"I picked up a Reader's Digest, and there I read that for $100 million the World Health Organization had eradicated small pox."

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But this decade, as more and more people turned toward television and then the Internet for information, the Digest began to hemorrhage money.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

Year after year, beginning in 1922, the Digest was the bible of everyday American life, featuring short human-interest and success stories, advice columns, memorable quotations, and tasteful jokes.

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At its peak in the 1970s, Reader's Digest boasted a circulation of 17 million in the United States alone, and its international editions sold millions more copies in many languages.

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It's called,"Reader's Digest: the Local Magazine that Conquered the World."

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

The company was Reader's Digest magazine, based in little Chappaqua, New York - the same town where former president Bill Clinton and his wife, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have a home.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08