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Which of the following is not a reason Life and Look magazines went out of business in the early 1970s?A. Their paid circulation had plummeted, with the magazines falling out of the Top 10 magazines in the nation.
B. Advertisers were shifting their money toward television.
C. Postage rates had increased for oversized magazines.
D. They had relatively small supermarket sales.
E. They were being sold for far less than the cost of production.
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