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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION
(All Periodicals Publications Except Requester
Publications)

1. Publication Title: Muscle & Fitness. 2. Publication Number: 0744-5105. 3. Filing Date:
09/30/19. 4. Issue Frequency: Monthly. 5. Number of Issues Published Annually: 12.
6. Annual Subscription Price: $42.97. 7. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office
of Publication (not printer): American Media, LLC/Weider Publications, LLC, 4 New
York Plaza, 4th Fl., New York, NY 10004. Contact Person: Steven Jacobs. 8. Complete
Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher (not printer):
American Media, LLC, 1000 American Media Way, Boca Raton, FL 33464. 9. Full
Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor:
Publisher: Chris Scardino, American Media, LLC/Weider Publications, LLC, 4 New York
Plaza, 4th Fl., New York, NY 10004; Editor: Zack Zeigler, American Media, LLC/Weider
Publications, LLC, 4 New York Plaza, 4th Fl., New York, NY 10004; Managing Editor:
Brian Good, American Media, LLC/Weider Publications, LLC, 4 New York Plaza, 4th Fl.,
New York, NY 10004. 10. Owner: American Media, LLC, 1000 American Media Way,
Boca Raton, FL 33464-1000. >1% Shareholders of American Media, LLC: American
Media Holding, LLC, 26 Main St., Suite 204, Chatham, NJ 07928; AMI Parent Holdings,
LLC, 26 Main St., Suite 204, Chatham, NJ 07928; Chatham Asset Management, LLC,
26 Main St., Suite 204, Chatham, NJ 07928; Leon Cooperman, c/o Omega Advisors
Inc., 810 7th Ave., 33rd Fl., New York, NY 10019; David Pecker, American Media, LLC,
4 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004. 11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and
Other Security Holders Owning or Holding 1% or more of Total Amount of Bonds,
Mortgages, or Other Securities: Chatham Asset Management, LLC, 26 Main St.,
Suite 204, Chatham, NJ 07928; Apollo Management LP, 9 W. 57th St., 37th Fl., New
York, NY 10019; Leon Cooperman, c/o Omega Advisors Inc., 810 7th Ave., 33rd Fl.,
New York, NY 10019; Equity Group Investments, 2 North Riverside Plaza, Suite
600, Chicago, IL 60606; Western Asset Management Company, 385 East Colorado
Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101. 12. Tax Status (for completion by nonprofit organizations
authorized to mail at nonprofit rates): The purpose, function, and nonprofit status of
this organization and the exempt status for federal income tax purposes: Has Not
Changed During Preceding 12 Months. 13. Publication Title: Muscle & Fitness. 14.
Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: September 2019. 15. Extent and Nature of
Circulation: (I) (a) Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months (net
press run): 183,634; (II) No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date:
188,431. (b) Paid Circulation (1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on
PS Form 3541 (include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s proof copies,
and exchange copies): (I) 50,749; (II) 53,556. (2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions
Stated on PS Form 3541 (include paid distribution above nominal rate, advertiser’s
proof copies, and exchange copies): (I) 0; (II) 0. (3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails
Including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales, and
Other Paid Distribution Outside USPS: (I) 34,790; (II) 35,994. (4) Paid Distribution by
Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail): (I) 0; (II) 0. (c) Total Paid
Distribution [Sum of 15b. (1), (2), (3), and (4)]: (I) 85,539; (II) 89,550. (d) Free or Nominal
Rate Distribution (By Mail and Outside the Mail). (1) Free or Nominal Rate Outside-
County Copies Included on PS Form 3541: (I) 411; (II) 77. (2) Free or Nominal In-County
Copies Included on PS Form 3541: (I) 0; (II) 0. (3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at
Other Classes Through the USPS (e.g. First-Class Mail): (I) 0; (II) 0. (4) Free or Nominal
Rate Distribution Outside the Mail (Carriers or Other Means): (I) 1,098; (II) 3,353. (e)
Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution (Sum of 15d. (1), (2), (3), and (4)): (I) 1,509; (II)
3,430. (f) Total Distribution (Sum of 15c. and 15e.): (I) 87,048; (II) 92,980. (g) Copies not
Distributed: (I) 96,585; (II) 95,451. (h) Total (Sum of 15f. and g.): (I) 183,634; (II) 188,431.
(i) Percent Paid (15c. Divided by 15f. Times 100): (I) 98.27%; (II) 96.31%. 17. Publication
of Statement of Ownership. Publication required. Will be printed in the December 2019
issue of this publication. 18. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager,
or Owner: Ephraim Brennan, VP, Consumer Marketing. Date: September 30, 2019. I
certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand
that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this form or who omits
material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions
(including fines and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions (including civil penalties).

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