I never see anyone buy them, they publish obviously false/exaggerated stories and celeb gossip is infinitely easier to find with current stories on social media sites. is it old people who keep buying them? if so in 20-30 years will we see publishers like National Inquierer fade out?

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NullOfficer t1_j29rz54 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:58 PM

They're usually owned by larger media companies who publish legitimate articles and those publications are paid for and financed by ads and the stores like supermarkets that pay to stock them.

Also as another person said, people are stupid, gullible, vain, and bored.

sterlingphoenix t1_j2a0nkt wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:53 PM

I'd like to point out that a lot of them have shuttered. The Weekly World News, for example. Which is too bad, that thing was hilarious.

I_Miss_America t1_j2bnsnw wrote on December 31, 2022 at 1:35 AM

replaced by the internet

Im-Falling-Apart t1_j29s52j wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:59 PM

Sadly if people didn’t buy them they wouldn’t exist. The truth is people do buy them. You probably don’t see it but they do buy them. Why anyone would want to read that crap about celebs I don’t know. I never cared a rats ass about celebs and how they lived and their “poor baby” troubles.

ajcorporation t1_j29q6vk wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:47 PM

People are stupid/biased enough to believe anything as long as it aligns to their warped beliefs. Tabloids try to garner attention, and attention = ad revenue.

Gnonthgol t1_j29s00o wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:59 PM

The fact that you never see anyone buy them only means that people in your social circle is not buying tabloids. The tabloids still find a market in less educated social circles. The fact that the stories are not true does not mean as much because they do form the background to a lot of discussions in these circles.