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Controversial 'Rolling Stone' Issue Sells Big

  • Adweek, Thursday, August 1, 2013 3:42 PM
The controversial Rolling Stone issue whose cover featured a photo of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev nonetheless sold big on newsstands, "more than double the magazine's average sales for the prior year," writes Emma Bazilian. The lesson? Though "retailers like CVS and Stop & Stop pulled it from shelves after a “Boycott Rolling Stone” campaign gained steam on Facebook," controversy sells.

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