short phrases. Thus Col. Lindbergh's exploit of last spring has become included in all its glory in the monosyllable...
...Literary Digest is as much predigestion of the affairs of the world as I care for, and what they miss I shall try to grub out of the daily papers...
...required another magazine, TIME, to show the Negro the difference between editorial attitudes. TIME digests Negro opinion, and today TIME is found on the table of the waiting room of almost every Negro professional, as well as in the reading-rooms of the Negro homes. And why? TIME talks about Negroes and their activities. TIME digests the opinions of Negro journalists, editors and authors. The Negro is interested in himself, and he buys TIME. Whether the policy of TIME is due to its more democratic attitude toward life, or the desire for a rational circulation, we leave to the judgment...
...Last (1926) statements of the average circulations of certain U. S. weeklies were : Saturday Evening Post 2,674,343 Literary Digest 1,300,236 Collier's 1,241,925 Liberty 1,187,603 Youth's Companion 267,455 Judge 215,547 Life 139,753 Time 118,661 Outlook 64,857 Except for the Literary Digest, these figures were checked and certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Present weekly circulation of TIME, approximates 137,000 copies...
...disappointed in what promised to be a very entertaining and educational publication. I feel that your reference to notables is at times impertinent and your liberty with diction runs into excesses. I also do not like the red border and feel that I would much rather have the Literary Digest as it covers the subjects covered by TIME in a dignified manner and withal fills my wants...