As several of you realize, several magazines has ceased publications in recent months. There will be more magazines will ceased publications. Here is a thread to track the various threads on specific magazines with some basic information.

Just for your Entertainment Magazine Dead Pool (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=162490)


Sync Magazine (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=161914)

Phone: (866) 311-9582
Website: www.syncmagazine.com

You can Call Sync Magazine to get PC Magazine or Electronic Gaming World as replacement. Also, You may get Playstation Magazine replacement in January.
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Organic Style (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=152099&highlight=organic+style)

Email ROLcustserv@Rodale.com
Phone: (800) 365-3276
Website: http://www.organicstyle.com/

Call Rodale, the publisher of Organic Style, last month on replacement magazine. They stated, "They will send letter on replacement magazine."
Read Thread Update. Rodale Automatically replace it with Experience Life(Majority), Body N Soul, Organic Gardening or Prevention.


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Razor Magazine (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=137227&highlight=razor)

Phone: (800) 830-5180
Website: www.razormagazine.com

No News on Replacement


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Radar Magazine

Phone: (800) 830-5180
Website: www.razormagazine.com

Thanks, Nuala'sMom for Info, see Below.

No substitution, No refund since most of us got the subscription for free.
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Someone mentioned Tracks and Vitals Magazine. No info on either magazine.

if you look in the post here http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=86892&t=596430 it discusses a site http://www.magazinedeathpool.com/ I thought it would be a good idea to post it in this thread.

Here are the mags that have ceased publication in 2008 and thus far in 2009. (May not be complete, so please add! Sources are this this thread, magazinedeathpool, Mediabistro, and/or the mags themselves, and since most were already in this thread, I didn't repost links.)

BestLife-May 2009
Blender- April 2009
Computer Shopper – April 2009
CosmoGirl – December 2008
Cottage Living – November 2008
Country Home – March 2009
Craft – February 2009
Domino – March 2009
EGM – January 2009
Hallmark – February 2009
Home – October 2008
Jewish Living – September 2008
Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion – December 2008
Missbehave – January 2009
National Geographic Green Guide – Winter 2009
O at Home – November 2008
PC – January 2009
Plenty – January 2009
Radar (latest incarnation) – December 2008
Teen – January 2009
Wondertime - March 2009
Dr Dobb's Journal - March 2009

In addition to these - Radar magazine announced just this week that it will be ceasing publication.

Tracks magazine ceased publication in the spring of 05 and subscribers received subs to PASTE magazine instead for the sum of their remaining issues.

Vitals Man and Vitals Woman have also ceased publication but Fairchild has not stated what we will get instead.

From Media LIFE RE: RADAR:



Mort pulls the plug on Radar magazine

Citing tough ad climate for hip-skewing title
By Heidi Dawley
Dec 15, 2005

When Maer Roshan's Radar relaunched last June, amid a buzz of New York media chatter, two questions arose: Did America need or want this new magazine aimed at an elite of hip young trendsetters?

The second was whether its chief backer, Mort Zuckerman, would stick around long enough to find out.

The answer for the second question came yesterday, and it effectively answered the first: No.

With just three issues published, Zuckerman yanked his financial support of Radar, citing the negative ad climate. A statement released by the magazine quotes him as saying, "The current economic environment--primarily reflected in the magazine's lack of advertising traction--no longer makes it feasible to continue publishing."

The November-December issue, now on the stands, looks to be Radar's last unless Roshan can find new backers in a hurry.

Radar's closing, first reported yesterday on the blog Gawker, which has obsessed over the magazine through its brief life, does not come as a big surprise.

For all the initial buzz, Radar's first issue underwowed, with critics complaining that it seemed either a rehash of stories printed elsewhere or, perhaps even more damning, of its former self. Roshan had published two issues in 2003 before running out of capital.

Media buyers were notably unimpressed. One told Media Life at the time that Radar seemed too nichy and perhaps better suited for the internet. “It seems like a mish-mosh of things. It seems like it’s going to be very niche, for these people that like online sites.”

Still, the sense then was that Roshan, by most accounts a brilliant editor who had worked at Talk under Tina Brown as well as at New York, would in time find his pace, raising the hipness factor of Radar to the anticipated levels. The issue was just how much time he had.

The feeling was that he had very little, perhaps a few months, and as it turned out, that was a solid estimate.

Zuckerman, owner of the New York Daily News and U.S. News & World Report, was growing increasingly impatient with the losses of his newsmagazine. While he committed $25 million to Radar, along with co-investor Jeffrey Epstein, a financier, the magazine was not his first choice--he had only recently lost out on a bid for New York magazine--and his commitment to Radar seemed tentative at best.

Radar launched without a dedicated ad sales team, relying instead on the sales staff of U.S. News, itself struggling in the red. It was an odd pairing, considering the vastly different audiences. Radar targeted young, educated professionals with a median age of 31 and a household income of $75,000+. It launched with a rate base of 150,000.

It was also at a time when both U.S. News and the Daily News were undergoing rounds of job cuts. Employees at both publications were irked that Zuckerman was investing in a startup title at the same time that he was cutting costs at his existing publications.


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As a result of all the above, I would guess it will be quite some time before we get any news of what becomes of the Subscriber burden. That means those of you inclined to call up customer service and ask a totally uninterested party to read the tea leaves for you might want to sit on your hands for few weeks or better yet, read MEDIA WEEK or Media Life.

Customer service reps on those toll free lines do NOT work for the publisher - so keep that in mind whan you press them for info. They often service calls for many publishers. They will simply tell you that you will hear in a few weeks whether they know that to be true or not. Media Week or Media Life is your best source.

Here are two links Mag sub fiends might want to bookmark:

Media Week's Magazine/newspaper index front page:
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/index.jsp

Media Life Front Page:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/

Sync, Razar and Radar target almost the same similar demographics.

Here is Update!

I called Oraganic Style check the status. According to the customer service person, the management team choose
for you on the magazine depending on expiration date and their perception of you.

Majority of the subscribers will be receiving Experience Life Magazine (Fitness Life) They gave the following number
with has answering machine: 1-800-749-3964. Here is the website with different number: Website (http://www.lifetimefitness.com/magazine/index.cfm?strWebAction=contact)

The other non-given choices

Body & Soul - Non-Rodale Magazine ---> Martha Stewart Omnimedia
Organic Gardening - Rodale
Prevention - Rodale

Even though majority of us receive the magazine for free. Many of us enjoy the magazine and would of like of given the choice.

Biography magazine will cease being a print magazine with the Winter issue and will now be an online content kinda thingy.

Private Pilot has ceased publication with the November 2005 issue. Beginning with the December 2005 issue, Private Pilot readers will join thousands of aviators who depend on Plane & Pilot for the latest aviation news!

Wow. Thnaks. I get that mag and a few other aviation mags - not sure why really except the neighbors's son always snags 'em when they arrive. i think he wants to be a pilot someday. I alrready get Plamne & pilot so I hope they just tack on another year or so

Desrtvixen posted on another site that also recently ceased are:

Travel America
Football Digest

Bah :( Some of my favorite mags are kicking the bucket! I got my last print issue of Biography yesterday.

Organic Style: I was told they are transferring our subs to Body+Soul; if you don't want that sub you can call Body+Soul at (800) 755-1178 and request a refund.

Radar: They are still negotiating our transfer to another publication.

Sync: They WILL NOT be transferring our complimentary subs only paid subs.

Razor: A recorded message says they are still working on a transfer.

Organic Style: I was told they are transferring our subs to Body+Soul; if you don't want that sub you can call Body+Soul at (800) 755-1178 and request a refund.



Not necessarily. They have 3 magazines they are sending out as replacements.
More details here: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=33272&t=152099

Most are getting Experience Life (Lifetime Fitness) magazine.
A few others are getting Prevention OR Body & Soul.

I just called Sync magazine and they said that my subscription was complimentary and that it would end at that. So no replacement for me.
:mad:


As several of you realize, several magazines has ceased publications in recent months. There will be more magazines will ceased publications. Here is a thread to track the various threads on specific magazines with some basic information.

Just for your Entertainment Magazine Dead Pool (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=162490)


Sync Magazine (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=161914)

Phone: (866) 311-9582
Website: www.syncmagazine.com

You can Call Sync Magazine to get PC Magazine or Electronic Gaming World as replacement. Also, You may get Playstation Magazine replacement in January.
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Organic Style (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=152099&highlight=organic+style)

Email ROLcustserv@Rodale.com
Phone: (800) 365-3276
Website: http://www.organicstyle.com/

Call Rodale, the publisher of Organic Style, last month on replacement magazine. They stated, "They will send letter on replacement magazine."
Read Thread Update. Rodale Automatically replace it with Experience Life(Majority), Body N Soul, Organic Gardening or Prevention.


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Razor Magazine (http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=746&t=137227&highlight=razor)

Phone: (800) 830-5180
Website: www.razormagazine.com

No News on Replacement


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Radar Magazine

Phone: (800) 830-5180
Website: www.razormagazine.com

Thanks, Nuala'sMom for Info, see Below.
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Someone mentioned Tracks and Vitals Magazine. No info on either magazine.

well now, I would argue with the Sync folks because... veteran's advtanage PAID for our 'complimentary subs. they are not 'Comp' rather they are "Sponsored Subs" to use the correct Circulation lingo.

If you were told you couldn't get something esle, I'd try again and say...

"Ahem, My subscription was paid for by Veteran's Advantage Website. Now, Unless you plan on issuing THEM a full refund for the tens of thousands of sponsored subscriptions they bought to help you artificially plump up your circulation numbers so you could stick it to the advertisers for more money, you need to serve me my remaining issues with another magazine. if you won't, I'm gonna report you to ABC auditing. Remember them? they fined you guys a few hundred grand the last time you tried to get around the rules."


Actually... I'd just say that my sub was in fact paid for, by veteran's advantage, and therefore, they owe me the remaining issues on another mag. Our subs are sponsored subs, not complimentary subs.

No wonder I havent gotten my Razor magazine in months. It'd be nice if they contacted their subscription list with a postcard or something to let us know. Thanks for letting me know.

so, has anyone tried my arguement about our subs being sponsored subs and not free oneds with the Sync rastards?

This one makes me really sad:

http://wwd.com/issue/article/104386

This one makes me really sad:

http://wwd.com/issue/article/104386


I wondered why I never got my January issue!
I was just this second trying to find a number to call.
I wonder if we'll get a replacement magazine.

Nooooo, I love Budget Living! :sadbye:

It's officially a conspiracy now. Our free mags are getting knocked off 2 by 2!

Nooooo, I love Budget Living! :sadbye:

Me too. :(

so, has anyone tried my arguement about our subs being sponsored subs and not free oneds with the Sync rastards?

Yes, I did tell the people at Sync Magazine that indeed the subscription was sponsored...paid for...not free. They made it clear that only subs paid for by the individual subscriber would be transferred to another publication.

Some time ago I got a freebie to this, then the freebie just stopped and I thought it must have run out. So I went to look at prices for subscriptions and it was listed as ceased publication and paid subscribers got switched to the regular M & F.
Last night at the store there was a Feb. 2006 issue of Muscle and Fitness Hers on the shelf. Anyone heard anything about this magazine?

If you want find the latest news on magazines go to Media Week's page for Magazine/Print Media news. (Link below) In the upper right hand corner is a search box and you can search on the mag title for any recent articles on it. it's the BEST source of info.

Media Week
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/index.jsp

It's where a lot of us find what we need to know

FYI - here's a link to mediaweek's artilce on Budget Living shutting down:


Budget Living Shuts Down

Stephanie D. Smith

FEBRUARY 14, 2006 -

Women's lifestyle monthly Budget Living will fold after four years of publication, according to sources familiar with the magazine. An official announcement is expected on Wednesday. Welsh declined to comment.

(for full article click on link)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001997241

This is extremely upsetting. I really grew to love and look forward to receiving BL. Can't believe it's gone. *sigh*

Hey ReinRamm - love the new Avatar! But hey, even your cat is pissed off about Budget Living, huh?

Cargo shuts down.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12051788/

Cargo shuts down.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12051788/

Subscribers to Cargo will receive GQ magazine, another publication from Conde Nast, for the remainder of their subscriptions, Conde Nast said.

AWESOME! IM GONNA GET GQ!!

Radar Magazine

No substitution, No refund since most of us got the subscription for free.

Just confirm Sync will be automaticaly switch to PC Magazine unless specified to another publication like Computer Gaming World or EGM.

I emailed Budget Living yesterday to inquire about my missing magazines...before I thought about coming to slickdeals to find out if anyone else was missing magazines. That was favorite! My free sub was up in Sept and I was going to actually PAY for the renewal if I couldn't find it for free. There was no indication in their last magazine that they may not publish their next. In their email back yesterday it says...

Please do not respond to this message.

Budget Living has ceased publication, please visit the website for more information at: http://www.budgetlivingmagazine.com

Sincerely,
Subscriber Services Department
Budget Living


Yet, when I go to their website, I can't find any information on the ceasing of publication. Bizarre.

I could just cry.

I emailed Budget Living yesterday to inquire about my missing magazines...before I thought about coming to slickdeals to find out if anyone else was missing magazines. That was favorite! My free sub was up in Sept and I was going to actually PAY for the renewal if I couldn't find it for free. There was no indication in their last magazine that they may not publish their next. In their email back yesterday it says...

i was wondering what was going on with my missing issues. they had just announced they were moving to monthly issues (instead of every other month) too! strange!


Yet, when I go to their website, I can't find any information on the ceasing of publication. Bizarre.

I could just cry.


i was wondering today what was going on with my missing issues. thanks for letting us know.

they had just announced they were moving to monthly issues (instead of every other month) too!

strange!

I also have not recieved Budget Living for several months. Just yesterday, I got the new Budget Travel & realized I haven't been getting Budget Travel.

I also have not recieved Budget Living for several months. Just yesterday, I got the new Budget Travel & realized I haven't been getting Budget Travel.


I wonder if that's what were all getting as a replacement.

I had both Budget Travel and Budget Living, but I forgot about Budget Living until now....I found some info on the website.

http://blmag.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1482&sid=e7cb9cfe032f9a34a83a70e7ccf44950

ELLEGirl gone under

I just called because I hadn't gotten my May issue yet. I usually get it earlier.
Well, the customer service lady informed me that the June/July 2006 issue will be the last. They will be sending out notifications to subscribers soon about what will happen with the rest of their subscriptions.

Bummer. I liked this magazine. I hope we get something better as a replacement though. Maybe ELLE instead!

