Financially-strapped National Enquirer would have collapsed if David Pecker didn’t flip on Trump: WSJ reporter

So, selling the contents of the safe isn't an option?

Sad last days!

So Pecker needs to be kept out of prison so he can scheme the publishing company out of debt (like THAT'S ever going to happen *LOL*)?

Like Playboy, this was an asset that plunged headfirst into obsolescence once the internet arrived.

I hope the whole thing goes down in flames and you can still hear a faint cackling from Hillary Clinton which may, or may not, come from one of the many mean and nasty National Enquirer cover stories.

But...but, they got so many things right about O.J.!

Sorry National Enquirer darling, the old star/celebrity system is dead and social media is far more interesting than you. I know, it hurts. But everyone faces the winds of change at some point.

I'd *almost* miss seeing its headlines at the supermarket, mostly as the seemingly-tame voice of reason next to the Weekly World News' blatant nuttiness & the Star's titillating obsessions with ${whomever}'s Nude Lesbian Romp.

But yeah, the Enquirer is falling victim to the same thing that's turned all but a few newspapers into withered husks of what they used to be.

All fine and well...but who is the hot MSNBC anchor in the clip featured at Rawstory?

They should have just merged with TMZ years ago.

That's David Gura.

I still see 80 year old grandmas buying those rags, and that's about it. Their clientele is about dead.

If both the Enquirer and Trump are on the verge of financial collapse, the world will be better off.

Thanks R11. Sorry to turn the thread all thirsty, but Gura is definitely cute. I especially like this shaggy, scruffy look...

Impish...

It was always a haven for homophobia, even as the American culture it was evolving away from it. And then, naturally, become a Trump rag. Good riddance!

So can someone tell me the difference between pecker and Levin?

They do tr same exact thing for two different companies.

I don’t see any daylight.

R2 Thanks for the first laugh of my day.

I hope Pecker gives up everything on the Trump Treason and Crime Syndicate and then his 'empire' crashes and burns around him.

They charge $5 an issue for that rag now. I doubt their target audience can afford it.

Pecker only took over in the late 90s and ran it into the ground.

R17 Levin is a bit more media and tech savvy

So, he followed the Trump business model then.

Come to think of it, that was the GWB business model as well.

The national enquire is a trash organization.

Hope it completely falls apart.

yes, but the more important question is WHEN will we see the other stories??? Maybe about other celebs?