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great magazine die-off
Vibe Folds (Updated)
Vibe Magazine—one of the biggest music magazines in America—is folding. The entire music magazine landscape is full of the dead and dying. [UPDATED below.]
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Comment by T-RO: let's just imagine what it must be like to be a music journalist or a critic. the perfect storm of... 17 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Porn Mags You Read For The Stories Grow Less Lucrative
In your finally Friday media column: Haaretz gets poetic, the Boston Globe gets profligate, Tim Russert gets remembered, and the newsy porn magazines get downsized: More »
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Comment by lolababy: Why is that whenever I see Haaretz I read it as 'Haaterz'? more » | Other threads
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Media Crack
Recession Kills SpongeBob
In your inexorable Thursday media column: Nickelodeon magazine folds, newspapers face threats from within and without, Glenn Beck is allegedly a superstar, and the answer to a question you didn't know you had: More »
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Comment by Mama Penguino: I know of one five year old who is going to be crushed at this news. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Making, Writing About Music Both Lead to Poverty
In your woozy Wednesday media column: multiple music magazines die, the Boston Globe thinks it's too tough to kill, Harvard newsies can't find jobs, Surface magazine gets a cheaper office, and a report from the newspaper conspiracy meeting: More »
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Comment by MissCast: As a musician and a music journalist - yes, I am a Poor squared. 4 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Trump Magazine Folds; American Dream Dies
Lord knows that the USA is in trouble, now that we're forced to make this sad announcement: Trump Magazine has folded. But...but Donald's so rich! More »
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Comment by Jimauro: I think this is actually its third death. First was around 2003, when the rag was called Trump World. (Now... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Goodbye Playguy, Adios Honcho
In your countercultural Tuesday media column: Gay porn mags fold en masse, Chevron is evil as usual, Slate deems women capable of running their very own blog, and prison radio kicks ass: More »
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Comment by Nic Fit: My old neighbor posed for Honcho. He once proudly showed me the issue he was in, and I can tell... 15 Responses | Other threads
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portfolio
All Joanne Lipman Knows Is It Wasn't Her Fault
What's deposed Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman been up to since her magazine folded, besides lying about not reading this website? Partying, vacation planning, and blaming others! More »
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Comment by SkimLatte: And all this time I assumed she actually looked like the woman on that Portfolio cover. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
All the Suckers in the World Can't Save Newspapers
In your bitter Monday media column: Newspaper circulation predictably declines, Martha Stewart is predictably scared of us, old people predictably get conned by media hustlers, and Portfolio's unpredictable burn rate: More »
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Comment by meg9: Why would anyone even want to buy a newspaper? There isn't any time to read it, it's a huge floppy... 1 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
In Memoriam, Vol. 2
The victims of the Great Magazine Die-Off. Five more have been added to the Wall of the Dead since we did this last month. -
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Portfolio, 2007-2009
Conde Nast, Manhattan's most lavish magazine publisher, was once able to subsidize expensive and monumental magazine launches with newspaper profits. But now the last of its kind, Portfolio, is dead.
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Comment by Mediahohoho: My sympathies and condolences to the people who put out and marketed a very good magazine. Feels like a punch... 4 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Portfolio Has Folded
Update: The rumors are true, confirms staff blogger Jeff Bercovici. We (and others) hear a rumor that Conde Nast is folding long-suffering $100 million business magazine and object of our fascination, Portfolio. More »
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Comment by Trulymadlyme: Man, I am on a roll when it comes to randomly getting magazines that fold. First I got Cottage Living.... 3 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Surface Magazine: Dead or Dying?
