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J-14 is a monthly teenage magazine marketed at pre-teen and teenage girls around age 11–19. It is one of the earliest teen celebrity magazines. [2] The magazine was among the top children's magazines in the 2012 list of Forbes. [2] In November 2023, it was announced that the print edition of J-14 would be discontinued in January 2024. [3]
The first prizes ranged from $1 to $10 and entrants had a 1 in 10 chance of winning. After the sweepstakes increased response rates to mailings, prizes of $5,000 [7] and eventually $250,000 were offered. [11] PCH began advertising the sweepstakes on TV in 1974. [8] [12] It was the only major multi-magazine subscription business until 1977.
The popularity of the term "sweepstakes" may derive from the Irish Sweepstakes, which were very popular from the 1930s to the 1980s. There is a tradition of office sweepstakes (known as office pools in the U.S.), which are usually based on major sporting events such as the Grand National and the World Cup. Entrants pay an equal stake for each ...
While America debates whether Elon Musk’s $1 million daily sweepstakes to buy voter registration data is illegal or not, fellow Silicon Valley tech billionaire Vinod Khosla has a better idea ...
For some people, entering free sweepstakes is a bit of a hobby, and it's easy to see why. After all, if you're entering a giveaway that gives you free stuff, well, why not. 12 Best Sweepstakes to ...
Publishers Clearing House (PCH) has found itself in hot water over its sweepstakes practices, which were described by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as “deceptive and unfair.”The company ...
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Originally based in Newark, New Jersey, then Jersey City, New Jersey, the company's tactics attracted controversy, since the mailings that accompanied the sweepstakes promotions, which invariably included a form via which the recipient could purchase magazine subscriptions, frequently included language that seemed to indicate that the recipient had already won a prize, or was a finalist who ...