People (magazine) members regularly slept on the floor of their offices two or three nights each week and severely limited all non-essential outside engagements. The premier edition for the week ending March 4, 1974 featured actress Mia Farrow, then starring in the film "The Great Gatsby", on the cover. That issue also featured stories on Gloria Vanderbilt, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the wives of U.S. Vietnam veterans who were Missing In Action. The magazine was, apart from its cover, printed in black-and-white. The initial cover price was 35 cents (). The core of the small founding editorial team included other editors, writers, photographers
In the Family (magazine) was originally subtitled "The Magazine for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Their Relations", but changed to "The Magazine for Queer People and Their Loved Ones" as the publication began more regularly to cover issues related to transgender people and their families. After its 40th issue, the magazine ceased publication, in June 2005. EBSCO Publishing licensed the full text of "In the Family Magazine" for its online databases. ProQuest acquired the nonexclusive rights to distribute "In the Family Magazine" content through its Ethnic NewsWatch, GenderWatch, and Alt PressWatch databases. In 1997, "In the Family Magazine" won the Excellence in the Media Award