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Article: Soap Opera Magazines, Cleaning Up; The Rags-to-Riches Story Of the Daytime Drama Digests
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 19, 1992
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Hot news! Soap Opera Weekly staffer Gretchen Keene was on the
set of "All My Children," dutifully reporting a cover story on the
Pine Valley High prom (will star-crossed Brian and Hayley, crowned
king and queen, find romance anew?), when a gossipy crew member
confirmed the rumors: Ceara was leaving the cast. The informant even
slipped Keene the date of Ceara's final episode.
"We're the only ones to know when!" Keene, back at her desk,
calls over to news editor Gabrielle Winkel. Soap Opera Weekly's
Manhattan newsroom doesn't look very different from most newsrooms
until early afternoon, when the big color TVs at each desk flicker
to life and all editorial decisions take place against a ...