citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . december 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message american media inc. type private industry media founded 1936 headquarters new york city us key people roger altman david j. pecker ceo products newspapers magazines revenue 1.597 billion usd 2006 number of employees 3 160 2006 website www.americanmediainc.com american media inc. is an american publisher of magazines supermarket tabloids and books . contents 1 history 2 publications 2.1 current 2.2 former 3 divisions 4 references 5 external links history edit the modern american media came into being after generoso pope jr. longtime owner of the national enquirer died in 1988 and his tabloids came under new ownership . american tabloids began consolidating in 1990 when american media bought star from rupert murdoch . the purchase of globe communications owner of the globe and the national examiner followed nine years later . american media is not to be confused with american media distribution the international news coverage firm . american media s corporate headquarters in boca raton florida figured prominently in news headlines in late 2001 after an anthrax attack was perpetrated on the company . since then the corporate headquarters have moved to new york city at 1 park avenue in manhattan before moving to the financial district to the former jp morgan chase headquarters at 4 new york plaza . that building was severely damaged by hurricane sandy but reopened in february 2013 . the ceo david j. pecker travels between the boca raton and new york offices while managing the company . ami continued to expand after it bought joe weider s weider publications in 2002 . joe weider continues to manage control of his magazines under ami s weider publications subsidiary . american media also owns distribution services an in store magazine merchandising company . in fall 2002 it launched the book publishing imprint ami books . 1 roger altman through evercore partners bought a controlling stake in american media in 1999 . 2 in 2009 american media was taken over by its bondholders to keep it out of bankruptcy . in november 2010 american media filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to nearly 1 billion in debt and assets of less than 50 000 . 3 its subsidiary american media operations inc. listed assets of 100 to 500 million and debt of over 1 billion . 4 it exited in december . in may 2014 american media announced a decision to shift the headquarters of the national enquirer from florida where it had been located since 1971 back to new york city where it originally began as the new york enquirer in 1926 . 5 in 2015 american media sold shape natural health and fit pregnancy to meredith . 6 publications edit current edit national enquirer star the globe national examiner country weekly muscle & fitness men s fitness flex radaronline.com ok soap opera digest former edit shape natural health fit pregnancy divisions edit distribution services inc. ami books references edit milliot jim august 4 2003 . american media to expand book program . publishers weekly . united states pwxyz llc . 250 31 . archived from the original on february 29 2012 . retrieved july 9 2016 . smith ben october 11 2007 . the clintonite who owns national enquirer . the politico newspaper . arlington county virginia politico . retrieved july 9 2016 . american media chapter 11 voluntary petition pdf . pacer . san antonio federal judiciary of the united states . november 17 2010 . retrieved may 16 2016 . jeffrey don ; milford phil november 17 2010 . national enquirer publisher files for chapter 11 . bloomberg businessweek . new york city bloomberg l.p. retrieved july 9 2016 . the associated press may 21 2014 . national enquirer leaving florida headquarters . the record . woodland park new jersey north jersey media group . retrieved july 9 2016 . mickey bill january 28 2015 . meredith buys shape from ami for 60 million . folio . washington d.c. american university . retrieved march 9 2015 . external links edit official website v t e american media star ok us national enquirer globe nash country weekly radar online national examiner soap opera digest men s fitness muscle & fitness flex retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american media publisher & oldid 743809542 categories companies based in boca raton floridapublishing companies established in 1936magazine publishing companies of the united statesnewspaper companies of the united statesprivately held companies based in floridacompanies that filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 20101936 establishments in the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2008all articles needing additional referencesofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 11 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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