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Bill Shapiro is an American writer and editor. He is best known for serving as the editor of LIFE magazine, [1] and as the founding editor of LIFE.com. [2]

LIFE magazine had not been published as a weekly for 32 years until Shapiro revived it in 2004. It resumed publication as a weekend supplement to U.S. newspapers. [3] This was the biggest launch in Time Inc. history, [4] [5] with a combined circulation of approximately 12 million. [6]

LIFE.com was launched on March 31, 2009, in partnership with Getty Images. [7] It won the National Magazine Award for digital photography in 2011, [8] and Webby Awards in 2010 [9] and 2011. [10]

Shapiro collaborated with The Rolling Stones’ guitarist Keith Richards on a children's book called Gus & Me, which was published in 2014, [11] [12] and reached No.2 on The New York Times Best Seller list for children's books. [13] His previous book, Other People’s Love Letters, was published in 2007. [14] [15]

He graduated from Wesleyan University. [16]

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  2. ↑ "Press Releases". Time Warner. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "MEDIA; Life to Be Reborn (Again), as a Newspaper Supplement". Nytimes.com. 14 June 2004. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ "LIFE to Return as Weekend Magazine Distributed in Daily Newspapers". Time Warner. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ "Magazine has rebirth as weekend publication". Lowcountrynewspapers.net. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "Media : Life To Be Reborn Again As A Newspaper Supplement". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. ↑ "LIFE.com Launches". Time Warner. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. ↑ "National Magazine Awards : Digital Media Winners Announced". Magazine.orgh. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  9. ↑ "2011 - The Webby Awards". Webbyawards.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  10. ↑ "2010 - The Webby Awards". Webbyawards.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  11. ↑ Keith Richards. "GUS & ME". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  12. ↑ "Jim Aylesworth's 'My Grandfather's Coat,' and More". The New York Times . Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  13. ↑ "Best Sellers". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  14. ↑ "Other People's Love Letters". Randomhouse.com. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  15. ↑ Shapiro, Bill (2007). Other People's Love Letters. ISBN   978-0307382641.
  16. ↑ "Shapiro '87 Edits Book of Rejection Letters". News @ Wesleyan. Retrieved 18 December 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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