Surface magazine popped up on our inaugural chart of print media's worst late payment offenders. Is that because the magazine is dead? [UPDATED below] More »
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Comment by MisterHippity: Ok, we need some law-savvy commenter to weigh in this "Quadra isn't responsible for Surface's debts" thing. Sounds fishy to... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Dan Abrams Doesn't Sweat the 'Faux Issues'
In your traditional Tuesday media column: Dan Abrams insists he's clean, the Great Magazine Die-Off continues, newspapers are not doing well, TV on the good trains, and more! More »
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Comment by Cheap Shot: "Nearly 20 bloggers launched a blog rally". How threatening! 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
No Need to Buy a Plane Ticket Just For the In-Flight Magazine Any More
In your magaziney Thursday media column: Maxim UK's dead in print, Airline magazines go terrestrial, Michael Wolff's Vanity Fair retribution piece, and Esquire plays with toys: More »
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Comment by ChillbearLatrigue: Delta, who just emerged from bankruptcy, is now going to diversify into the booming print media business by selling Sky... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
More Layoffs at Conde Nast Today
In your troubling Wednesday media column: layoffs at Conde Nast and the Boston Globe, Bill Keller fights back, King's officially dead, North Korea's still mean to journalists, and more: More »
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rumormonger
King Magazine: Dead?
We're hearing a rumor from a fairly good source that Harris Publications' KING—"The Illest Men's Magazine Ever," as you know—may be folding. If you'd like to confirm or deny, email us.
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Comment by Scout 3.0: I'm assuming "magazine" is the only 3 syllable word this publication prints. 10 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Weep For The Times City Section
In your blustery Monday media column: The NYT's folding its City section, Sam Zell's a white devil, Fulcrum and Brandweek are teetering, and Dylan Ratigan's a populist: More »
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Comment by MediaMendicant: To be fair, isn't it ALWAYS the rumor that Brandweek and Mediaweek will be folded into Adweek? Do you have... 1 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Blender Magazine Folds
Blender, the music magazine, is dead. Its owners folded it this morning, eliminating about 30 jobs in the process. More »
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Comment by Awesome X: Blender always seemed like the music magazine embodiment of date rape. 20 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
In Memoriam
Best Life folded today. But it was just the latest of many magazines to die in this grim, anti-glossy era of dirt and mud. Here, 23 of the departed. [Montage by Jess Shaffer]
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Comment by Aaron Altman: Thursday, August 10, 2017. That's the newsstand date for the final issue of Time/i>, which will have outlasted all... 8 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Best Life Folds
Rodale is folding the men's magazine Best Life. The May issue (out next month) will be its last. The move was just announced in a staff memo, copied below: More » -
Media Crack
OK!'s US Edition a Big Failure?
In your meaty Tuesday media column: rumors of coming layoffs (and a die-off?) at OK! magazine, a golf magazine is killed, advertising plummets, media companies may default, and Americans don't know a damn thing: More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: Does the economic collapse mean that golf will become proletarianized? Like even union presidents will be doing it? more » | Other threads
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Media Crack
'Community Journo' Is the New 'Broke Ass Reporter'
In your deadly Tuesday media column: Arena is dead, Steven Brill is back to save journalism (with Emily???), the Washington Post tries to cut pay creatively, and our Martha Stewart feud continues: More »
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Comment by Urbania: "Broadening The Editorial Focus" could probably use an editor's eye. We people who see sharpen our focus, broaden views. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Life-Threatening Hemorrhages at Newspapers as Usual
In your chunky Wednesday media column: awful bad terrible newspaper news (and suggestions!), Hallmark dies politely, Rupert Murdoch's deadly newspaper addiction may be getting worse, and much more! More »
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Comment by miss_msry: Anytime the San Antonio News has a layoff, a Hearst gets a new Bentley. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Juan Williams is the Next Alan Colmes
In your gale-force Thursday media column: Juan Williams is controversial, more magazines die, Wonkette launches a spinoff, and teen sex remains incredibly popular: More »
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Comment by gticlutchburn: Even if Juan Williams isn't a Republican, he will be soon. The GOP is collecting token black dudes like they're... 9 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Inside Domino's Magazine Fold Party
Conde Nast's home shopping magazine Domino folded last month. Here, photos of their magazine death party, at the apartment of
editor Deborah Needleman. Note the bottles of Stella, the official beverage of magazine closings. Sad. More »
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Comment by crumb-bun: This IS sad. In happier times I am sure she would never have allowed those aluminum and plastic containers in... 5 Responses | Other threads
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pic of the day
A New York Newsstand in the Last Depression
[Taken in 1935 at the corner of 32nd and Third. So many magazines! So much hope for that industry's future. Image via NYPL] -
contest
Who Wants to Be a Wired Subscriptionaire?
