People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets)
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People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) is the celebrity and human-interest magazine brand that continued under Meredith Corporation’s ownership following its purchase of Time Inc.’s media properties.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) canonical | 1 |
| People (under Time Inc. ownership) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T867149 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) Context triple: [Meredith Corporation, notablePublication, People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets)]
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A.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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B.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
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C.
The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company is a major American media organization best known as the parent company and publisher of the influential daily newspaper The New York Times, along with various digital news and media properties.
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D.
Relativity Media
Relativity Media is an American film and media company known for financing, producing, and distributing a wide range of Hollywood movies across various genres.
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E.
News Corporation
News Corporation was a global media conglomerate founded and led by Rupert Murdoch, encompassing major newspaper, television, film, and publishing assets before its 2013 split into separate publishing and entertainment companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) Target entity description: People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) is the celebrity and human-interest magazine brand that continued under Meredith Corporation’s ownership following its purchase of Time Inc.’s media properties.
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A.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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B.
Hearst Communications
Hearst Communications is a major American mass media and business information conglomerate with interests in television, cable networks, magazines, newspapers, and digital media.
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C.
The New York Times Company
The New York Times Company is a major American media organization best known as the parent company and publisher of the influential daily newspaper The New York Times, along with various digital news and media properties.
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D.
Relativity Media
Relativity Media is an American film and media company known for financing, producing, and distributing a wide range of Hollywood movies across various genres.
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E.
News Corporation
News Corporation was a global media conglomerate founded and led by Rupert Murdoch, encompassing major newspaper, television, film, and publishing assets before its 2013 split into separate publishing and entertainment companies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
celebrity magazine
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human-interest magazine ⓘ magazine brand ⓘ |
| basedOn | People brand created by Time Inc. ⓘ |
| brand continuation of | People (magazine) ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Meredith Corporation ⓘ |
| commercialStatus | for-profit publication ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionFormat |
newsstand sales
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online distribution ⓘ subscription ⓘ |
| genre |
celebrity news
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entertainment news ⓘ human-interest stories ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
feature stories
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news briefs ⓘ photo spreads ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
People magazine
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surface form:
People.com
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| industry | magazine publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | English ⓘ |
| maintainsBrandIdentityOf | People (magazine) ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital media brand
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print magazine ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
celebrity cover stories
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exclusive celebrity interviews ⓘ human-interest feature articles ⓘ |
| operatedUnder |
Meredith Corporation
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surface form:
Meredith Corporation consumer media portfolio
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| ownedBy | Meredith Corporation ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAtStartOfPeriod | Meredith Corporation ⓘ |
| partOfAcquisition | Time Inc. assets acquired by Meredith Corporation ⓘ |
| precededBy |
People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
People (under Time Inc. ownership)
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| primaryContentType |
celebrity lifestyle coverage
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entertainment industry coverage ⓘ real-life human-interest stories ⓘ |
| publisher | Meredith Corporation ⓘ |
| publishingFrequency | weekly (print edition) ⓘ |
| subjectFocus |
celebrities
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human-interest profiles ⓘ popular culture ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general adult readership interested in celebrity news ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) Description of subject: People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets) is the celebrity and human-interest magazine brand that continued under Meredith Corporation’s ownership following its purchase of Time Inc.’s media properties.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Meredith Corporation
People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets)
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precededBy
→
People (after acquisition of Time Inc. assets)
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
People (under Time Inc. ownership)