Pick Me Up is a British

United Kingdom

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 weekly women's magazine

Magazine

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 that is published through the IPC Media

IPC Media

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 group. Launched in 2005, it was Britain's first weekly magazine dedicated to real life

Real life

Real life is a term usually used to denote actual human life lived by real people in contrast with the lives of fictional or fantasy characters.-Usage online and in fiction:On the Internet, "real life" refers to life in the real world...

 stories.

It "leapt" into the 10 most popular weekly women's magazines in just six months, selling more than half a million copies.

Editor

June Smith-Sheppard was appointed editor of Pick Me Up for its launch in 2005. The Guardian referred to her as an "uncompromisingly ordinary launch editor, [that] offers a tantalising glimpse of the tongue-in-cheek items she hopes will define the new women's weekly.

Columnists

• Jeremy Kyle
  Jeremy Kyle
  Jeremy Kyle is an English radio and television presenter, best known for his British daytime television chat show on ITV, The Jeremy Kyle Show. Kyle is also the host of an American talk show of the same name that premiered on 19 September 2011.-Radio career:From 1986 to 1995, Kyle worked as a...
  
  : Jeremy wrote an agony uncle column for Pick Me Up, until Sept 2010, in the style of the talk show
  Talk show
  A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
  
   he presents, The Jeremy Kyle Show
  The Jeremy Kyle Show
  The Jeremy Kyle Show is an award-winning British daytime television tabloid talk show presented by Jeremy Kyle that has been broadcast on ITV since 4 July 2005. The show is recorded and produced by Granada Television at the Granada Studios on Quay Street in Manchester city centre and broadcast each...
  
  . He offers straight-talking advice to readers that need it.
• Claire Petulengro: Claire offers a complete weekly horoscope in every issue and makes daily updates on the Pick Me Up website.

External links

• Official site
• Article about the magazine in The Guardian
  The Guardian
  The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
  
  
• Another article in The Guardian
• At the IPC Media
  IPC Media
  IPC Media , a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.- Origins :...
  
  website.
• Detailed 50 page Pick Me Up magazine audit at maglab.org.uk.