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
The Skinny (magazine) West of England on its website. As a listings magazine, "The Skinny" largely runs content that relates to events taking place within its catchment area during the month covered by the issue. This consists for the most part of previews, reviews, and feature interviews. In March 2007, the magazine secured the first UK interview with Arcade Fire after the release of hit album "Neon Bible". The following month, it secured the first UK magazine cover for the band Battles in anticipation of the release of their debut album "Mirrored". In July 2007, the magazine ran an "opposites issue" with Queens