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The modern American Media came into being after Generoso Pope, Jr., longtime owner of The National Enquirer, died in 1988, and his tabloids came under new ownership.

American tabloids began consolidating in 1990, when American Media bought Star from Rupert Murdoch.

The purchase of Globe Communications ( owner of the Globe and the National Examiner ) followed nine years later.