ELLEGirl gone under

I just called because I hadn't gotten my May issue yet. I usually get it earlier.
Well, the customer service lady informed me that the June/July 2006 issue will be the last. They will be sending out notifications to subscribers soon about what will happen with the rest of their subscriptions.

Bummer. I liked this magazine. I hope we get something better as a replacement though. Maybe ELLE instead!
Thank you for the update. Selma will be disappointed :sadwalk:

I wonder if that's what were all getting as a replacement.

I was receiving both mags. I paid for Budget Travel, but for Budget Living, I got it for free.

Since Budget Living is no longer being published what will happen to the subscribers? I didn't pay very much to subscribe to this magazine ( 5 dollars for a years subscription), but I still would like to know what will happend to my subscription.

According to several members of the forum, Cargo Mag. has also ceased publication.

According to several members of the forum, Cargo Mag. has also ceased publication.


That posted on here months ago when it was first announced.

That stinks! I liked that magazine a lot.


ELLEGirl gone under

I just called because I hadn't gotten my May issue yet. I usually get it earlier.
Well, the customer service lady informed me that the June/July 2006 issue will be the last. They will be sending out notifications to subscribers soon about what will happen with the rest of their subscriptions.

Bummer. I liked this magazine. I hope we get something better as a replacement though. Maybe ELLE instead!

It has been decided by American Media, Inc., the publishing company of Celebrity Living, to cease publication of this title. Your Celebrity Living subscription has been transferred over to Star magazine starting with the 5/29 issue. If you already have a Star magazine subscription, this subscription will be extended to include the Celebrity Living subscription. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this transfer, please feel free to contact our customer service department at 1-877-566-5831.

Since Budget Living is no longer being published what will happen to the subscribers? I didn't pay very much to subscribe to this magazine ( 5 dollars for a years subscription), but I still would like to know what will happend to my subscription.

I found out that nobody will get anything because they went bankrupt. My sub. was free, so I didn't lose anything. I did a search on google & found this out.

Well that is too bad...I really did enjoy Budget Living magazine!:(

RE: Budget Living Magazine

I haven't received anything yet, but their website (http://www.budgetlivingmedia.com/issue200622/weekly_tip.php) indicates the following: Special arrangements have been made with Hearst magazines -- publishers of Good Housekeeping, Redbook, House Beautiful, Marie Claire and Shop, Etc. -- to service the subscription of qualifying readers for its full remaining term.

You will receive one issue of your new magazine for every issue remaining on your Budget Living subscription.

The first copy of your new magazine will arrive in June along with a letter providing additional details on your replacement subscription.

I found out that nobody will get anything because they went bankrupt. My sub. was free, so I didn't lose anything. I did a search on google & found this out.


That's not entirely true. Your "free" subscription was PAID for by a sponsor, most likely Veteran's Advantage or Computer associates who paid Freebizmagazines about a buch and half for each sub they gave away. Budget living cannot ignore their subscriber obligations. Occasionally magazines manage who cannot find anyone to buy their subscriber base at a steep discount simply close up shop and get gobbled by their creditors.

That is unlikely with Budget Living - they had a strong subscriber base with good demographics that a number of magazineswould be ithcing to buy if they can get them for dirt cheap. They often buy up at under a dollar a subscriber, sometimes pennies but then after performing a merge/purge to figure out who is already a subscriber and who is new, they get to count all those new subscribers as PAID new subscriptions on their next ABC audit.

Good deal for them, sometimes good deal for us.

Sometimes it only takes a couple of months to sort out who takes over the magazine's subscriber obligations and sometimes it takes forever and a day. Galaxygirl is always on top of these things and will usually post in this thread or the one about the magazine. She has a mind like a steel trap when it comes to her mag subs and she doesn't let defunct mags get away with much!:lol:

Publishers must honor their subscriptions, even sponsored ones. The only ones they don't have honor are what are called "comps", people who are added to the subscriber rolls by the publisher themselves at no charge and who subs are not considered paid by ABC. Any paid sub, sponsored, discounted or brokered must be honored.

I used to just accept it when a publisher told me my sub was free and so I was out of luck but I have been much more aggressive after seeing others have successs. Nine times out of ten YOU know more about the situation than the customer service rep that you are talking to. I have found GalaxyGirl's posts to be supremely helpful in that regard. You can't go wrong if you follow her lead

Just got an e-mail from customer service:

Adore Media, Inc has been shut down the publication business and the July
2006 issue is going to be the last one. The July issue was mailed to your
registered address between May 10th and the beginning of June 2006.

They are refunding paid subscriptions only with proof of payment.

Just got an e-mail from customer service:

Adore Media, Inc has been shut down the publication business and the July
2006 issue is going to be the last one. The July issue was mailed to your
registered address between May 10th and the beginning of June 2006.

They are refunding paid subscriptions only with proof of payment.

:eek:

Most publishers will NEVER refund a sub without proof of payment. WHat they will do WITHOUT proof is sell your subscription and all the others to another publisher who will honor thier obligation. Don't sewat it folks. if you had a free sub - you prolly will get something eventually.

Radar resurrecting from the dead for a third time in 2007.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060629/media_nm/media_radar_dc

Several of our friends are now out of a job as Time, Inc. has just announced that they will cease publication of Teen People - effective with their September issue.

Adios to another teen magazine...

Glad to hear it about RADAR. My husband liked that mag. I hope they will honor our old subs. Any news, please post.

Most of us who had Budget Living have been getting Marie Claire instead. Good trade if ya ask me.

AWESOME! IM GONNA GET GQ!!
Something weird I got my first detail's mag but have been getting GQ also they will both expire around March 2007 .Very strange if you say so.!!!!:nod: :nod:

I got a letter in the mail and stated that my replacement for Budget Living will be Good Housekeeping. I got three issues already, but it is not the same as Budget Living.

I got my shop etc. subscription extended by ike 4-5 years =) yay! hope it stays alive for that long tho, lol...yea it said on bl's site that if you already subscribe to one of the titles, it would be extended, so i'm happy!

It hasn't ceased publication yet, but I don't see it lasting past the end of the year. The new format sucks. And blows. At the same time.

:vomit:

I just got a letter from "Science & Theology" magazine. They are ceasing publication as of the last issue (I think it was July). They lost their grant and the revenue from the subscriptions does not cover their costs.

So any news on what we're getting as a replacement for Teen People?

I just got a letter from "Science & Theology" magazine. They are ceasing publication as of the last issue (I think it was July). They lost their grant and the revenue from the subscriptions does not cover their costs.


I can see the outcry that will esnue from this disaster! :lmao:

Gee do you think we will get Biblical Archeology instead?
Or maybe The Torah Today?

Kidding, I kid you Isis!:heart: :heart: It's always sad to hear when a grant funded mag goes down.

As for GIANT - hey, I preciedt that one was gonna go down last year in the Magazine Dead pool. it hasn't yet but I bet it will soon. That and Hollywood Life.

I'm gonna try and see wots up w/Radar. My hubby really liked that. I'll investigate and report back to the class.

Don't know why all this anger. Most of those magazine ceasing publications cost us nothing! It was free!

I just spotted this on mediabistro.

"Unfortunately, because the performance metrics we set for new magazines were not achieved, and because of the challenging economy, tough newsstand environment, and rising paper and postal costs, two magazines will be discontinued: SHOP Etc. (after its October issue) and Weekend (after its September issue)."
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/hearst_closes_up_shop_etc_weekend_42704.asp

I wonder if/what we'll get to replace them? I'm bummed, I had ShopEtc thru next October, and had signed up for Weekend thru the free Chase offer, and hadn't gotten the first issue yet...

Wow. I know a lot of people are gonna be upset about SHOP Etc. ending :O Isn't it like brand new anyway?

nooo!! yea it's only a year-ish or two old.... i had it til 2012 coz that's where my budget living went :(

If Shop, Etc. is going under, I predict Adore Shop is next.

Adore Shop already ceased

Vodreaux :

1. many people who do freebies have a false sense of entitlement. These are the same folks who when you post a really great deal for a free $25 item will say 'yeah but the shipping's not free" . They are also the same people who will order freebies intended only for DNA splicers, Cancer-ridden patients with months to live and so on. Someday when they need a certain freebie intended only for them and their interest group, here's hoping other greedy rasturds took them all.

2. Other people are genuine readers who enjoy their free magazines very much and are sad to see a good one go

3. Some people understand that the publishers were PAID for our free subs by a sponsor such as Computer associates, Spectra, My Points, veteran's Advantage or others and just want to receive what that sponsor paid for. the magazine already got to fib to advertisers about its increased circulation and pocket higher rates for ads because of us and our sponsored subs so the least these folks feel they can do is sell their subscriber burden to a decent competing publication and re-assign our sponsored subs in an orderly fashion.

On some days I am person number 2 and on others I am person number 3!:lol:

Bummer. I LOVE Shop etc.! I get that until 2013 too.



Anyone know what magazine replaced ElleGirl? I got that sub and havent gotten a replacement yet.

I really liked Shop Etc, too. Maybe that is why I am getting Cosmogirl. I was trying to figure out why I have a year to that.

Vodreaux :

1. many people who do freebies have a false sense of entitlement. These are the same folks who when you post a really great deal for a free $25 item will say 'yeah but the shipping's not free" . They are also the same people who will order freebies intended only for DNA splicers, Cancer-ridden patients with months to live and so on. Someday when they need a certain freebie intended only for them and their interest group, here's hoping other greedy rasturds took them all.

2. Other people are genuine readers who enjoy their free magazines very much and are sad to see a good one go

3. Some people understand that the publishers were PAID for our free subs by a sponsor such as Computer associates, Spectra, My Points, veteran's Advantage or others and just want to receive what that sponsor paid for. the magazine already got to fib to advertisers about its increased circulation and pocket higher rates for ads because of us and our sponsored subs so the least these folks feel they can do is sell their subscriber burden to a decent competing publication and re-assign our sponsored subs in an orderly fashion.

On some days I am person number 2 and on others I am person number 3!:lol:

i think you are a little of number one too, do not even try to lie about it.

Personally, If I like the magazine and I can't get for free. I buy it for lowest price possible.

Otherwise, I subscribe for free one I don't read and give it away.

I also subscribe it for my local library. My local library get FHM, Blender, Spin, Maxim, and Stuff too. One of the librarian told since they receiving the magazine, they got increase of patronage including increase in book borrowing. After 3 months, the library allows all magazines available to lend to patrons. They even making money from the magazines from late returns 25 cents a day to $4.00 for lost magazines.

I just spotted this on mediabistro.

"Unfortunately, because the performance metrics we set for new magazines were not achieved, and because of the challenging economy, tough newsstand environment, and rising paper and postal costs, two magazines will be discontinued: SHOP Etc. (after its October issue) and Weekend (after its September issue)."
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/hearst_closes_up_shop_etc_weekend_42704.asp


wow... this is exactly what i'm learning in my media class at school. so sad. i love shop etc :(

i think you are a little of number one too, do not even try to lie about it.
dude you dont even know Nuala'smom.............

Personally, If I like the magazine and I can't get for free. I buy it for lowest price possible.

Otherwise, I subscribe for free one I don't read and give it away.

I also subscribe it for my local library. My local library get FHM, Blender, Spin, Maxim, and Stuff too. One of the librarian told since they receiving the magazine, they got increase of patronage including increase in book borrowing. After 3 months, the library allows all magazines available to lend to patrons. They even making money from the magazines from late returns 25 cents a day to $4.00 for lost magazines.


haha

Librarian: Where is that copy of maxim you borrowed a month ago?
Patron: um, the pages were kind of sticky.
Librarian: You owe four dollars!

I really liked Shop Etc, too. Maybe that is why I am getting Cosmogirl. I was trying to figure out why I have a year to that.

The notice I received from Shop Etc. said I would be able to transfer my subscription over to the magazine of my choice which was owned by the same company. I think I said Marie Claire.

haha

Librarian: Where is that copy of maxim you borrowed a month ago?
Patron: um, the pages were kind of sticky.
Librarian: You owe four dollars!

lol...That was actually very disturbing. Are we allowed to rep on the basis of comedy?

delete please

Since I haven't hear anything about replacement mags since Shop Etc and Weekend went bust, I tried logging into their webpage and discovered that Shopetc.com now automatically redirects to Marie Claire, and Weekend to Country Living. A possible clue on what we might get? Has anyone heard anything?

So any news on what we're getting as a replacement for Teen People?
Still no word?
I had about a year left, I want to know what I'm getting.

Since I haven't hear anything about replacement mags since Shop Etc and Weekend went bust, I tried logging into their webpage and discovered that Shopetc.com now automatically redirects to Marie Claire, and Weekend to Country Living. A possible clue on what we might get? Has anyone heard anything?

http://central.hearstmags.com/gemini/service_files/ETC/ETC_primary_faqs.html

Service Notice:
Due to the challenging economy and rising paper and postal costs, SHOP Etc. will be discontinued after the October issue. We will contact you in the future regarding transferring your remaining subscription to another Hearst magazine. Only paid subscriptions will be transferred. If you'd like to check the status of your subscription please click on the appropriate link below.

* Change your address information
* See your subscription status
* Contact customer service

my shop etc got transferred to marie claire's database, and it says it was received on oct 22, 2006.

marie claire: Your current order for 10 issues was received on Oct 22, 2006. Your subscription started with the JAN 10, 2007 issue and will end with the MAY 10, 2011 issue.


from the link in last post:
shop etc: Your current order for 10 issues was received on Nov 18, 2005. Your subscription started with the JAN 10, 2006 issue and will end with the FEB 10, 2012 issue.

Official Playstation Magazine going away as of Jan 2007!! Wonder what they will replace it with maybe EGN? I have 2 years left but they may not do anything since it is a freebie. Last Magazine had dec 2006 as my last issure when the web says I have 18 more issues remaining..

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3155255

http://gawker.com/news/fhm/breaking-fhm-closing-221503.php

"FHM staffers just got the word that the mag's shutting down. Last issue is March, which will be closing before the holiday."

Anyone know what magazine they will be substituting remaining subscriptions with?

http://gawker.com/news/fhm/breaking-fhm-closing-221503.php

"FHM staffers just got the word that the mag's shutting down. Last issue is March, which will be closing before the holiday."

Anyone know what magazine they will be substituting remaining subscriptions with?
That sucks. FHM, Stuff, & Maxim are about the same, but I did like FHM best.

i am very sad to see FHM go.. it was one of my faves. My sub was set to expire in Oct 07 :(

After Official PlayStation Magazine closed down my remaining EGM issues went from 187 to 269! I think for every remaining issue of OPM they are giving you 2 EGM issues.

