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Soon afterward, the magazine folded, but not without leaving its lasting imprint especially on the movie magazine trade.

Actually, CONFIDENTIAL changed forever the editorial content of all American magazines including THE READER’S DIGEST.

But studios and personal press agents now held the fan mags at a distance.

CONFIDENTIAL had not been an outlet for Globe Photos.

Several major columnists and writers who were found to have secretly contributed to the scandal rag were overnight deemed persona non grata and fearful of losing status with the studios, Globe did not lease their pictures to that publication.