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more about #greatmagazinedieoff more comments → hannapdx: Oh no! I'm getting married in 2011, how will I ever know how to plan my own wedding without the help of overpriced wedding mags?!!! more » Perhaps Not: In a related story, jeepers h. christmas Christina Hendricks is so unbelievably hot I'm afraid my monitor is going to melt and fuse with me desk. more » manchops: more and more reasons to LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE! I mean, seriously! Start submitting the mag titles now, this could SAVE the whole industry! more » rmric0.wedding.photographer.and.manny: I really don't understand how you couldn't make money on a bridal magazine. Your readers only get them for a year (unless they've gone way overboard) ... more » sweetpickles: Another piece of the straight marriage industrial complex's soul: ripped to shreds! Now our lady partners will have to consult gay blogs to see which ... more » RodetheTrolleywithStanwyck: See, the shelter blogs have to get their images somewhere. It can't all be photos of their vintage sock monkeys on their reproduction Scandinavian sid... more » gladys_kravitz: I am literally sitting here with my mouth open. First Conde takes my Domino and now HFMUS pulls this on me? My home decorating porn stash is now empty... more » joeyjoey73: This is sickening. There is just no crossover between Elle Decor and Met Home. Met Home is for lovers and appreciators of Modern Design and its aest... more » depardoo: This is the Blue Boy domino effect. #magazines more » manchops: In related news, Coffee Table manufacturers stock plummeted on Wall Street as investors absorbed the news that there was now nothing left to put on th... more » SpyMagician: So is the silver lining message of all of this is that online alternatives for similar news is thriving? Because lord knows luxury living is actually... more » Kimrod: Damn, Cottage Living disappeared, now Metropolitan Homes, if Architectural Digest folds I'll be in a tizzy. I wonder when the economy turns around if... more » TheBusinessGuy: This is only part of the magazine holocaust. Don't forget the good people who work unglamourously and thanklessly at the B2B's. They also serve and ... more » Lucia Toledo: - RIP HX - more » raincoaster: They should just rename Radar Zombie. It keeps coming back. more » -
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Time Inc. Folding InStyle Weddings
We've just confirmed that Time Inc. is folding Instyle Weddings, a quarterly publication. The wedding magazine category is rough these days. More » -
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Metropolitan Home Folding
Hachette is folding Metropolitan Home magazine. Its December issue will be its last. More » -
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In Memoriam, Vol. 3
Here, the victims of the Great Magazine Die-Off of 2008-2009. We did this once in March, and then again in April. Good lord. It keeps getting bigger. [Pic by Anna Edwards. Click to enlarge.] -
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Newsweek makes an educated guesstimate that Condé Nast's 2009 revenue will shrink by $1 billion.
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No More Conde Nast Mag Deaths, For Now
Conde Nast CEO Chuck Townsend says that Conde's Very Bad, No Good, Four-Magazine-Folding Day today marks the end of magazine closures for the company. Although not the end of the hard times. More » -
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The Wrath of McKinsey: Conde Nast To Fold Gourmet, Three Others
The results of the Conde Nast Magazine Death Pool are in, stunningly early: the company announced this morning that it's folding Gourmet, Cookie, and two bridal magazines, Elegant Bride and Modern Bride.
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URB Suspends Print Edition
Urb magazine, the hip hop-ish lifestyle mag, is reportedly folding its print edition until further notice and going all-digital. Hip hop magazines remain an endangered species. [via Sage Francis, Byron Crawford] -
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Time Inc. Folds Style & Design
No extra fashion ads to go around any more. Conde Nast folded its annual "Fashion Rocks" supplement months ago; now, Time Inc, is folding its quarterly fashion mag Style & Design, just before Fashion Week. Four layoffs. Tough times. [NYP] -
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Hip Hop Is Dead. Magazine-Wise
Complex puts together a very impressive compendium of of 48 separate dead hip hop magazines. Vibe and Mass Appeal were just the latest. I didn't even notice Elemental was gone! R.I.P., One Nut! [Complex] -
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What to Expect When Your Boss Hires McKinsey
So Conde Nast has hired McKinsey, the smartest people in the world, to "develop new perspectives" for them. What does it usually mean when McKinsey's asked to do that? Layoffs! More » -
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Roots Will Save Jimmy Fallon, Also Magazines
Jimmy Fallon has a lot going for him: His house band The Roots are Grammy nominated. His blog-crew is Webby nominated. And he, well, he reads Gawker to get his spirits up. True story! More » -
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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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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 »