Last week, we asked which Conde Nast magazine most deserved to live through the Great Magazine Die-Off and you voted to spare Wired. As promised, we're buying ten subscriptions and giving them to you. More » -
Media Crack
Octo-Grandma Gossip-Laundering
In your temperate Monday media column: How ABC landed the octuplet-grandma "scoop," yet another plan to save the NYT, journalism lives(?), and a magazine dies (no question): More »
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Comment by TroisFilles: Does Octo-Mom look like she's had cosmetic surgery to you??? Where does she get her money? 2 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Former Plenty Staff Riled At Rich Owner
After asking about rumors that deceased environmental magazine Plenty was stiffing writers, we heard from more pissed-off former staffers. Some think the owner could pay if he wanted. More » -
rumormonger
Hippie Magazine Flakes On Paying Writers?
Hard to imagine, but try: Could the eco-hippies who published late green magazine Plenty be stiffing writers who contributed to its last issue? Environmental writers are starting to suspect so! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Jameson Simpson: I'm not at the letting go point yet...I'm on the pissed off unpaid Illustrator bandwagon. Plenty was cool. Getting paid... 1 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
Poll: Which Conde Nast Magazine Most Deserves to Live?
What's this—rumors of more magazine death at Conde Nast? We've had enough. It's time to act. Vote on which teetering Conde mag you want to save, and we'll buy ten subscriptions to the winner. More »
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Comment by zahava: i am wondering if any of those people who voted for wired have actually read wired. it's a fantastic magazine. 10 Responses | Other threads
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doubledown media
Magazine Company for Wall Street Pricks Is Dead
Last March, the NYT noted how well rich guy-targeted publisher Doubledown Media was doing: "Trader Monthly and similar publications do not need to worry 'until their readers give up their private planes.'" That happened! More » -
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How Bad Is It at The New Yorker?
The latest issue of The New Yorker runs 82 pages. What you see above is all—all—of the paid advertising. Is it time to get seriously concerned? More »
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Comment by J. Cruel: Did anyone else have the reaction, upon seeing the Limoncello ad, that Danny DeVito must not be very good at... 16 Responses | Other threads
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exclusive
Page Six Magazine Going Quarterly
Page Six Magazine, the glossy spinoff of the gossip column stuffed in your New York Post every weekend, is cutting back to just four issues a year. Because of money, yes. More » -
magazines
Domino Is Dead; Conde Crumble Continues
The raft of rumors we received this morning have been confirmed: Conde Nast is folding Domino magazine. It won't be the last to go.
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Comment by pursedangler: This is one magazine I'll actually miss. I do love that Amazon was trying to get me to renew my... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Sara Nelson Out, Sharon Waxman In
In your sobering Monday media column: Publishers Weekly editor laid off, scrounging for dollars and cougars, former New York Times Hollywood reporter Sharon Waxman's web site cometh, and more! More »
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Comment by Solomon Grundy: I'm still waiting to get paid for a review published in PW six years ago. 1 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
'Roger Ebert...Can Kiss My Ass'
In your pleasant Thursday media column: Jay Mariotti is an asshole, Teens can't read, checks are bouncing, and more: More »
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Comment by Colonel Mustard: Seventeen continues to dominate in the field of made-up Most Embarrassing Stories. I remember reading one where a girl... 12 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
May We Offer You a Mandatory Unpaid Vacation?
In your grim Wednesday media column: Mandatory "furloughs," flagging magazines, canceled parties, and no more fancy office plants: More »
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Media Crack
Time Inc.'s Painfully Slow Layoffs Continue
In today's media column: Time Inc still firing people, Plenty folds, a new FCC chief, a crazy media idea that won't work, and more! More »
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Comment by sadclown: This Yaeger woman makes me profoundly sad. Not the unemployed bit, the "dress up" bit. Really, seriously. 12 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Media Death, Departures, and Disrespect
Your daily media column is here. Today, the Great Magazine Die-Off continues, your annual "Gawker sucks now" story, Les Payne's pain, and more! More »
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Comment by MisterHippity: In 2008, Gawker jumped the snark. Now, in 2009, it's already jumped the shark. He's what I predict Gawker will do... 13 Responses | Other threads
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