On March 31, 1995 the Queen of Tejano music was murdered. American singer, Selena Quintanilla, died at the age of 23 and it was a death that shook the Hispanic community immensely, as well as employees working in New York for PEOPLE were distraught by this tragedy. PEOPLE magazine published their magazine the following week, featuring the cast of the sitcom show ‘Friends’. (PEOPLE.com) However, the Hispanic community sought information on the death of a celebrity that represented their ethnicity group. "In response to a barrage of calls from fans thirsting for information, People yanked the cast of Friends from its cover and replaced it with Selena in 11 states surrounding her Texas birthplace. It sold out overnight.” (Martin 4-B)
With how quickly the magazine that featured Selena’s death on the cover of PEOPLE and two special Tribute prints that followed shortly after, the discernment became clear: America’s largest minority group did not hold a large marketing Spanish-language magazine that represented pop culture for Hispanic communities residing in the United States. In 1996, PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL was born and hit shelves all over the country. (PEOPLE.com) PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL is not merely a translation of PEOPLE magazine, rather it is a Spanish-language magazine that targets Hispanic communities while featuring both American and Hispanic celebrities. …show more content…
Every issue that is published monthly will contain interviews with celebrities and only a small portion of the magazine content is taken and translated from PEOPLE (Magazine.com). Ever since, PEOPLE EN ESPANOL has become the “top-selling Hispanic magazine in the United States” (Businesswire.com), they have also been ranked as #1 in the top ten Spanish magazines by AllYouCanRead.com, the largest database of magazines and newspapers on the
With how quickly the magazine that featured Selena’s death on the cover of PEOPLE and two special Tribute prints that followed shortly after, the discernment became clear: America’s largest minority group did not hold a large marketing Spanish-language magazine that represented pop culture for Hispanic communities residing in the United States. In 1996, PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL was born and hit shelves all over the country. (PEOPLE.com) PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL is not merely a translation of PEOPLE magazine, rather it is a Spanish-language magazine that targets Hispanic communities while featuring both American and Hispanic celebrities. …show more content…
Every issue that is published monthly will contain interviews with celebrities and only a small portion of the magazine content is taken and translated from PEOPLE (Magazine.com). Ever since, PEOPLE EN ESPANOL has become the “top-selling Hispanic magazine in the United States” (Businesswire.com), they have also been ranked as #1 in the top ten Spanish magazines by AllYouCanRead.com, the largest database of magazines and newspapers on the