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.
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Reply to eli5: How do tabloids stay in business? by Downtown_Argument855
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.