LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 12/17/12 -- American Media Inc., which owns magazines like Shape, Men's Fitness, Star and OK to name a few, have picked PixelMags to distribute their digital content in Readr. This marks the third major US publisher to join the PixelMags stable in the past ten days.

AMI owns some of the leading celebrity and health & fitness media brands in the country with a combined total circulation of over 7 million and with a total audience reach of over 61 million men and women each month.

"With the launch of our highly anticipated Readr newsstand, we're thrilled that AMI recognized the power of the PixelMags brand and joined our network," said Ryan Marquis, co-founder & COO of PixelMags. "American Media has a very strong stable of magazines that will highly complement our newsstand and we're very pleased to be working alongside them," Ryan continued.

"It was really a simple choice," said Chris Tarro, Manager, Tablet Production at American Media Inc. "After seeing all that they've accomplished in just a few short years, and now with what their Readr and Anytime offering represents in the digital distribution space, we had to make them our partner," Tarro continued.

PixelMags, Inc. (http://www.pixelmags.com) is one of the world's fastest growing digital content distribution companies. They are transforming the future of digital publishing by changing how publishers distribute interactive branded content. PixelMags reaches millions of digital readers daily, in multiple languages, and represents such publishers as Hearst UK, Conde Nast UK, Imagine Publishing, Dennis Publishing, Source Interlink and more. PixelMags is a privately held company, with offices located in Los Angeles and London. Follow PixelMags on Facebook (facebook.com/pixelmags) and Twitter (@pixelmags)

American Media, Inc. (http://www.americanmediainc.com) owns and operates the leading print and digital celebrity and health and fitness media brands in the United States. AMI's titles include Star, OK!, National Enquirer, Globe, Soap Opera Digest, Shape, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Flex, Muscle & Fitness Hers, Fit Pregnancy and Natural Health. AMI also manages 18 different digital sites including RadarOnline.com, OKmagazine.com, Shape.com, MensFitness.com, MuscleandFitness.com and FitPregnancy.com. AMI's magazines have a combined total circulation of over 7 million and reach more than 61 million men and women each month. AMI's digital properties reach over 31 million unique visitors and 151 million page views monthly.

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