“This is what real change looks like in our #MeToo culture,” said Dawn Hawkins, the group’s executive director, in a statement. A Cosmopolitan spokesman declined to directly address the group’s description but emphasized the publication’s focus on female empowerment. The magazine, which will still be available for purchase on periodical racks on Walmart stores, has been a focus of the nonprofit group for years. At that time, it worked with Victoria Hearst, the granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, who founded Cosmopolitan’s publisher, the Hearst Group. As magazine sales continue to decline, Mr. Harrington said, it was likely that Cosmopolitan’s sales at Walmart were following that trend.

Source: New York Times March 28, 2018 20:41 UTC