National Enquirer

===Editorial changes===
In 1999 AMI was bought by a group fronted by publishing executive [[David J. Pecker]]. Funding was diverted from the ''National Enquirer'', once considered to be the company's principal publication, to ''[[Star (magazine)|Star]]'' magazine. Editor Steve Coz, who guided the paper through the Simpson case, was fired and replaced by David Perel, who had been the Editor in charge of breaking numerous stories on the Simpson coverage.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

The ''National Enquirer''{{'}}s circulation for a time fell below 1 million (from over 6&nbsp;million at its height). AMI brought in around 20 British journalists in early 2005, headed by editor Paul Field, a former executive at the British tabloid ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]'', and relocated the editorial offices to New York for an April 2005 relaunch. The move failed badly and Field and virtually all the British journalists were sacked after a year. The company reappointed David Perel and announced the ''National Enquirer'' offices would return to [[Boca Raton, Florida]] in May 2006. Circulation numbers then climbed to over 1 million readers again, and according to the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (North America)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]] reached over 1 million. Perel later moved on to oversee the relaunch of the gossip website [[Radar Online]], and was replaced as editor-in-chief by Tony Frost. In 2014, the publication moved back to New York and Frost was replaced by Dylan Howard.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} Howard and the National Enquirer parted ways when his contract, which expired March 31, 2020, was not renewed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elizabeth Wagmeister |first1=Matt Donnelly |title=Top Tabloid Exec Dylan Howard Out at American Media Inc. (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/dylan-howard-american-media-1234572013/ |website=Variety.com |date=April 6, 2020 |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> 

On April 10, 2019, the ''National Enquirer'' was said to be up for sale and likely to be sold within days.<ref name=a>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/business/dealbook/national-enquirer-sale.html|title=The National Enquirer Is for Sale, and a Deal Seems Near|first1=Edmund|last1=Lee|first2=Andrew Ross|last2=Sorkin|first3=Ben|last3=Protess|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 10, 2019}}</ref> Chatham Asset Management owner Anthony Melchiorre, whose company acquired control of 80 percent of AMI's stock, expressed disapproval of the ''Enquirer''{{'}}s style of journalism.<ref name=enquirergone /><ref name=april102019 />  This confirmed on April 18, 2019, when it was announced that AMI had agreed sell the ''National Enquirer'', and also two other AMI tabloid publications ''Globe'' and ''National Examiner'', to [[Hudson Group]].<ref name=aprilNPR />