Husband and wife DeWitt and Lila Bell Wallace cofounded this magazine in 1921.
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Reader»s Digest. They compiled and condensed articles from magazines, then used mailing lists to solicit subscriptions. The first issue was printed in February 1922; by 1929, it had nearly 300,000 subscribers. The Lila Wallace Reader»s Digest Writers Award is endowed in Lila’s memory.