Smiling Love: Joyful and Happy Reader's Digest

Author: Jellie Hupt
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Over 80 years ago, Davis Wallace founded the world's "Digest" — Reader's Digest, creating a "sanctuary" for truth, goodness, and beauty in the world. In his own words, Wallace described Reader's Digest as "dedicated to enriching the lives of people of all ages and cultures through a wide range of media forms, educating and entertaining them." Today, Reader's Digest is the most successful magazine in the world, with a monthly circulation exceeding 20 million copies, published in 19 languages across 48 editions, and reaching a readership of over 100 million people. Its annual revenue exceeds $2.5 billion, making it the largest monthly magazine in terms of circulation worldwide. It has a global influence and is considered a more influential publication for American leaders than The New York Times and Time. Reader's Digest is known for its warmth and humanity, using "the enduring and human aspects to overcome the fleeting and trendy." Simply put, Reader's Digest is an "angel" promoting truth, goodness, and beauty. Reader's Digest never pursues the fleeting "hot topics" of the moment; it always upholds the "radiance of humanity." Founder Wallace believed, "Only human aspects can conquer hearts, even in a materialistic society, people still have something they revere—it is the seemingly simple and pure truth, goodness, and beauty. It is truth, goodness, and beauty that save and balance the human heart." Reader's Digest holds the power of truth, goodness, and beauty within its simplicity, continuously warming readers' hearts and comforting their souls through its humanistic care.