After Official PlayStation Magazine closed down my remaining EGM issues went from 187 to 269! I think for every remaining issue of OPM they are giving you 2 EGM issues.


Yes - all true. Go to page 75 (right next to the demodisk) of your final issue of official Playstaion Mag and you will get all the details. We will all get 2 issues of EGM added to our subs for each one issue of OPM we had lleft or if you don't already get Electric gaming Monthly, they will transfer your sub over to them at 2 to 1. Paid subscribers to OPM can get refunds but people like us usually can't since any refund would usually be due to the sponsor who paid for our free sub (for example, Computer Associates or VEteran's Advanatage).

A very sad day indeed

It's not the worst thing in the world to lose OPM, I suppose. I don't even have a playstation :D

I'm going to try for the sub refund. I may as well, I don't need any more egm.

Have any advice of what to say to the CSR over the phone or in an e-mail, Nuala'sMom?

It's not the worst thing in the world to lose OPM, I suppose. I don't even have a playstation :D

I'm going to try for the sub refund. I may as well, I don't need any more egm.

Have any advice of what to say to the CSR over the phone or in an e-mail, Nuala'sMom?


I doubt you will get anywhere asking for a refund because as I stated above, the refund is owed to the person who actually PAID (the sponsore of the deal) and not you, the recipient. All you might accomplish is them giving compputer assoictaes back $1.50 or $2 (about what they paid for each bulk sub)

I would advise instead calling and telling them you have Electronic Gaming Monthly already and your sub has years on it so you would prefer another title. It is Ziff Davis after all. They got tons of mags and they may just let you choose a different title to switch your issues over to. make sure you get 2 for 1 thoough cuz OPM came with a disk.

Let us know how you make out

Doh!

Double whammy. OPM and FHM gone! :mad:

Those were my favorite freebie mags.

I doubt you will get anywhere asking for a refund because as I stated above, the refund is owed to the person who actually PAID (the sponsore of the deal) and not you, the recipient. All you might accomplish is them giving compputer assoictaes back $1.50 or $2 (about what they paid for each bulk sub)

I would advise instead calling and telling them you have Electronic Gaming Monthly already and your sub has years on it so you would prefer another title. It is Ziff Davis after all. They got tons of mags and they may just let you choose a different title to switch your issues over to. make sure you get 2 for 1 thoough cuz OPM came with a disk.

Let us know how you make out

After an exchange of 7 (!) emails, I finally got the rather thickheaded CSRs tell me two things; How many years of OPM I had left (till '09), and what would happen if I tried to send for a refund. I've unsuccessfully tried to get an answer about tranfering to a magazine other then EGM, but no luck so far.

In response to the refund thing:

Dear Subscriber,

This subscription was placed through a subscription agency and we are unable to cancel the order with a refund.
Since you have requested a cancellation with refund. Please contact the agency that you placed your order with for further action.
The agency in which your order was placed is:

M2M MERCURY
service@m2mediagroup.com
1630 30TH ST. STE A #497
Boulder, CO, 80301-1045
1-203-542-0101

Do I dare contact Mercury and demand a refund? :look: They did after all promise me a subscription to OPM lol :D

Do I dare contact Mercury and demand a refund? :look: They did after all promise me a subscription to OPM lol :D


Why? What would you expect them to do? The refund is not due THEM or YOU it is due the SPONSOR of the offer - the company which actually PAID for the sub. You were offered the sub as premium for signing up to see what free business mags you qualified for. It ain't Mercury's fault OPSM decided to call it quits. With all due respect, and I have plenty of it for you Gleed, I feel you are pushing your sense of entitlement a little too far.

Why not just ask Ziff Davis for an equivilent sub to say PC Magazine or any one of the gajillion other titles they publish. They would do that no problem.

If you don't want to go that route, I would suggest asking Mercury to give you a sub to any of the offers they have running right now but in the amount of issues you had remaining times 2 since that's how OPSM calculated their worth. mercury cannot do anything beyond that. They cannot miraculously hand you a checkor give you a sub to an offer that is dead - all they can do is is give you what they have going right now.

I know Gleed is a good person and is not trying to be a pest, just trying to see what rights those of us holding "sponsored Subscriptions" have when another mag bites the dust.

------ However, discussions of refunds for things you paid nothing for often deteriorate into rants about "I want what's mine Goldernit and I'm gonna scream bloody farking murder in this thread until somebody tells me how I can get a refund for the thing I never paid for in the first place" and so on. Remember, you paid nothing for it, you are out nothing now that it's gone except the intangible thinsg such as your enjoyment of the publication.

There ARE options open to the holders of Sponsered Subs but refunds are not one of them. They are usually limited to getting the remaining issues of your sub served to you by another publication. Sometimes you can choose, sometimes you can't. In this case, I'd try to negotiate for a different title other than EGM. Ziff Davis has lots of worthy titles and are usually good about transferring subs like this when one of their publications goes belly up.

Let us know how Mercury treats you Gleed. You go where no Slick Dealers has gone before!:lol:

LOL, thanks for your respect :worship:

I think you may have missed the tongue-in-cheekiness of my comment. I don't seriously think Mercury owes me anything, and didn't and don't intend to contact them with a list of demands :yummy:

Right now, after reading your advice (good stuff :)) all I'm in for is the hope of transferring my subscription to something other then EGM. It just so happens that I already have a sub to all the Ziff Davis mags that I am interested in, but I'd rather have the extra 3 years tacked onto PC Magazine, because I think I only have one year of that.

I got a postcard today saying that my Teen People sub will be replaced with People StyleWatch.


Has anyone read this mag? Is it good? I haven't even heard of it.

After an exchange of 7 (!) emails, I finally got the rather thickheaded CSRs tell me two things; How many years of OPM I had left (till '09), and what would happen if I tried to send for a refund. I've unsuccessfully tried to get an answer about tranfering to a magazine other then EGM, but no luck so far.

In response to the refund thing:

Dear Subscriber,

This subscription was placed through a subscription agency and we are unable to cancel the order with a refund.
Since you have requested a cancellation with refund. Please contact the agency that you placed your order with for further action.
The agency in which your order was placed is:

M2M MERCURY
service@m2mediagroup.com
1630 30TH ST. STE A #497
Boulder, CO, 80301-1045
1-203-542-0101

Do I dare contact Mercury and demand a refund? :look: They did after all promise me a subscription to OPM lol :D
The contact number is for a Stamford CT business and they refer you to a 800 number not sure which one but had problems a few months ago for a magazine which has been corrected due to somebody calling and saying they were me and canceled my 8 subscriptions from that company ,talked to supervisor and problem got fixed. All magazines were reenstateded and I am not having any problems at moment except for outdoor life which was not fixed yet.:bulb: :bulb:

I can't believe they shut down FHM but Stuff is still going. That is the worst magazine.

This should just be pinned.

This should just be pinned.

Yeah, you pin it yourself, for yourself.

I received a renewal notice today and went to the site - couldn't find the subscription services area so I googled Premiere magazine and found this on Vanity.com:

Posted: Mon., Mar. 5, 2007, 4:21pm PT
Premiere folds
Magazine will continue online
By STEVEN ZEITCHIK
Hachette Filipacchi pulled the plug on Premiere on Monday, confirming widespread rumors that the embattled movie mag would be shuttered.
Many of the company's editorial staffers will leave the company, including editor-in-chief Peter Herbst.

The April issue, which features Will Ferrell on the cover for "Blades of Glory," will be mag's last. Staffers put the issue to bed about 10 days ago.

Premiere publisher Paul Turcotte could be named to another post within Hachette, though there was no official confirmation of a new role.

Magazine, published 10 times per year, will continue to exist online.

Specifics on how many staffers would migrate, how often content will be refreshed and how many of the mag's regular features will be maintained were undisclosed.

News of its print demise brings to an end what has been something of a media soap opera for the New York-based title, which employs five print editorial staffers in its Hollywood bureau and an estimated couple dozen in its flagship Gotham offices.

Hachette and parent company Lagardere were trying to sell the title earlier this year, but bidders were reportedly thin for the troubled pub. Mag saw its ad pages decline nearly 25% in 2006.

Announcement marks the closure of another pub for Hachette, which also shuttered Elle Girl and startup Shock.

The 20-year-old Premiere had its heyday in the 1990s, when the appetite for insider movie news grew.

Even today, mag publishes a Hollywood power list and industry scuttlebutt under sections like "Yes It's True: News You're Not Supposed to Know," alongside more consumer-friendly stories, such as a list of overrated movies.

But the trade-flavored pieces in which Premiere once specialized have become less relevant as consumer dailies have taken more of an interest in the biz, while sites like Defamer have proliferated to satisfy the demand for near-instantaneous industry gossip.

Premiere also faced the challenge of being a long-lead mag in a realm where news moves increasingly quickly. For example, Oscar predictions made months in advance now run the risk of becoming stale by the time the print edition hits newsstands.

And while interest in celeb news is by many indications stronger than ever, sites like TMZ and PerezHilton have proved more adept at breaking and keeping up with news.

Hachette's latest strategy is to move in a newsier direction, offering more timely items on Premiere.com and mobile platforms -- routes that would also be less costly.

"This step is consistent with our strategy to examine our portfolio of brands to determine the best business plan for each, based on its category and the marketplace," Hachette prexy-CEO Jack Kliger said in a statement.

Company will continue publishing international editions in territories such as France, where the mag started in the 1970s.
Read the full article at:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117960546.html

Since I haven't hear anything about replacement mags since Shop Etc and Weekend went bust, I tried logging into their webpage and discovered that Shopetc.com now automatically redirects to Marie Claire, and Weekend to Country Living. A possible clue on what we might get? Has anyone heard anything?

I got a letter in the mail saying my subscription was transferred to Redbook. And have already received 2 issues. I don't like it nearly as much...but it's free. :)

Dear XXXXXX,

CNET Digital Living is going on hiatus. As a Digital Living subscriber we think you would enjoy receiving information on consumer electronics, gadgets, and the latest technology products from Computer Shopper.

Click here to start your free subscription.

Newsletter Benefits: In addition to reports on hot new technology, Computer Shopper newsletters offer valuable tech tips and tutorials, and alert you to great deals on tech products.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/28/business/media/28mag.html?ex=1332734400&en=876718e7523adbea&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

The Meredith Corporation, a book and magazine publisher, said day before yesterday that Child magazine would be printed for the last time this spring, although the magazine’s Web site will continue to post original content.

Darn it, I just paid $10 a few months ago for three years of Premiere
and sure enough I get a postcard today that April was their last issue ever.

Instead they are now going to send me "US Magazine" :eek:
gawd - at least I will have something to line the cat litter box!

Bummer about CHILD, I liked that one. Thanks for all that info on Premiere, mapusaga, very helpful info. I did get the postcard letting me know my Premiere sub was going to be transferred to US Weekly. I wonder what CHILD will offer. I'd bet either PARENTS ort COOKIE. Me I'd rather have more issues iof FAMILY FUN. I adore that mag! I have one family fun sub through 2010 but another one I use to give to my neighbor expires at the end of this year, it would be nice to tack a few more issues on that.

Child is such a good magazine. I encourage people to read the website. A recent issue had a long and startling article about Peanut allergies and what schools have to do to deal with it. I was shicked to read that some parents think Peanut alergies are overblown and send their kids with "undercover peanut butter" sandwiches just to "stick it" to the parents they think are over-reacting. Kids could die. As I said, CHILD had great articles about timely subjects. I'll miss it

MORE magazine news:

LIFE magazine is dead again (it was being circulated as a weekly inside Sunday Newspapers) The last issue will be April 20.

Life Magazine, Its Pages Dwindling, Will Cease Publication
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/27/business/media/27life.html?ex=1332648000&en=fe79daa757acf307&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss


A good website to bookmark for news about newly ceased publications:

The Editorial Deadzone
http://www.writenews.com/deadzone/

There also seems to be some scuttle that MAXIM is running out of steam. The company that owns it is rumored to be for sale:

Excerpt:
Dennis Publishing to explore sale possibility
By Kenneth Li

NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Dennis Publishing Inc., publisher of "lad magazine" Maxim, said that it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a possible sale, as the number of readers of men's magazine business falls.

The company hired media bankers Allen & Co. as its exclusive financial adviser.
Dennis, which also owns lad magazine Stuff and music magazine Blender, is credited with resuscitating the men's magazine sector with publications featuring glossy spreads of scantily clad women.
For full story go to:
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?type=comktNews&storyid=URI:2007-02-15T170828Z_01_N15351778_RTRIDST_0_DENNIS-SALE-UPDATE-1.XML&rpc=11

Also of interest to Slick Dealers (there was a free offer for this one last year), DC Style is ceasing it's Print edition. This is old news (nov 06) but it could also spell trouble for Philadelphia Style which is published by the same company:

DC Style Folds Print Magazine, Focuses Online
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/magazines/dc_style_folds_print_magazine_focuses_online_47345.asp

Darn it, I just paid $10 a few months ago for three years of Premiere
and sure enough I get a postcard today that April was their last issue ever.

Instead they are now going to send me "US Magazine" :eek:
gawd - at least I will have something to line the cat litter box!

and I'd rather have US magazine! LOL

when you get your first issue of US WEEKLY, look on page 17 for a coupon for a totally free 2 liter bottle of 7Up. It's the MAy 7th issue

I just got my last issue of Child. It had a big note on it saying, "For every issue remaining in your Child subscription, we'll send you PARENTS Magazine...at no additional cost to you!"

I just got my last issue of Child. It had a big note on it saying, "For every issue remaining in your Child subscription, we'll send you PARENTS Magazine...at no additional cost to you!"

Yeah, I just got that too. Its kind of a bummer since ChHILD was such a great mag, but PARENTS is published by the same folks so the content should be of similar quality.

when you get your first issue of US WEEKLY, look on page 17 for a coupon for a totally free 2 liter bottle of 7Up. It's the MAy 7th issue
This coupon was also in the People magazine (the one with the 50 most beautiful people). I took to my Kroger and the cashier wouldn't except it because "there was no experation date on it." I told her it was in the people magazine and even showed her the page, yet she still refused to accept it. :rolleyes:

Does anyone know a toll-free number to complain to Premiere/US Magazine and get something changed/refunded? I've glanced through this first replacement issue of US and it's pure trash! :eek:

Not even remotely like Premiere (sadly EW is also slipping into that but that's for another thread). I either want a refund or changed to another magazine of some sort.

Avalon - YOU won't get a refund if you got it through a sponsored offer - if you push the issue, the sponsor who paid for it will get the refund. Your only option is to look up the 800 number for US Weekly here on slick deals (in one of the sticky threads at the top of this forum), call them, tell them you got switched to US from Premiere and ask them if they oublish any other magazine titles and could you maybe switch to them.

