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Through the years, Cosmopolitan magazine has been able to open versions in various languages, such as Spanish, Swedish and French. It reaches readers in many countries worldwide. It was banned in Singapore until recently.

In earlier incarnations, such as under John Brisben Walker from 1889 to 1905, it was one of America's leading markets for fiction, and for a briefer period was known for important investigative journalism.

Circulation had been in decline for years, until Helen Gurley Brown became chief editor in 1965, and remodelled the magazine. Cosmopolitan became basically a women's magazine.