Editing Us Weekly (section)

== In the media ==
In a July 2006 ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' article, [[Janice Min]], ''Us Weekly'' editor-in-chief, cited ''People'' for the increase in cost to publishers of celebrity photos:
{{Blockquote|They are among the biggest spenders of celebrity photos in the industry. ... One of the first things they ever did, that led to the jacking up of photo prices, was to pay $75,000 to buy pictures of [[Jennifer Lopez]] reading ''Us'' magazine, so ''Us Weekly'' couldn't buy them.

That was the watershed moment that kicked off high photo prices in my mind. I had never seen anything like it. But they saw a competitor come along, and responded. It was a business move, and probably a smart one.<ref>[https://variety.com/2006/film/news/people-who-need-people-1200340454/ "People who need people"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]''. July 2006.</ref>}}

In a June 2007 ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' article, [[Tina Brown]] was asked, "Do you actually read the tabloids?"
{{Blockquote|Of course. I read everything. I adore ''Us Weekly''. I think it's a genius magazine. I'm a big fan of magazines that fulfill the goal of what they're trying to be.<ref>[https://nymag.com/nightlife/partylines/2007/06/12/ "Book Party for Tina Brown's 'The Diana Chronicles{{'"}}]. ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]. ''June 11, 2007.</ref>}}

From a May 2007 ''[[New York Post]]'' article profiling New York's 50 Most Powerful Women,
{{Blockquote|Janice Min, 37, editor, ''Us'' magazine. With her mag's profits placed as high as $90 million a year and readership up 191 percent in the last five years, Janice is not just like us. Nonetheless, the success of ''Us'' is attributed partly to the mother of two's reputation as perky and well liked – as well as its addictive features like the new "Faux Biz", which makes fun of off-base gossip.<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/seven/05132007/news/regionalnews/new_yorks_50_most_powerful_women_regionalnews_mandy_stadtmiller.htm?page=0 "New York’s 50 Most Powerful Women"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017010513/http://www.nypost.com/seven/05132007/news/regionalnews/new_yorks_50_most_powerful_women_regionalnews_mandy_stadtmiller.htm?page=0 |date=2007-10-17 }}. ''[[New York Post]]''. May 13, 2007.</ref>}}

Of her front cover appearance in November 1997, [[Courtney Love]] remarked,
{{Blockquote|"I wanted to do a kind of mock-[[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], decadent '70s California-type thing, and I ended up looking like [[Pamela Anderson]] on the cover! Bad, dirty Pam! It was terrible. But I didn't do it on purpose and it was gone in thirty days."<ref>Moran, Caitlin: "The girl who wanted to be God", ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'', September 1999, p. 92</ref>}}

The magazine was criticized for allegedly biased coverage of the [[2008 Republican National Convention]]. The September 5, 2008, issue featured [[Governor of Alaska|Alaska Governor]] [[Sarah Palin]] on the cover with the headline "Babies, Lies & Scandal", while the June 19, 2008, issue featured [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from Illinois [[Barack Obama]] and wife [[Michelle Obama]] with the headline "Why Barack Loves Her".<ref>McCormack, John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080903201404/http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/09/us_weekly_adores_barack_obama.asp "US Weekly Adores Barack Obama and Smears Sarah Palin"]. ''[[The Weekly Standard]]''. September 3, 2008.</ref> Senior Editor Bradley Jacobs claimed that the "lies" on the cover referred to unspecified "liberal bloggers" who had speculated on the parentage of Governor Palin's child, not to the governor herself. However, nothing on the cover indicated "liberal bloggers" were the alleged liars. It was reported that the magazine had lost over 10,000 subscribers. Since then it was reported that ''Us Weekly'' sent e-mails to each of those subscribers, apologizing for the cover, and promised to send them five free copies of the magazine.<ref name=fnelection>{{cite news | url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/us-weekly-defends-controversial-cover/|title=Us Weekly Defends Controversial Cover|date=September 2, 2008|publisher=[[Fox News Channel]]}}</ref>

In 2009, ''Us Weekly'' partnered with [[Involver, Inc.|Involver]] to become the first media company to sell sponsorships on their Facebook Page.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://adage.com/article/media/weekly-sells-facebook-fan-page-ad-state-farm/136214/ |title='Us Weekly' Sells Facebook Fan Page Ad to State Farm|date=April 23, 2009}}</ref>