Brad, Jen breakup fuels sales

The public seems to have an unquenchable thirst to know all the details about the marital breakup of Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston. Newsstand sales for celebrity magazines featuring the unhappy duo on their cover have soared.

According to projected figures compiled from checkout scans, Us Weekly will sell an additional 150,000 copies, a 15% to 20% bump in average weekly sales, while market leader People is expected to sell an additional 750,000 copies, a whopping 50% more than usual.

A representative for People declined to comment Tuesday, as the issue will be on sale for several more days. Kent Brownridge, general manager of Wenner Media, which publishes Us, said, "It's a huge story."

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Rachel Abramowitz