In North America, this genre of magazine flourished in the 1950s and early 1960s. The title Confidential, founded in 1952, boasted a monthly circulation[when?] in excess of ten million, and it had many competitors, with names such as Whisper, Dare, Suppressed, The Lowdown, Hush-Hush, and Uncensored. These magazines included more lurid and explicit content than did the popular newspaper gossip columns of the time, including tales of celebrity homosexuality and illegal drug use.