Remember folks, free mag subs are a gift. WE DO have certain rights when a mag goes under such as to get a replacement but we are NEVER entitled to a refund becuase we weren't the ones who bought the sub in the first place. Don't get caught up into feeling a false sense of entitlement with these things. if you actually PAID for sub, then YES, you are entitled to a refund. However, if you bought through a broker fat chance you will get one. Try negotiating with the broker directly for a replacement.

See the two mythbusting threads for more on what rights we do and don't have when it comes to sponsored subs

I have a question, and if its been covered - sorry but this thread is long and I can't read it all....
I had Premire (through Freebiz) for 3 years. I just received my first US and it says my sub ends on May 27, 2007. I called US and explained that it seemed a few years had been dropped and asked if they could help restore them (I happen to like reading the trash! hee hee)

Anyway, long story short, they cannot do a thing for me unless i have a receipt or other verification that i actually had another 3 years. Fair enough - but I have nothing. I never printed out the Freebiz confirm. Is there anything I can do or am i just SOL? Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully reply.

(If anyone is interested in passing along their unwanted US mag, please PM me.....)

Does anyone know a toll-free number to complain to Premiere/US Magazine and get something changed/refunded? I've glanced through this first replacement issue of US and it's pure trash! :eek:

Not even remotely like Premiere (sadly EW is also slipping into that but that's for another thread). I either want a refund or changed to another magazine of some sort.

If you don't like the mag, I would be glad to take it. I like reading trash sometimes. It helps me appreciate good literature. :)

Anyway, long story short, they cannot do a thing for me unless i have a receipt or other verification that i actually had another 3 years. Fair enough - but I have nothing. I never printed out the Freebiz confirm. Is there anything I can do or am i just SOL? Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully reply.Do you have any issues of Premiere lying around? Because those would show how long your subscription was supposed to last and you could trying scanning/sending/mailing that information to US.

I ran into a similar problem with Budget Living/Hearst. Hearst bought Budget Living's mailing list and decided to fulfill all remaining issues, but I got House Beautiful thru 2011- so NOT "budget"! I called and was able to switch to Redbook, but when that started coming last year, it was only thru 2008. I called oodles of times and finally was told that their policy was to make substitutions not issue-for-issue, but equivalent cost. According to their records, my 5 years of Budget Living were worth about $20 (I had paid to renew once and found some sponsored freebies) which = two years of Redbook. I offered to send in labels to prove that they'd offered me HB for the full term, but they said that was the only special offer, if I wanted Redbook, I had to accept the shorter term. (I was tired of arguing and went with it)

To make a long story short, I'm guessing that's what happened with Premiere/US. The determined what your sub was worth based on the sponsor price, and then gave you a partial subscription.

Another One Bytes the Dust!

Computer Games Magazine

www.cgonline.com

The magazine has officially cease publication. No notification or hint in the magazine industry.

The magazine is published byg Strategy Plus Inc.

(802) 434-3060 Ext 29 - Owner of the magazines.

http://www.chipsbits.com/

After 18 years in business, we are sorry to report that Chips & Bits Inc. has ceased operations.
Thank you for supporting us over the years.

We will be contacting people who have product on order with us over the next few days.

Please send questions to sales@chipsbits.com.

Being subscribe, so far no substitutions.

I have just received notification that Annie's Favorite Crochet is ceasing publication effective w/August, 2007 Issue. Current subscribers will receive Annie's Hooked on Crochet.

http://www.anniesfavoritecrochet.com/

I was getting this and my sub was good through Aug/Sept 2007. The last issue I received was in January. I have sent several requests to customer service, the last one bounced as undeliverable??

Looks like American Heritage has ceased publication

From Magazine Death Pool (http://www.magazinedeathpool.com): American Heritage is history.

There have been many magazines that have come and gone, but why this one deserved a front page obit in today's New York Times' culture page is a mystery to the Reaper. Maybe the stuffier, the sexier for the Grey Lady. But we did learn in detail how the editor likes to dress.

Despite an all time high circulation of 350,000, the advertising was scant, and you can't always make it on circulation alone (as many other magazines have learned recently).

This story reminds me of a magazine called Memories -- it was the pet project of long-time magazine editor Carey Winfrey. It received a lot of buzz when it launched, there were even TV specials based on the content, but it never caught on and died.

Unfortunately, you can not build a magazine business on nostalgia and memories anymore, since you can even find Lenny Bruce routines on YouTube. So the Reaper, with great sentimentality, is taking American Heritage away where it can reminisce with the other titles about the good old days when advertisers really valued magazines as marketing vehicles and the newsstand meant something.

In one of my above posts, I listed some links slick dealers can go to in order to find out the latest scuttlebutt on dying mags. Here's the linky to that post in case anyone wants to bookmark those sites:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showpost.php?p=6425569&postcount=104

Incidentally, RADAR magazine has come back from the dead, sending out a new issue to all its old subscribers. I wonder how long they will last this time around. i really enjoy that mag and hope they make it in the long run.

From this site http://www.writenews.com/deadzone/ (a good one to keep bookmarked)

Newly dead magazines:
Paizo Publishing recently announced the end of Dragon and Dungeon as print magazines.

Avalon - YOU won't get a refund if you got it through a sponsored offer - if you push the issue, the sponsor who paid for it will get the refund. Your only option is to look up the 800 number for US Weekly here on slick deals (in one of the sticky threads at the top of this forum), call them, tell them you got switched to US from Premiere and ask them if they oublish any other magazine titles and could you maybe switch to them.

I paid $10 for three years of Premiere, so that's discounted but does that mean "sponsored"?
I will call them today to try to switch to something else, thanks for the info.

Update: that was completely painless, even a toll-free number with instant human answering!
They gave me a refund since you are not allowed to switch to any other magazine.
I guess that's as good an ending as I could hope for, thanks again.

ps. the US Weekly Magazine customer service phone number is 1-800-283-3956 (8 A.M. to 9 P.M., EST);

pps. should I bother ebay-ing these half dozen US magazines or are they just trash now?

avalon - if you paid money for it, no it's not a sponsored sub - instead, what you probably had was a "brokered" subscription through a discount agent. those are the guys who sell deeply discounted sub on ebay. Let me see if can find a link to all the magazine circulation terms I once posted and when I do, I'll edit this post to include it. you may find the list helpful.

Here it is:
Important Magazine Circulation Slang Every Slick Dealer Should Know
http://www.slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1305085&postcount=16

Included in that post is a link to the full list of Circulation terms. You may want to click on that and take a peek for future reference

I think Hollywood Life is the next to go. I talked to a rep because I haven't received the new issue and I was told that it does not have a shipping date.

I just found out that Beckett Spotlight Cheat Codes and Teaching Pre K-8 are ceasing publication. No replacement magazine is known at this time.

Does anyone know if there will be a replacement magazine for American Heritage? I just bought a 2 year extension for this magazine off of Ebay back in October 2006. Good thing I got a good deal from there and didn't pay the full price direct from the publishers. They wanted something like $18 for a year!

Total Image has ceased publication. Current subscribers will receive Just Hair and Style Selector.

Here's the skinny on American Heritage:

American Heritage Suspends Print Edition
By Frederick E. Allen


American Heritage, the nation’s preeminent magazine of history and the parent of this website, has stopped publication, at least temporarily, with the April/May 2007 issue, now on newsstands. The website will continue to publish.

American Heritage, a bimonthly, was founded in 1954. It was bought by Forbes Inc. in 1986 and has suffered financially in recent years amid hard times for magazines in general. Forbes put it up for sale earlier this year and has not yet found a buyer.

A full account of the magazine’s situation, ”Magazine Suspends Its Run in History,” can be found in today’s New York Times.

—Frederick E. Allen is the editor of AmericanHeritage.com and the managing editor of American Heritage.
http://www.americanheritage.com/events/articles/web/20070517-american-heritage-suspends-print-edition.shtml

MY guess would be that FORBES will replace the issues with their own since they are the ones who bought it out:

Forbes Sells American Legacy, Shelves Heritage MAY 21, 2007
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/current/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003587875


and on a totally different subject...

there's some in tresting news about two magzines we all like: PARENTS and PARENTING published by two different companies. many of us will be getting our old CHILD magazine subs filled by PARENTS so let's hope it too doesn't go bye bye - here's the article:

Bonnier, Meredith Nurture Their Parenting Titles
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/print/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003590791

Condé Nast to Close Jane Magazine & Website

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jane magazine will cease publication with its August issue, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President & CEO of Condé Nast Publications. The website, janemag.com, will also be shut down.

“This was a very difficult decision for us,” Mr. Townsend said. “We worked diligently to make Jane a success. However, we have come to believe that the magazine and website will not fulfill our long-term business expectations.”

Jane was launched in September, 1997.

This sucks. I just 'purchased' my Jane subscription with e-rewards and only just got the first issue yesterday. Anyone know if there's a substitution? I emailed e-rewards and told them they need to take it off their rewards list and to see if I can get a credit or substitution.

Tips and Tricks magazine is dead. I didn't realize anything until I noticed that I never received the August issue. I went to the site and found no contact info for the magazine and did a news search and discovered that the magazine is dead but may continue to publish guidebooks. I haven't contacted the publisher yet so I have no idea if there will be any substitutions (It was published by Larry Flynt Publications).

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/73380-Tips-Tricks-Magazine-Trimmed

Tips and Tricks magazine is dead. I didn't realize anything until I noticed that I never received the August issue. I went to the site and found no contact info for the magazine and did a news search and discovered that the magazine is dead but may continue to publish guidebooks. I haven't contacted the publisher yet so I have no idea if there will be any substitutions (It was published by Larry Flynt Publications).

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/73380-Tips-Tricks-Magazine-Trimmed

Well, that rots - I liked that one and had it thru 2012. Think he'll send me HUSTLER instead? NOT!

I have a couple of corrections to make.
1. Tips and Tricks is not dead. I finally got in touch with them yesterday (after a week of phone calls and emails) and they are downsizing not, discontinuing. I posted that were dead because I did a news search and found several articles stating that they were discontinuing the magazine and they didn't answer the phone or my emails for a week. I also didn't find any contact info or subscription info on their site. However, you may want to contact them about your subscription status. I had a 1 year subscription, that was supposed to expire in November, but is now a 10 issue subscription that expired 4 issues early.

2. Hollywood Life is not dead. I posted that they might be about to die because of unreceived issues, lack of contact info and subscription info on their site and the representative that I talked to told me that they didn't know when they would ship the next issue (an issue that was already finished). I think that they are going to publish fewer issues. I can't say for sure because the rep seemed unsure of their publishing plans.

I'm sorry for the misinformation.

I have a couple of corrections to make.

2. Hollywood Life is not dead. I posted that they might be about to die because of unreceived issues, lack of contact info and subscription info on their site and the representative that I talked to told me that they didn't know when they would ship the next issue (an issue that was already finished). I think that they are going to publish fewer issues. I can't say for sure because the rep seemed unsure of their publishing plans.

I'm sorry for the misinformation.


I haven't gotten mine in like, 6 months!

I just got a Radar mag this month: August 2007

I just got a Radar mag this month: August 2007

me too. it wasnt ceased. they took a vaction to "revamp" the magazine a little.

Disney Publishing Worldwide will fold its Disney Adventures with the November issue to focus on new magazine and book efforts, a company spokesperson said.

Publisher Mary Beth Wright will stay at Disney Publishing as the publisher of parenting title FamilyFun, which Disney continues to publish, along with Wondertime (where Dave Mevorah is publisher). She became the publisher of both titles last year. The fate of the editor and other staffers has not been determined.

Subscribers will be offered a refund or a subscription to one of the other Disney Publishing titles.

Disney Adventures is the second casualty in the kid magazine category this year since MTV Networks folded its 638,679-circ Nick Jr. Family magazine with the April issue.

The Disney magazine launched in 1990 for kids ages 6-14. Disney Adventures reported 97.9 ad pages in the first half of this year, an increase of 4.5 percent vs. the year-ago period, according to Publishers Information Bureau. The title had a mostly subscriber-based circ of 1.2 million, per its most recent BPA audit of December 2006.


http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003628967

I just got an issue of Entertainment Weekly in the mail today. I'm thinking it was from some magazine that went under, but I can't figure out which one...hmmm. Anyone else just started getting Entertainment Weekly out of the blue?

Call EW and ask why you got it.


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I just got an issue of Entertainment Weekly in the mail today. I'm thinking it was from some magazine that went under, but I can't figure out which one...hmmm. Anyone else just started getting Entertainment Weekly out of the blue.

me too. it wasnt ceased. they took a vaction to "revamp" the magazine a little.

I just got it the other day and it was September/2007 issue.

Well it looks like Stuff is biting the dust. In the editorial this month they say they are returning to the mothership(Maxim) starting next month.

I had a feeling this was coming ever since FHM died.

The only thing I could find online was a blurb in Wiki saying it will cease with the October 2007 issue and a headline in Google news saying the Editor of Stuff leaves magazine. That article requires a subscription though.

Well it looks like Stuff is biting the dust. In the editorial this month they say they are returning to the mothership(Maxim) starting next month.

I had a feeling this was coming ever since FHM died.

The only thing I could find online was a blurb in Wiki saying it will cease with the October 2007 issue and a headline in Google news saying the Editor of Stuff leaves magazine. That article requires a subscription though.

http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?sduid=14738&t=584288

Dear Preemie Magazine Subscribers:

Preemie Communications, Inc., the parent company of Preemie Magazine,
regrets to inform you that the company has officially shut down and is
undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.

This is an unfortunate outcome for such a promising community, but a
necessary one due to the inability to attract new owners/investors to
cover expenses and debts. The company is truly saddened by this turn of

events, but would like to thank you, as a subscriber, for helping us
fulfill our mission in educating so many parents and professionals in
the preemie community over the last two years.

Respectfully,

Preemie Magazine/Preemie Communications, Inc.

"House & Garden magazine will cease publication following its December issue, Conde Nast has revealed."
http://perezhilton.com/?p=8249

"House & Garden magazine will cease publication following its December issue, Conde Nast has revealed."
http://perezhilton.com/?p=8249

Wow, that's a surprise, but it's confirmed: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/breaking_news/house_garden_1901_2007_70435.asp

BLUEPRINT from Martha Stewart Living has folded Details:

Martha folds young-skewing Blueprint - Sister to Martha Stewart Living ceases publication
By Lisa Snedeker
Dec 11, 2007

If there was ever a magazine launch that seemed a sure bet, it was Blueprint, the lifestyle title Martha Stewart launched in May 2006 to appeal to young women who had yet to reach that stage in life where Martha Stewart Living was a must-read.

