Soap Opera Digest Officially Joins AMI

AMI Fully Acquires Soap Opera Digest from Source Interlink Media:  David J. Pecker, Chairman, President and CEO of American Media, Inc. (AMI), today announced the acquisition of 37-year-old Soap Opera Digest, the authority for news and information for fans who are devoted to watching soap opera programming.  AMI has been operating Soap Opera Digest under a licensing agreement from Source Interlink Media.  AMI closed the deal on July 20, 2012 with an ownership effective date of June 1, 2012.  Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine that has a circulation of over 200,000 and reaches over 4 million readers per week.