| It's interesting to look back at the origins of | | | | Cosmopolitan magazine was later sold to William |
| Cosmopolitan Magazine, seeing their first | | | | Randolph Hearst in 1905. He began to expand the |
| subscription numbers (in the 25,000) range, into | | | | magazine by employing top writers, and |
| what it has become now--a modern day success. | | | | investigative journalists. Some of the best articles |
| Its almost amazing how the content has evolved | | | | written came from the recruiting sense of William |
| over the years--from a one-time family magazine | | | | Hearst, he employed Alfred Henry Lewis, David |
| back in the late 19th century--to what is now a | | | | Graham Philips, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Sinclair |
| demographic exclusive to females. | | | | Lewis and George Bernard Shaw, all who went on |
| Before cosmopolitan magazine experienced world | | | | to write some of the most famous articles for |
| wide success, the initial founders and editors | | | | their time. |
| (Schlicht & Field) went out of business only 2 | | | | As decades past, the magazine changed from |
| years after the company's launch. Only after E.D. | | | | strictly articles to short novels and stories, sales |
| Walker, an ex editor for Harper's Monthly | | | | soared (1.7 Million copies in circulation) and over 5 |
| purchased the rights to Cosmopolitan magazine | | | | million in advertising revenues in 1930. |
| did the business really take off. He didn't settle for | | | | Cosmopolitan magazine proved to be an |
| the old way of doing things, with an innovative | | | | unbelievable success, after the Second World War |
| sense he introduced book reviews, serial fiction, | | | | magazine sales topped the 2 million mark. |
| and color illustrations to the magazine. | | | | Unfortunately demand for the magazines content |
| Only 1 year later after Cosmopolitans booming | | | | decreased in the 50s, circulation numbers crippled |
| popularity, E.D. Walker sold the company to John | | | | to just over a million, despite the reduced |
| Brisben Walker, who quickly employed some of | | | | revenue cosmopolitan magazine subscriptions |
| the nation's top writers. He went on to open a | | | | were still a profitable venture, even today |
| free correspondence school, which he had to | | | | Cosmopolitan is one of the most subscribed to |
| retract almost immediately after only 2 weeks | | | | magazines in the world. |
| more then 20,000 people signed up. | | | | |