Though a modest launch in some regards, as a test issue with a rate base of 250,000, Blueprint had the power of the MSL brand behind it, and also the support of media buyers, who thought it was a smart idea and a smart first issue.

It turns out not smart enough. Yesterday, Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, revealed that it was folding the bimonthly print title with the January/February issue. The company would not say why, but presumably Blueprint struggled to gain either readers or advertisers, or both. It reportedly continued to lose money.

Some staffers will stay on, such as editor in chief Sarah Humphreys and Amy Wilkins, Blueprint's publisher, but others will be let go.

The company says Blueprint will live on as a special-interest publication aimed at brides-to-be as part of Martha Stewart Weddings magazine. Other features will continue online, such as Bluelines, a blog on the Blueprint web site.

At its launch, Blueprint was described as magazine to help readers define their style and design their lives, with features on health, beauty, fashion, home decorating, cooking and entertaining, much of it in the form of how-to advice. But there wasn't as much emphasis on the home as in the flagship title.

Had Blueprint worked, it would have positioned Stewart as the ultimate doyenne of women's publishing with two leading titles, allowing her to extend her franchise to a younger audience: women 25 to 45 years old. As those readers aged, gaining families and homes, they could then be moved onto Stewart's flagship publication.

At the time, magazine consultant Martin S. Walker of Walker Communications told Media Life: "I think it’s going to be Martha Stewart Living for the twenty-something crowd."

The challenge was winning over the crowd, and as Walker noted at the time, it's a difficult one to attract.
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Martha_folds_young-skewing_Blueprint.asp

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I give you the sad lowdown for some of the free mags we all get brought to you by MagazineDeathPool.Com's Grim Reaper but I have bolded in red the mags most likely to fold sometime soon:

May 22, 2008

Death by little nicks and cuts

I will have vengeance.
I will have salvation.
Who sir, you sir?
No one's in the chair. Come on! Come on!

2008 is nearly five months over and the magazine publishing industry is dying by little nicks and cuts.


Yes, the Reaper has been a depressing little sod in the past few months. I've had to watch "Final Destination 4" a few times to get my sense of humor back. Nobody is willing to pull the plug so far, but that will change.

With the Sex and The City movie opening up next week, let's take a look at the magazines which seem to getting skinnier and in trouble.

TV Guide: You know your days are numbered when your new owners want to sell the magazine property while retaining the web domain. Why not just save yourself the trouble, close the magazine, and make it a strictly web property? The last poster boy reader of TV Guide was Archie Bunker.

Time vs. Newsweek vs. US News & World Report: This is another race to the bottom. Rate bases being cut, staff being laid off, buyouts galore. My bet has always been on US News & World Report as the first to croak, about as non-essential a magazine as there could be, and its departure will disrupt dentists' offices everywhere. They should take their "Best Colleges" and similar franchises and put it behind a paid online curtain like Consumer Reports. Mort, sooner or later it's time to cut bait, move on and stick to buying and selling buildings.

Entertainment Weekly: Somehow, new publisher Scott Donaton managed to get a Folio 40 Award for being some kind of "Director Level Do-er" when he had not even "doing much" having been on the job for four months. Now that he's been dubbed the Great Karnack of this troubled title, it's time to do something cosmic... like sell ads and somehow, make people buy the magazine on the newsstand. Ironically, the week Donaton got his Folio 40 Award, the Post questioned him about all-time low newsstand sales.

Radar: Each issue seems to be a clone of other. Same small group of advertisers. Same Photoshop job. Same Tom Cruise and Scientology investigation. The only that hasn't changed are the art directors, who seem to come and go in the night. Did anybody notice?

Details: Editor in chief Daniel Peres got married and now the magazine's as flabby as he is. It peaked about two or three years ago, won an art design award, and now it's out there encased with its same "str-ay" formula, like a bug frozen in ember. This one is not in trouble as others, but it needs a serious repaint job or it's going to fall apart.

This Old House: Or as I like to call it, This Old Foreclosed House. House & Garden already went to that great flower pot in the sky. The category is in right in the hart of the economic storm. If the TV show and its ancillary products can't save it, well, who needs this antiquated paper product? If TOH somehow this survives, Home magazine is absolutely knocking on death's door and I am tempted to answer it.

Blender: Perhaps the Quadrangle Group should have closed this one in addition to Stuff last year. The signs look bad. A number of small indie music rags have come to the end of their playlist this year, as we have noted. Blender's ad pages are down 25%, and it's not as if they were sky high before. Each issue is less than 100 pages. When the Reaper passes by The Blender Theater, it sees more authors speaking than bands playing. Anybody know about Blender's digital strategy? Don't know since the top digital person recently left after five months. They're betting the house on stripped down girls on Maxim.com instead. Kent Brownridge is going to have some 'splainin' to do to the fat cats who backed him on this one.

Money vs. SmartMoney vs. Kiplinger's Personal Finance: As in the newsweekly category, the number three magazine looks like a surefire candidate for execution. Besides being one of the web's most popular and proliferating categories, the economy is going down the proverbial toilet bowl, so who has got the money to spend? Money can probably withstand the bumps because of a large digital strategy and it's too pervasive to croak. SmartMoney has a shot at immortality if Rupert Murdoch wants to keep his nose out of the magazine business.

I'm sticking to my earlier forecast that one consumer computer magazine will be gone by year's end.

Sporting News. If you are going by the Reaper's #3 in the Category Theory, this grand institution may be going the way of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Bought by a subsidiary of Advance Publications (the parent of Conde Nast), and recently moved to the new corporate HQ in Charlotte, Sporting News may have to return to tabloid form to make a buck. Even then, stat fanatics go online, not to newsstands.

Boating, Motorboating, Cycle World, Yachting, Power & Motor Yacht: One category that has slipped under the radar but is definitely feeling the economy heat are these niche enthusiast titles. Just like investing in homes, when nobody is buying boats or cycles, the respective magazines get whacked.

Nickelodeon: Here's the one network tie-in that worked for years (as opposed to Hearst's Lifetime debacle). Now when an advertiser wants to brainwash a kid to buy their cereal, they set up the virtual "Kelloggsland" or "Club Tooth Decay" on the web and skip the magazine. This is a magazine whose concept has come and definitely gone.

CosmoGirl: "Teen Angel" will be this one's theme song... most likely to be hit by an oncoming freight train after getting stuck on a railroad track. Can you hear me?

"Hachette Filipacchi Media says it will stop publishing of its struggling Home magazine after the October issue.

Cards stacked against the magazine included the housing slump, tough competition in the shelter category, and the recent death of its editor in chief.

In a statement, Hachette president and CEO Jack Kliger said Home would suspend publication with the October issue and that Hachette would consider publishing it in the future as a special interest publication on the newsstand."

twocents

"Hachette Filipacchi Media says it will stop publishing of its struggling Home magazine after the October issue.

Cards stacked against the magazine included the housing slump, tough competition in the shelter category, and the recent death of its editor in chief.

In a statement, Hachette president and CEO Jack Kliger said Home would suspend publication with the October issue and that Hachette would consider publishing it in the future as a special interest publication on the newsstand."

twocents


i wonder if they'll replace it with another magazine. i have it until 6/2009.

Working Mother Media and Working Mother Magazine (which many of us get foir free) has been sold:

Bonnier Acquires Working Mother Media
Working Mother Media publishes 831,150-circ Working Mother magazine, which comes out eight times a year
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i26351dac86d89015d2eec8a60f4ec88c


This is actually good for us because this company os looking to strengthen the magazine's numbers. Look for some more sponsored sub offers for this title soon

i wonder if they'll replace it with another magazine. i have it until 6/2009.

They also publish Elle Decor and Metropolitan Home, so I'd bet on one of those.

I just got this email:

September 29, 2008

Dear subscribers, colleagues and friends of Jewish Living,

After an extremely successful launch and five well-received issues Jewish Living will suspend publication as of today.

Launched in November 2007 and named one of the top launches of the year by Media Industry News (min), Jewish Living was already making headlines with features in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Daily News, New York Post, Mediaweek, Gawker, Jossip, Folio and others.

Jewish Living was fortunate to have attracted a significant subscribers base, committed
advertisers and the respect of the editorial and creative community.

However, given current economic conditions, it has become increasingly difficult to ensure sustainable funding and therefore the ongoing viability of the business.

We are gratified by the overwhelming response the publication has received from both
subscribers and newsstand purchasers.

We are grateful for the stellar contributions of both our talented staff of art directors, editors, writers, photographers and stylists as well as those of our tireless publishing team and outside partners.

Thank you,

Jewish Living

Dan Zimerman
dzimerman@zspublishing.com

Carol Moskot
cmoskot@jewishlivingmag.com


No word on what they will replace any remaining issues with

More from Jewish Living Magazine:

Dear Jewish Living Subscribers -

Over the last few days we have been overwhelmed and gratified by the thousands of emails we've received from you expressing your deep disappointment at the suspension of publication. We share your disappointment and want to let you know that we did everything in our power to continue publication.

As of this past Sunday night there was no reason to think we were going to suspend publication. We had been operating in good faith and were about to go to press with our Nov/Dec issue.

Given recent market freefall combined with current economic conditions, our investors informed us on Monday morning (Sept 27th) that they would no longer continue funding the magazine. We immediately informed our staff, our subscribers and our suppliers.

That said, we deeply regret the situation we all find ourselves in. As we were a stand alone publication, the staff and principals of Jewish Living will now be starting the new year looking for other employment. We are also aware and very sympathetic to the fact that many loyal subscribers had recently renewed their subscriptions and new subscribers have come on board. Recently received credit card + check payment orders have not been processed.

We are making every effort - as is customary when magazines fail - to ensure that subscribers will receive a replacement magazine subscription to a comparable publication.

Thank you again for subscribing, for sharing the vision with us and - for a short time - for celebrating under the big tent of Jewish Living.

Sincerely,
Dan

--
Dan Zimerman
Jewish Living magazine

They also publish Elle Decor and Metropolitan Home, so I'd bet on one of those.

Got a letter with my current issue - they are replacing Home with Metropolitan Home. Which I already get, so hopefully they will just extend the subscription...

Got a letter with my current issue - they are replacing Home with Metropolitan Home. Which I already get, so hopefully they will just extend the subscription...

I got a letter with my last issue as well which says they are replacing Home with Elle Decor, which I also already get.

I got my last issue of Home saying they would replace it with metropoliton home. I called the 800 number and lady I had talked to had no clue what happened and said the other magazine would be extended for that many issues. I think the 800 number was if you didn't want the other magazine!:confused: :confused:

They also publish Elle Decor and Metropolitan Home, so I'd bet on one of those.


i got my last issue of Home today and i'll be getting Woman's Day as the replacement.

:woot:

And I get "Kitchens And Baths" for Home.

But I get most of the other mags given to others.

I signed up for Jewish Living Magazine back in August/September 2007 when freebiz was giving them away and I never received the magazine.

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2008/10/10/hearst-folds-cosmogirl

Hearst Folds 'Cosmogirl'
Hearst Magazines has folded Cosmogirl. December will be the final issue. Editor in chief Susan Schulz will remain with the company. It's the second Hearst title to fold this year; Quick & Simple went over the summer.

Regarding CosmoGirl:


Update 2: And here's the statement:

Hearst Magazines has made a strategic decision to consolidate its teen publishing activities into Seventeen, the largest-selling monthly teen magazine on newsstands. Effective with the December issue, CosmoGirl will cease as a print magazine, remaining online only at cosmogirl.com. CosmoGirl's subscriber base will be folded into Seventeen.
We are proud of our leadership in the teen category and remain committed to this audience. We will continue to publish Seventeen and its annual Seventeen PROM issue as well as focus on the Hearst Teen Network of websites, which includes Cosmogirl.com, Seventeen.com, Teenmag.com, eSpin.com, MyPromStyle.com, and MisQuinceMag.com. Hearst's Teen Network of sites ranks in the top 10 trafficked entertainment sites on the Web, according to Comscore.

Grand magazine for Grandparents ceases it's PRINT edition due to the economy going down the drain:

I got this email just now:

To My GRAND Family and Friends,

I have some very important news to share with you.

It is no secret that the recent world-wide financial crisis has taken a toll on most of us and has been very hard on some. I would like to share with you the impact it has had on GRAND Media and GRAND Magazine and what it means to you.

First, a little background: we learned soon after launching the magazine in 2004, that there are many loving involved grandparents who wanted a resource addressing one of the great passions and purposes in our lives. We knew we did the right thing by starting the publication but GRAND would need a larger investment of resources (money) to grow our circulation and reach more grandparents. More circulation means more advertising, which is essential as we have to make more than we spend to continue creating the only magazine for grandparents.

Seeking investment funding is a lengthy process and we were stretched very thin, but by early September, we had the funds in the ‘pipeline’ to continue to operate and to grow to the level needed to be successful. In the last few weeks, those funds were withdrawn due to the worldwide drop in value and confidence in the investment markets. With the loss of this funding, we are forced to temporarily suspend print publication of GRAND. We will continue to create the magazine exactly as before and will distribute it online, as E-GRAND. This is not just a website but the actual magazine in digital format.

Right now you may be thinking, “I don’t want to read a magazine on a computer”. I know how you feel, but let me point out some of the advantages: information is easier to research as you can simply click on live links embedded in stories and ads. You can easily email articles to friends and family. Archived issues will be easy to access. You can’t ‘lose’ your copy, and not least, you are reducing your impact on the environment in a meaningful way.

Some FAQ’s

g Will GRAND be printed again? Yes. As soon as we secure investment funding. We expect to be printing in 2009 and providing print and digital options.

g What will happen to my subscription? All print subscriptions will be extended for any amount that were not delivered plus a premium.

g Is E-GRAND my only way to receive the magazine? Until we begin printing again, yes.

g How do I get E-GRAND? Click Here and register. It is free but only for a very short while so please register now.

g I gave a subscription to a friend who does not have a computer. Any suggestions? Invite the friend to read online with you. Print out the most important articles. And maybe this is a good time for your friend to take the digital plunge? Some new desktop computers are priced very reasonably.

Communication: When you sign up for E-GRAND, you may also receive the twice monthly E-newsletter, GRAND World. Check that for news about GRAND and progress updates.

I would like to hear back from you as well. This is a crucial time for GRAND and your input is invaluable.

Please feel free to write me at admin@grandmagazine.com and help us make GRAND the best possible resource for you.

Thank you for your support and understanding at this time. I hope you enjoy E-GRAND and tell everyone you know to sign up quickly as we can only make this free offer for a few more days!

