"Fax, its semi-annual report of top-line publishers estimates, for the first half of 2005. Titles across all categories, especially the slew of celebrity magazines, showed strong newsstand growth to help drive circulation gains..ewsweeklies continued to struggle for the first half of the year. Time magazine, published by Time Inc., saw circulation remain flat for the period at 4.05 million, while newsstand sales dipped 3.4 percent to 157,217 copies. Newsweek saw its newsstand sales plummet 14 percent to 126,163, while total paid circulation rose 1.8 percent to 1.05 million. Meanwhile, celebrity newsweeklies continued to post sparkling circulation increases, as scandalous Hollywood unions (between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as well as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) kept readers clamoring for information. Time Inc.'s People saw total circulation rise 1.3 percent to 3.8 million. The king of the category was also the top seller on newsstands, averaging 1.49 million copies."