U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Feb. 23

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23: FAMOUS MAGAZINES

Profile America — Tuesday, February 23rd.  Three famous American magazines had key events in their histories in February.  This week in 1925, the New Yorker published its first edition.  The witty and urbane magazine has published work by many famous authors and cartoonists.   Three years earlier, the Reader’s Digest appeared on newsstands for the first time.  It now has millions of subscribers and publishes editions in many languages.  And, this month in 1969, one of the nation’s most revered magazines the  — Saturday Evening Post — printed its final weekly edition after entertaining and informing Americans for 148 years.  Today, Americans spend an average of nearly $46 a year on magazines and 124 hours reading them.  You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, now conducting the 2010 Census beginning April 1st.

Sources: Chase’s Calendar of Events 2010, p. 142

Statistical Abstract of the United States 2010, t. 1094

Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).

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