With GRAND Regards,
Christine Crosby
Founder/Publisher

I heard Radar magazine is suppose to cease publishing.

I heard Radar magazine is suppose to cease publishing.


Radar has ceased publishing twice before and started back up again. it's the Zombie magazine! Somebody's gonna have to shoot it in the head this time if they want it to stay down for good!:D

I was surprised to see that Mary Englebreit's Home Companion is also ceasing production.

I was surprised to see that Mary Englebreit's Home Companion is also ceasing production.



here's the press release:

Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion Seeking New Publishing Partner

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Beth Lauver
Mary Engelbreit Studios
314-726-5646

October 13, 2008 (St. Louis, MO) –Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion is seeking a new publishing partner. The current partner, Belvoir Media Group, LLC, is ending their involvement following the December 2008 / January 2009 issue, which will be published as planned, along with the Guide To Creative Living, currently available on newsstands nationwide. The publisher cited continued increases in costs and the current economy as the reason behind the decision.

Belvoir operated and published the magazine under a licensing agreement with Mary Engelbreit, the famed illustrator and namesake for the magazine. Ms. Engelbreit retains ownership of the Home Companion trademark and plans to seek new publishing and licensing opportunities because of Home Companion’s incredible customer loyalty and brand recognition.

No Changes To Mary Engelbreit Studios
Since its inception, Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion has operated as a separate business from Ms. Engelbreit’s art licensing company, Mary Engelbreit Studios. She will continue her active schedule of illustrating greeting cards, calendars and books and her company will continue developing licensed products based on her illustrations. The publication of MEHC is near and dear to Mary Engelbreit Studios, but this search for a new publisher will not have a financial or operational impact on the company.

Home Companion History
Mary Engelbreit’s Home Companion released its first issue in the fall of 1996 and has maintained unprecedented loyalty among readers. The magazine has averaged approximately 350,000 subscribers and a readership of more than one million throughout its history. It is perhaps best known for its unique coverage of artists and creative people in their studios and homes. In recent years, it has gained particular respect as the most renowned publication in the creative arts industry, with editorial content and advertising focusing on a range of creative pursuits, from quilting, to paper arts, jewelry making, graphic design, and more.
http://www.maryengelbreit.com/PressRoom/MEHCSeekingPublisher.aspx


Look for more Home and/or Style magazines to go down in the next 8 to 9 months as the economy continues to "crater" as McCain puts it.


Totally unrelated, every time I hear that term "crater" I think of the joke on David letterman the night McCain stood him up to gon on katie Couric's couch and when Letterman said that McCain told him he couldn't come cuz "the economy was cratering" paul schaffer said..

Crate her? i hardly know her!


I blew soda out my nose.


Doesn't "cratering" sound like something dirty? My husband tells me it's an old miltary term that refers to the craters that heavy artillery shelling leaves behind. So if something is cratering, it means it's under heavy fire. Who knew?:D




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I know that this magazine was never a freebie, but I used to buy it. Turbo and Hi Performance magazine is done. Shame too because it seems that the car mfgrs are looking at doing more turboed engines in both gas and diesel to get the performance and economy in a smaller engine.

Men's Vogue is bust- now to folded into regular Vogue 2 times a yr- no news on rpelacmeent- prob GQ or Details.

Men's Vogue is bust- now to folded into regular Vogue 2 times a yr- no news on rpelacmeent- prob GQ or Details.

I remember that's how the Men's Vogue idea was introduced. A couple years before I saw issues on newstands, I saw Vogue in a polybag with a Men's Vogue booklet (maybe 20 pages?). While I loved the booklet with pretty male models, the material might have been too thin to fill an entire magazine, which always struck me as kinda boring.

According to a story in the Washington Post, US News & World Report will cease publishing a paper edition to concentrate on web.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110402206.html

Oprah Spin-Off Bites the Dust
Deedra Allison
Nov 9th 2008 at 1:52PM
Filed under: Recession

The newsstand is about to get a little thinner. Hearst Magazines, which shut down Cosmogirl last month and Quick & Simple over the summer, has decided to fold O at Home, the quarterly extension of O, The Oprah Magazine. According to a Hearst press release at Portfolio, the final issue will be Winter 2008, on newsstands Nov. 25.


So that free issue we're all getting from StartSampling will be the LASt issue of the mag




Further Confirmation about this title:

ov 7 2008 11:24am EST
Breaking: Hearst Folds Oprah Spinoff 'O at Home'

It continues. Hearst Magazines, which recently pulled the plug on Cosmogirl and has been laying off staff at a number of titles, is shutting down O at Home, the shelter-focused spinoff of O, The Oprah Magazine. The release is here.

O at Home's editor in chief, Sarah Gray Miller, is staying with the company, becoming editor in chief of Country Living. That title's former editor, Nancy Soriano, left Hearst last month.

Update: Via email, a Hearst spokeswoman says "virtually all" of O at Home's staffers, "with a few exceptions," will be placed elsewhere within the company. Four of its editorial employees will follow Gray Miller to Country Living (although whether that means layoffs at Country Living to make room for them was unclear from the message).



.Also US News& World Report is supposedly going Digital and ceasing their print edition completely.


Click here for a good article on other endangered titles:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Checking_in_on_the_endangered_list.asp

Included on their endangered list are:

Smart Money
Kiplinger's
Blender
Sound and Vision
Boating/Yachting/Motorboating,
U.S. News & World Report.
Nickelodeon
Entertainment Weekly
Elegant Bride (reported by several places to already be dead)
Life & Style.

:shocking: woah! CosmoGirl :sadbye:

:shocking: woah! CosmoGirl :sadbye:


CosmoGirl Subscribers will get Seventeen instead.

Included on their endangered list are:

Smart Money
Kiplinger's
Blender
Sound and Vision
Boating/Yachting/Motorboating,
U.S. News & World Report.
Nickelodeon
Entertainment Weekly
Elegant Bride (reported by several places to already be dead)
Life & Style.

NO! Say it ain't so! :( :( :( I love that magazine.

Smart Money - Should be revamped Murdoch style and make more global.
Kiplinger's - To Bad great articles though.
Blender -- Free Subscription - I will have sad Coworker.
Sound and Vision - Free Subscription - To much advertisement and articles on high end entertainment systems.

U.S. News & World Report. - Doh! I just pay for new subscription over 4 months ago plus added couple of the Rewardsgold. I do prefer Time first. Newsweek Vs U.S. News & World Report. Hmm.

Late yesterday, the staff of Cottage Living, a four-year-old shelter magazine, was told that the magazine was shutting down. It marks the first actual closure in the latest round of belt tightening at Time Inc.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11192008/business/the_worst_of_time_s__for_250_139439.htm

Blender? Nooooooo!!

So that free issue we're all getting from StartSampling will be the LASt issue of the mag




Further Confirmation about this title:





.Also US News& World Report is supposedly going Digital and ceasing their print edition completely.


Click here for a good article on other endangered titles:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Checking_in_on_the_endangered_list.asp

Included on their endangered list are:

Smart Money
Kiplinger's
Blender
Sound and Vision
Boating/Yachting/Motorboating,
U.S. News & World Report.
Nickelodeon
Entertainment Weekly
Elegant Bride (reported by several places to already be dead)
Life & Style.

Included on their endangered list are:

Smart Money
Kiplinger's
Blender
Sound and Vision
Boating/Yachting/Motorboating,
U.S. News & World Report.
Nickelodeon
Entertainment Weekly
Elegant Bride (reported by several places to already be dead)
Life & Style.

Well, I guess this explains why Books-A-Million was pushing a free 8 week/issue sub to a few of these. I signed up for the EW and Time offers, can't remember the other, too. Looks like I may not have to call EW in 8 weeks to cancel my sub before I'm charged.... Doesn't surprise me on some of them really, though. EW, Life and Style, and Blender all take me about 30 minutes to read cover-to-cover, too much competition, not enough news....

If Blender ceases; I'll keel over.

On the other had, PC Magazine is now offering replacement subscriptions, I think. *I* signed up for one...

It's all over at Ziff Davis media. EGM is now gone. Everything has been sold to UGO.

More details here:

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/ziff_davis_sells_1upcom_ugo_axes_egm_magazine#comment-17527

Bummer, a few more. And I just got my first issue of Wondertime! :(

Wondertime (subscribers will be offered Family Fun or refund in March issue):
http://www.dmnews.com/Wondertime-to-fold/article/126318/
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=134023

Country Home (couldn't find details on replacement, maybe Traditional Home or BHG?)
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/country_home_has_folded_105246.asp

Teen (suscribers will get Seventeen)
https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/HR/TEE/TEE_primary_faqs.jsp?null=41762&cds_mag_code=TEE&id=1233085163726&lsid=90271339237046188&vid=1&cds_page_id=41762

Missbehave (moving to online only)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3ieb36f849687dcd179eca9bc2b3ff923a

Bummer, a few more. And I just got my first issue of Wondertime :(

Wondertime (no word on replacement, but subscribe link points to Family Fun?)
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=134023

Country Home (couldn't find details on replacement, maybe Traditional Home or BHG?)
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/country_home_has_folded_105246.asp

Teen (suscribers will get Seventeen)
https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/HR/TEE/TEE_primary_faqs.jsp?null=41762&cds_mag_code=TEE&id=1233085163726&lsid=90271339237046188&vid=1&cds_page_id=41762

Missbehave (moving to online only)
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3ieb36f849687dcd179eca9bc2b3ff923a

Nooooooooo not Wondertime! :( I freaking love that mag! Between Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Cookie and Child *both folded already*, this one was my favourite of the genre. I'll definitely miss it.

Domino, the three-year-old shopping and home décor magazine, will stop publishing with its March issue, Condé Nast Publications announced Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/business/media/29mag.html

Domino, the three-year-old shopping and home décor magazine, will stop publishing with its March issue, Condé Nast Publications announced Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/29/business/media/29mag.html

Yeah, Home Design Magazines are really taking a hit with this economy. When you see even Martha Stewart Living giving away sponsored subs, you know the entire category is deep doo doo!

More on Domino:
Condé Nast folds Domino
Andrea Chalupa
Jan 28th 2009 at 5:25PM
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Even if only ex-Merrill Lynch C.E.O. John Thain can afford the high-end armoires touted in the latest issue, Domino was still a fun magazine to flip through for decorating ideas and motivation.

It was also one of the thinnest in the Condé Nast family, with ad pages slipping 26% in 2007 alone. The three-year-old home decor magazine has gone the way of the housing market; it's March issue will be its last and the website will be shut down.

Domino's colorful pages plush with luxury goods and expert advice from world-class designers like Michael Smith--tapped to spruce up the White House, was a hard sell at a time most Americans prefer to shop at Wal-Mart and Target.

Even if you didn't live in a French chateau but a rented condo, it was still nice to flip through Domino to snag an idea or two and rush to the nearest Ikea. That was probably how the editors justified filling the book with so many glittering examples of how to dress a country table and the best (high-end) canopy beds on the market.

I was actually impressed by some wallet-friendly cover stories on Domino's latest issue, one that was a siren call for D.I.Y. projects. I thought the magazine was finally catering to a frugal public.

Alas, it's too late for one of the best magazines, in my opinion, on news stands. The demise of Domino is surprising considering that Condé Nast appeared to be doing what it could to save it by publicly cheer-leading and installing a new publisher only two weeks ago.

Now Beth Fuchs, the publisher, and editor Deborah Needleman have been let go along with most of the magazine's 80-person staff. Only a handful of people will remain to fill open positions within Condé Nast.

Spokeswoman Maurie Perl blamed the decision to close Domino on the economy and assures that other titles, including ad-page short Details and Condé Nast Portfolio, "remain firm."

This is the fourth recent magazine closing for Condé Nast, which shuttered the "quirky-girl" magazine Jane in July 2007, House & Garden in November 2007, and Vogue Living last August.

As the New York Times points out, home design magazines are suffering, which is ironic given that most people are going out less, to save money, and spending more time at home.

I, for one, will still paint a wall in my bedroom the gray-blue I saw in Domino's latest issue, in a story about how to quickly straighten up your home. Thank you, Domino, you will be missed. Come back when things get better.

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/01/28/conde-nast-folds-domino/

Nooooooooo not Wondertime! :( I freaking love that mag! Between Parents, Parenting, Family Fun, Cookie and Child *both folded already*, this one was my favourite of the genre. I'll definitely miss it.

Wait, do you mean Cookie folded!? I hadn't see that? And the subscribe link on their site still works? Say it ain't so!

I just received this email from Domino Magazine.


Dear Readers!

It is with very heavy hearts that we say farewell. Over the last 4 years, in 28 issues, we have done our best to create a great magazine. We started with a real idea—that style is for everyone—and tried to carry it out with stories that provide inspiration and empower you to act on it. From your tremendous response, we know that we were onto something. In this tough economy, however, we simply weren't able to get the advertising support we needed.

As domino evolved, we never lost sight of our original democratic premise. Looking back at the manifesto we published in the premiere issue, the first tenet of domino is still the truest: Home should make you happy. We hope we have played a part in making this come true for you.

Love,
All the editors of domino



I liked Domino too. :(

Teen (suscribers will get Seventeen)
https://w1.buysub.com/pubs/HR/TEE/TEE_primary_faqs.jsp?null=41762&cds_mag_code=TEE&id=1233085163726&lsid=90271339237046188&vid=1&cds_page_id=41762



Noooo! I have memories with that one.

Not Life and Style!! That's my favorite mag!! No..No...No. :(

So that free issue we're all getting from StartSampling will be the LASt issue of the mag




Further Confirmation about this title:





.Also US News& World Report is supposedly going Digital and ceasing their print edition completely.


Click here for a good article on other endangered titles:
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Magazines_22/Checking_in_on_the_endangered_list.asp

Included on their endangered list are:

Smart Money
Kiplinger's
Blender
Sound and Vision
Boating/Yachting/Motorboating,
U.S. News & World Report.
Nickelodeon
Entertainment Weekly
Elegant Bride (reported by several places to already be dead)
Life & Style.

I'm assuming no one here had a free sub to Craft, but I'll miss it even though I only bought a couple issues: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/02/craft_volume_10_is_our_last_is.html

Oh no! I loved Domino and Wondertime. I got my March Issue of Wondertime with nothing on it to say that I would get a refund or credit...I have never paid for it, so that's fine with me. I did however pay for Domino, so I hope I get credited for the rest of my issues!

