LIVING IN A TEENAGE GIRL CULTURE

Although Min's predecessor, Bonnie Fuller, created much of the template of the revamped Us Weekly -- paparazzi shots and "scoops" on Hollywood hookups and breakups -- Min honed the formula and rode the undulating waves of popular taste.
When she took the helm six years ago, a celebrity was a movie star or someone with a sitcom. "Now sitcoms barely exist," says Min. "Thanks to cable television, reality TV and the Internet, the whole power structure of celebrity has shifted. It's not just that Kim Kardashian is a celebrity and nobody knows why. It's her sister, her mother. Young women in particular have forged a connection with the stars of reality TV that they don't have with Gwyneth Paltrow.

Los Angeles Times
July 21 2009