I just got this from Country Home:

We're sincerely sorry to tell you that Country Home Magazine will no longer be published. This is your farewell issue. But there is good news...To complete your subscription, we'd like to treat you to Better Homes and Gardens Magazine and even send you additional issues at no additional cost to you! You don't need to do a thing.......P.S. If you already subscribe to BHG, it's our pleasure to extend your subscription by the appropriate number of issues.

I just got this from Country Home:

We're sincerely sorry to tell you that Country Home Magazine will no longer be published. This is your farewell issue. But there is good news...To complete your subscription, we'd like to treat you to Better Homes and Gardens Magazine and even send you additional issues at no additional cost to you! You don't need to do a thing.......P.S. If you already subscribe to BHG, it's our pleasure to extend your subscription by the appropriate number of issues.

Yeah, I got that today too. My mom was happy since I got a free subscription until April of 2010 (thanks to Slickdeals). She loves Better Homes & Gardens.

Another one that has Ceased Publication is Radar Magazine.

I had a free subscription to it from one of the offers on here and today I got an issue of Star Magazine with a note on the front that I was going to start receiving Star since Radar is no longer being published.

Editing myself, I didn't notice that it was mentioned in the first post of the thread until just now. But I had received it until this month so maybe that's why.

Yeah, I got that today too. My mom was happy since I got a free subscription until April of 2010 (thanks to Slickdeals). She loves Better Homes & Gardens.
I got the same thing but when I looked at the experation it said ??/10 not sure waht month but they said they would extend it past that date.

Bummer, one more folded. Hallmark mag:
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/hallmark_magazine_folds_109583.asp

Does anyone know if Home magazine is still around? I just realized that I haven't received any issues since October and I can't seem to find it when I search for it so I'm assuming it folded as well?

Home magazine ceased publication August 2008.

Quick Question:What website can I go to sort out my subscription to EGM? Hope someone points me in the right direction.

Apparently, Plenty magazine, too. I wondered since I hadn't received anything after the Dec/Jan issue.

link (http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/01/09/rip-plenty-magazine-is-actually-shutting-down-everything/)

Quick Question:What website can I go to sort out my subscription to EGM? Hope someone points me in the right direction.

Have you tried their customer service form yet? Also in the back of the magazine, is there an 800 number listed for customer service? I found this number online 800-779-1174. HTH

https://www.neodata.com/ITPS2.cgi?ItemCode=EGAM&OrderType=Reply+Only&iResponse=EGAM.INQUIRY

Apparently, Plenty magazine, too. I wondered since I hadn't received anything after the Dec/Jan issue.

link (http://www.ecorazzi.com/2009/01/09/rip-plenty-magazine-is-actually-shutting-down-everything/)

Bummer! When you mentioned that I realized I hadn't seen National Geograpic's Green Guide lately either, and discovered it was gone too:


"We are sorry to advise you that The Green Guide ceased publication effective with the Winter 2009 issue.
We are no longer accepting orders for the print or digital editions of this magazine.
If you have any questions, please contact us at 1-800-NGS-LINE (1-800-647-5463)."

:(

Home magazine ceased publication August 2008.

Do you know if it was replaced with something else?

Bummer, one more folded. Hallmark mag:
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/hallmark_magazine_folds_109583.asp

does anyone know if Hallmark will be replaced with another magazine?

Noooo! :( I loved Hallmark mag. Hope it gets replaced with something else similar.

Ok, I don't even know why I check MediaBistro any more. It's depressing!

But at least Best Life was one I didn't subscribe to: http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/magazines/rodales_best_life_folds_111039.asp#more

ANother free one bites the dust:

from email I got:


Dear Subscriber,



Much like pulling off a band-aid, I have always thought it is best to get bad news out of the way in one swift, sharp tug. So here goes: after publishing 7 editions, the magazine Spain Gourmetour has ceased publication.



We've had a good run. Through these years, we brought you sights ranging from the horses of Jerez to writer Graham Greene’s favorite spots in Galicia. We have tried to introduce you to some of Spain’s hottest wine regions and products, we have offered recipes both modern and traditional, and we have had chefs, food writers, sommeliers and experts tell you about their favorite aspects of Spanish culture… And, judging by your feedback, you have enjoyed reading us as much as we’ve enjoyed writing for you.



At Spain Gourmetour, we now move on to other pursuits. A few months from now, our website www.spaingourmetour.com will go live, replacing the current trade Spain Gourmetour magazine Internet edition, so we will continue to bring the best on Spanish food, wine and travel to those of you who choose to follow us there.



Until then, muchas gracias for your support and encouragement over the years. It’s been a true pleasure sharing our country with you.



Cathy Boirac

Editor in chief



Trade Commission of Spain

405 Lexington Ave. 44th floor

New York NY 10174

Blender bites the dust - this news item has it's own thread already but just for the sake of having a central source for all ceased mag info, here's a link to the NY Times article on it's demis:

Print Version of Blender Magazine Will Cease Publication
By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: March 26, 2009
Blender, a music and entertainment magazine, will cease publication with its April issue, but will continue to publish on its Web site, blender.com, its owner, the Alpha Media Group, announced on Thursday.

“We went as far as we could in a difficult environment,” said an Alpha Media spokeswoman, Nora Haynes.

About 30 people will leave the company as a result of the magazine’s closing, she said.

Alpha also is combining its magazine Maxim with Maxim.com, which means a few staff changes and, potentially, more layoffs. Joe Levy, the editor in chief of Blender, will become editor in chief of the combined Maxim and Maxim.com; Jay Woodruff, formerly editor in chief of Maxim Digital, will become chief content officer of the operation.

Blender has been publishing since 2001, featuring music reviews, recurring features like “greatest songs ever,” and articles on Ludacris and Radiohead. It is aimed at young men and its covers have tended to feature female singers, like Fergie and Nicole Scherzinger of the catcat Dolls, in come-hither poses.

Blender’s ad pages fell 31 percent in 2008, to 522 pages, according to the Publishers Information Bureau.

It is one of several magazines that have closed this year because of the sharp decline in magazine advertising, including Domino from Condé Nast and Country Home from Meredith.

Dennis Publishing, the house behind Blender, Maxim and its sister publication, Stuff, was renamed Alpha Media Group after a private equity buyout in 2007. Stuff was then folded into Maxim.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/business/media/27blender.html?_r=2&ref=business


And another one many of us had for free bites the dust :

Scrye Magazine shuts down with April 09 issue:
Scrye Magazine Ceases Publication in April 2009
Sunday, Feb. 8 2009 | Author: Franky

Scrye Magazine, the longest-running periodical reporting on the collectible card game hobby and the leading print resource for secondary-market prices on Magic: The Gathering, will cease publication in April 2009 as announced in an email to former editors and contributors.
The last issue will be #131. The magazine launched in 1993. The fate of GamingReport.com, the online presence of the magazine, is still open.

After Dragon and Dungeon ceased publication in September 2007, nationally distributed gaming magazines have disappeared.

Email after the jump


January 29, 2009
Dear Scrye Contributor:
We at F+W Media continuously analyze our publishing strategy to determine if we are meeting our readers’ needs and company goals. We take into consideration the marketplace we serve and the opportunities available for each of our magazine titles.
After much analysis and deliberation, we have determined to cease publication of Scrye magazine; the final issue will be the April 2009 edition, issue #131.
You have helped provide our readers with a consistent supply of information, instruction, and entertainment. On behalf of everyone at Scrye Magazine, I would like to thank you for your contributions to the magazine.
Best Regards,
Joyce Greenholdt, Editor
http://www.forevergeek.com/2009/02/scrye_magazine_ceases_publication_in_april_2009/


Realms of Fantasy bites the dust:
Realms of Fantasy closing
By Ian Randal Strock January 27, 2009

Breaking news: Realms of Fantasy is closing down following publication of its April 2009 issue. Managing Editor Laura Cleveland told SFScope the news came very suddenly, indeed, even Editor Shawna McCarthy (currently on vacation in Italy) hadn't been informed yet. The only reason we got the story is that rumors broke through the blogosphere today.

Cleveland said the April issue is currently at the printer, and will be published. The reasons she was given for the closure were plummeting newsstand sales. "Subscriptions are good, and advertising, until very recently, was fine." She blamed the economic downturn and newsstand distribution for the closure.

Publisher Sovereign Media first got into sf magazine publishing with Science Fiction Age, which Scott Edelman edited through its eight-year life. SFAge was closed while still profitable to make room for an even more profitable wrestling magazine. Realms of Fantasy has been with us for fifteen years and "was coming up on its 100th issue," Cleveland said. "We were excited about the special Halloween issue we'd been planning, which would have been our first."

The staff is obviously harried by the news, and that it's become public so quickly. Cleveland had been hoping to tell the authors and artists the news before it broke publicly. The magazine wasn't carrying a large inventory, she said, although she did note that they'd recently purchased a number of stories which now won't be published.

More news as we learn it.

Edited 28 January 2009: Sovereign Media has posted this web page, offering Realms subscribers the choice of converting their subscriptions to Sci Fi Magazine or Otaku USA Magazine, or requesting a refund.
http://sfscope.com/2009/01/realms-of-fantasy-closing.html


Figure Magazine To Cease Publication with the March/April '09 issue
Hey fam...

Word on the street is that Figure Magazine is ceasing publication immediately. See the letter from the Editor to the Figure readers below:

Dear Figure magazine and FigureMagazine.com readers,
Thank you for your extraordinary passion and support throughout our years of publishing Figure magazine. We are saddened to announce that as of our March/April 2009 issue, we will be ceasing publication of the magazine and shutting down the website.

This was a painful decision to make. We have shared your vision to create an empowering, inclusive place for women of all shapes to come and celebrate fashion and themselves. However, we are facing unprecedented economic times and unfortunately are unable to continue publishing.

If you are a magazine subscriber, we will be contacting you regarding your remaining issues.

You all have made Figure an exciting and dynamic community. It has truly been a joy to serve the needs of today's fashion-conscious woman through the magazine and website, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in our stores and online at www.lanebryant.com, www.fashionbug.comand www.catherines.com. We hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

The Publishers of Figure Magazine and FigureMagazine.com
http://sharonquinn.blogspot.com/2009/03/figure-magazine-to-cease-publication.html


And finally... possible tough times ahead for JET, EBONY & VIBE:
Major African American Publications in Financial Trouble...huge layoffs & cuts to come?
News flash fam! According to Media Takeout....Serious trouble is brewing at the offices of Vibe Magazine AND over at Johnson Publications (parent company of Ebony & Jet Magazine).

Check out the articles below:

MediaTakeOut.com has been hearing for months that Vibe Magazine is having financial problems. Yesterday the website Gawker posted this message:

A tipster tells us the atmosphere is tense at the Vibe offices—"they may not have enough money to print the March issue" because of a lack of ads

Executives from the Wicks Group (Private Equity Owners) came to the office on Friday and met with CEO Steve Aaron and Publisher Edgar Hernandez. Things around the office are very tense.

The tipster says that more meetings are scheduled for this afternoon. And they say that the only ads Vibe has booked for the March issue are "Army, Carson Soft Sheen & Jamster"—not even a fifth of the usual number of ads.
EDITOR'S Update - Vibe issued the following response:
"Any reports that VIBE is having problems printing the upcoming March issue are untrue. In fact, VIBE is releasing its annual "Style" issue featuring Grammy nominated singer Keyshia Cole with two different covers which will hit newsstands everywhere on February 17th.

We will also be issuing a press release within the next two weeks with news about VIBE's continued growth and expansion which includes new staff hires and promotions." Edgar Hernandez, Publisher of VIBE Media Group.

AND

The largest African American owned publication is going through a new reorganization which is unsettling a number of its workers. Here’s how the popular website Journal-isms is reporting things:
A major reorganization is under way at Johnson Publishing Co., publishers of Ebony and Jet magazines, in which Editorial Director Bryan Monroe has seen his job eliminated and he and others have been told they may reapply for jobs at the company, Johnson employees told Journal-isms.

Monroe is eligible to apply for one of the newly created executive editor jobs at Ebony, the monthly, or Jet, the weekly pocket-sized newsmagazine, employees said.
And there’s more:
Ad pages were down 22 percent at Ebony and 43.1 percent at Jet last year, according to Publishers Information Bureau figures. Jet magazine has been combining issues once a month and calling each a "special double issue." Freelancers continue to complain about not being paid…. The mood at the Chicago-based company ranges from "fear and apprehension" among longtime employees to "wait-and-see" among the newer hires, one employee said.

Hmmm....I don't know if at this point in time I would take a "Wait & See" attitude. Publishing actual PRINT publications appear to being going the way of the "Dodo" as more and more folks are turning to the web for news and entertainment. I worked in publishing for 20 years....."Restructuring" or "Reorganizing" are NEVER good words to hear. It ALWAYS means a lot of folks will be losing their jobs.......Better start updating those resumes and hit the pavement running looking for new jobs....RIGHT NOW!!

http://sharonquinn.blogspot.com/search/label/Magazines



Remix Magazine Ceases Publication

The global economic meltdown has claimed another victim: Remix magazine. On Friday, the technology magazine’s publisher, Penton Media, pulled the plug on the monthly print edition and its January issue will be its last. However, the company will keep Remix alive as an online property and continue operating its rotating music production showcase, the Remix Hotel. “The economy got me. I knew it was coming these last six months, and Remix, the print magazine, is no longer,” said editor Kylee Swensen in an e-mail missive. Remix’s closure comes during a year that has claimed several U.S. music titles, including Resonance and Harp.



GENRE Magazine ups and dies too - the gay themed magazine ceases publication:
Genre Magazine Ceases Publication
3/23/09 at 6:00 PM 5Comments

Ad pages are down, staffers are forced to take unpaid leave, and more dailies are shedding their smudgy paper skins and going live. Plus, there's one less gay publication to go around (in an opaque plastic sleeve). After the jump, today's bad media news.

• Steamy gay monthly Genre has suspended publication do to a slump in ad sales during the recession. [
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/03/genre_magazine_ceases_publicat.html



Newspaper The Christian Science Monitor ceases as a print publication with the 3/27/09 edition.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0327/p09s01-coop.html



Focus on the Family ceases publication of teen magazines Brio, Brio and Beyond, and Breakway
http://blog.beliefnet.com/gospelsoundcheck/2008/11/focus-on-the-family-ceases-pub.html

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More on GENRE magazine's demise:

GENRE MAGAZINE SUSPENDS PUBLICATION -- 03/20/2009
Genre magazine has suspended publication due to the recession, the Washington Blade reports, though the other publications under Avalon Equity's umbrella — the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, South Florida Blade, New York Blade and HX magazine — will continue to operate, according to CEO David Unger.

Said Unger: "We thank all of our readers, advertisers and editorial staff for their support throughout our more than 16-year history and hope that we can re-establish our relationship when times are better."

In early February it was revealed that Avalon Equity had been forced into receivership by the Small Business Administration. Gay City News reported: "In its 2008 lawsuit seeking to force the receivership, the SBA wrote that the 'capital impairment' was 61 percent in August of 2007 and that it rose to over 134 percent by December of that year...The percentages cited in the lawsuit suggest that Avalon had little or no capital left as private investors were pulling their money out, businesses owned by Avalon were losing money, assets in the fund lost value, or some combination of the three.""





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Dear Valued Customer,

You may have heard that Wondertime Magazine ceased publication effective with the March 2009 issue. If you have not been notified, rest assured, a postcard will be mailed to you shortly explaining all your options for your print edition. In the meantime, we are very pleased to let you know that the digital edition of FamilyFun Magazine has been selected as a replacement for your Wondertime digital subscription. Your online account at www.coverleaf.com will be automatically updated and you may log into www.coverleaf.com/familyfun at any time to check out your new subscription. As an added bonus, all Wondertime archives will be added to the FamilyFun archives, so you will never lose your clippings or old issues of Wondertime.

So log in today and check out the newest issue of FamilyFun! We are thrilled to have you with us!

John Albin
Associate Online Manager
FamilyFun Magazine

KING Magazine is now dead - it was an offshoot of XXL
Magazine Death Rate Exceeds Magazine Launches

For the first time the magazine death rate exceeded the magazine birth rate, according to the New York Post. In the first quarter of 2009 101 titles while only 95 new titles launched. The latest magazine to fold is urban lad-mag KING magazine, which had just celebrated its 50th issue last month.King magazine, published by Harris Publications, was a spin-off of XXL magazine.
http://www.blogmagazine.com/blog_magazine/


Also interesting from that blog is this:
Bigger Changes in Store for Men's Journal?

This week both business and editorial staffs at Men's Journal--sister mag of Rolling Stone--faced layoffs. The move has some media watchers wondering if this is the first step toward a staff merger with Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone is in deep trouble which is a crying shame. That is one magazine I actually PAY for.


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does anyone know if Hallmark will be replaced with another magazine?

I just called Hallmark, and since it is an independent magazine, they are trying to find another magazine to work with them (she mentioned Better Homes and Gardens which I can't stand). I was told that cards should be mailed out by the end of the month with information and that refunds will definitely be an option.

I have four years left on my subscription. I loved that magazine!

I just got a postcard in the mail today that Domino will be ceasing publication and will be Replaced with Glamour magazine for remaining subscription.

Weird. My Domino postcard said it will be replaced by Lucky.

Weird. My Domino postcard said it will be replaced by Lucky.

That's what my postcard said too.

Conde Nast will usually allow you to switch to any of the magazines that they publish. You may not get the same number of issues but you can (usually) get the magazine of your choice. Call them again and tell them that you would prefer another magazine and they will usually honor your request. You may have to wait until the switch is in their system.

More on the death of KING Magazine - it was like XXL's lower-brow cousin :

King Magazine: Aimed Low and Still Missed
By Jimi Izrael | Posted: April 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM

Harris Publication’s King Magazine is dead, according to reports, and while they blame the economy, it’s a miracle it survived as long as it did. King was mainly barbershop fare, a magazine full of pictures of cars, stereoes, cognac and women with really, really big butts. People that know me know that these are among my favorite things. Even so, I rarely ever bought the magazine. There seems to be some thought that black men are sexual brutes who like thier content mono-syllabic and half-naked. But we know that isn't true.

The problem is, you can never combine good editorial content with booty. Even when Playboy was doing it well, it was hard. King fancied itself the black Maxim, never realizing that Maxim sucked. The people behind King were pros, so the writing was always good, but you had to push past all the booty cheeks to find it. King was the stroke-book you find hidden in your son’s mattress and not the kind of magazine a grown man could read on the subway or put on the coffee table. I don’t know that it ever aspired to be anything more than that, but King aimed low and still missed. We could blame it on hip-hop culture, like we do with everything else, but it's bigger than that. We simply do not expect black men to need intellectual stimulation.

Black men only had one periodical treat them like adults, and that was CODE Magazine. Sure, there was Savoy and Emerge, but these were race-rags asking questions we all know the answer to. CODE was the closest thing we have seen to a black Esquire, smart and completely readable. It was promising but, like Eugene told me, it was a magazine for men designed by women, and it looked like it. When Lenny Kravitz's nipple ring graced the cover, people began to wonder what exactly was being encoded. It became still another magazine black men didn't want to be seen reading.

It's sad that there is no smart magazine for black men, But if there was, what would it look like?


http://www.theroot.com/blogs/hardline/king-magazine-aimed-low-and-still-missed

I just got a postcard in the mail today that Domino will be ceasing publication and will be Replaced with Glamour magazine for remaining subscription.

Weird. My Domino postcard said it will be replaced by Lucky.

The card I received has my Domino subscription being replaced by Architectural Digest! :nod:


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The card I received has my Domino subscription being replaced by Architectural Digest! :nod:


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wow thats strange that people are getting all kinds of different subscriptions...Im Happy with Glamour Mag i really like it! :)

I received two issues today of Women's Health mag. I haven't signed up for it but by checking the subscription online, it looks like it's complimentary until Jan 1, 2011. Anybody have a clue as to which magazine was replaced by Woman's Health mag? I guess I'll give the sub to either my sister or mom.

I received two issues today of Women's Health mag. I haven't signed up for it but by checking the subscription online, it looks like it's complimentary until Jan 1, 2011. Anybody have a clue as to which magazine was replaced by Woman's Health mag? I guess I'll give the sub to either my sister or mom.

I received two issues this past week, as well.
I have yet to figure out why...
I just hope it wasn't an accidental subscribing with a sweeps entry :rolleyes:

That's what my postcard said too.

If you don't like your replacement magazine you can call the customer service number provided on the card and ask to change to other magazine choices they have. I have Lucky as a replacement but I asked to switch to Goumet magazine.

Maybe the Women's Heath was part of the E.L.F. HD? I have have the same thing with the WH and my Lucky sub also went up a year, both were offered.

I received two issues today of Women's Health mag. I haven't signed up for it but by checking the subscription online, it looks like it's complimentary until Jan 1, 2011. Anybody have a clue as to which magazine was replaced by Woman's Health mag? I guess I'll give the sub to either my sister or mom.

You probably signed up for it thru Rewards Gold. Women's Health was available for about 1 or 2 days in Feburary of 2009 via Rewards Gold. I can't find an SD Thread for the offer but trust me, there was an offer, here's the old link to the final page of the deal:

http://www.rewardsgold.com/mags/wom_health1/sg_wohealth_pg3w.htm

Of course that link now tells you the deal is dead but it does show you that the offer existed.


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Like I said, I didn't sign up for it at all. I just checked my rewards gold account and it's not listed there either. If it's free, I'm not worried at all. I just gave the sub to my sister since I have no use for it (I'm a guy.)

Like I said, I didn't sign up for it at all. I just checked my rewards gold account and it's not listed there either. If it's free, I'm not worried at all. I just gave the sub to my sister since I have no use for it (I'm a guy.)

I was going to say maybe it was Women's Muscle & Fitness as they stopped circulation several months back ...but then you said you were a guy and figured since you wouldn't have ordered Women's Health, you probably wouldn't have ordered Muscle & Fitness either!:lol:

The weird thing is that Barnes and Noble seems to still have just as many different mags on the shelves as usual... O_O

I have some questions though-
I knew something was fishy with Computer Shopper since I didn't get a May issue. When was it announced, by whom? Can I get another sub even though it was free?

Same for PC Mag, can I get another sub even though it was a free one?

The weird thing is that Barnes and Noble seems to still have just as many different mags on the shelves as usual... O_O

It's not weird at all. For every magazine that folds, there's a new magazine hoping not to make the same mistakes. If you look closely enough at BN's newsstand to see the magazines' names, you'll see the turnover after a while.

BTW, has anyone heard anything about Sound & Vision? I heard that it might fold, but the source was vague and I wasn't able to find anything else to back it up.

Doubt anyone had free subscriptions to these mags, but thse will be gone or will be gone.

Memory Makers, like Simple Scrapbooks and MemoryTrends, is folding. The company announced the decision on its website, saying that the magazine will stop publishing after the September/October 2009 issue. The Memory Makers Masters competition has also been canceled.

Vibe is caput:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/30/vibe-magazine-shutting-down/

Vibe magazine, the urban-music magazine founded in 1993 by Quincy Jones, is the latest victim of the media recession. Multiple sources both within and outside the magazine confirmed that it is shutting down.

Reached for comment, chief financial officer Angela Zucconi said, "We will be making a statement by the end of the day. That's all I can say at this point." She referred further questions to CEO Steve Aaron, who was not immediately available. Messages left for editor in chief Danyel Smith and publishers Edgar Hernandez were not immediately returned.

Vibe enjoyed significant success in the late '90s and early part of this decade as hip hop and R&B became the nation's predominant forms of pop music. But in recent years the title has fallen on hard times under its new owner, the Wicks Group, which bought it in 2006. In February, it reduced its circulation and publishing frequency, cut salaries and moved employees to a four-day workweek to save money.

BEST LIFE MAGAZINE ceased also :(

anyone knows what they will replace it with???

Vibe is caput:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/06/30/vibe-magazine-shutting-down/

Yup:


Vibe Magazine Folds
Posted Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 10:32 in Culture by Adam Figman

In some terrible journalism news, hip-hop publication Vibe Magazine has shut its doors, according to Daily Finance. A few months ago, the magazine cut work-weeks down to 4 days per week and had to cut the pay of a bunch of employees, with lack of adverising supposedly being the reason. The magazine has been at the heart of the culture for years now, although many have argued that it had fallen off recently, as its list of top Hip Hop blogs and Best MC's bracket were both debated heavily around the net. Still, terribly unfortunate news.

JET and or EBONY is likely to be next Tought times for print publications.


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best life is transferred to gq pr men's journal. which one should i choose?? hmm... o.O?

best life is transferred to gq pr men's journal. which one should i choose?? hmm... o.O?

GQ, totally.

JET and or EBONY is likely to be next Tought times for print publications.


Giant is on the brink too:
http://www.magazinedeathpool.com/magazine_death_pool/2009/06/marked-for-death-giant-magazine.html

I have a friend whose computer broke last autumn, so I signed him up for free subs to Vibe and Giant. I'm starting to feel sorry for him now, though it's possible Giant might just last until the end of his subscription.

Why won't Oprah magazine go out of business, and what can we do to make that happen?

Why won't Oprah magazine go out of business, and what can we do to make that happen?

Look at the free half-year of Oprah offered elsewhere on this forum. I've never seen this magazine go for free before; maybe it's a sign of trouble.

Didn't see this mentioned: Nick Jr stopped publication and is being replaced with Nick magazine (for older kids)

ETA Nick will cease publication in 2010

Just got this in the Mail

This is a Note to inform you that Blender has ceased publishing with the April 2009 Issue. The balance of your paid subscription will be fulfilled with Maxim, if you are already a subscriber to Maxim the balance of your Blender Subscription will be added to your exisiting Maxim subscription.

Just got this in the Mail

This is a Note to inform you that Blender has ceased publishing with the April 2009 Issue. The balance of your paid subscription will be fulfilled with Maxim, if you are already a subscriber to Maxim the balance of your Blender Subscription will be added to your exisiting Maxim subscription.


Old news but thanks for the update. We all expected we'd be getting MAXIM.

Do keep in mind however, that MXIM, BLENDER & STUFF all instituted a no more than 5 years into the future subscription policy for those of us with sponsored subs. they did that about 4 years ago. If the added years put you over that limit, you are likely to lose them. They send you a "screw you, no more than 5 years for you" letter for each year they deny you.



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Old news but thanks for the update. We all expected we'd be getting MAXIM.

Do keep in mind however, that MXIM, BLENDER & STUFF all instituted a no more than 5 years into the future subscription policy for those of us with sponsored subs. they did that about 4 years ago. If the added years put you over that limit, you are likely to lose them. They send you a "screw you, no more than 5 years for you" letter for each year they deny you.



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Not necessarily, I got a new issue of Maxim today that had a sticker with the same note about Blender (old news). My subscription had jumped from August 2014 to August 2027 (:rolleyes: like Maxim will last that long). I was totally expecting the "tough luck letter" also, so I was surprised.

I think I should complain though. I had 15.5 years of Blender left, but they only transferred 13 years. :lmao:

Not necessarily, I got a new issue of Maxim today that had a sticker with the same note about Blender (old news). My subscription had jumped from August 2014 to August 2027 (:rolleyes: like Maxim will last that long). I was totally expecting the "tough luck letter" also, so I was surprised.

I think I should complain though. I had 15.5 years of Blender left, but they only transferred 13 years. :lmao:

Funny, got the same thing except my Maxim sub. expires April 2032! Forget the magazine, I hope I'm around till then!

Southern Accents: RIP August 2009
Kudos to the redundancy department for taking care of Southern Accents magazine today. For Time Inc., it has all come down to Southern Living and Coastal Living. Frankly, there's not much "living" going on in Birmingham, Alabama.

It's bad enough to be a shelter magazine these days, but a shelter magazine in the south?

I wish they'd come up with a new magazine to help me redecorate the old cave down here. Something perhaps called "Not Living?"

As one of the Reaper's fatherful readers said in his e-mail: "Y'all stay dead now, heah?"
http://www.magazinedeathpool.com/

Oh, and PINK finally bit the dust too
Pink was in the red and now it's dead.

Beware of one-worded women's magazine's based on thin concepts. Tango thought it would survive on relationships, but as everybody knows, love stinks and hook-ups don't last. Pffttt -- Tango moved online only.

Pink, a women's career leadership and busiess title, was not going to be long for this world, despite the noble mission of "equity and opportunity." Waltzing with Tango now in the digital world after five years in print, there is now one less title in nail salons across this great country of ours. Sniff.


SPIN is hanging by a thread. It gets slimmer with each new issue and they are starting to mail them a little later like they are waiting for one last ad page to maybe come in! Oh noes!


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No more SEED???

"So it is no surprise that The Reaper received this letter from a faithful reader: "I just got an email directly from SEED magazine saying that they have not mailed the August issue, and that they do not know when it will be mailed. It is 'delayed.' I nominate SEED for the death pool."

http://www.magazinedeathpool.com/

Oh, and PINK finally bit the dust too

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Bummer! It was above my pay grade, but had some good info. Here's confirmation and a little more info. Looks like we'll all be getting "MORE" for the duration of our subscriptions, which is aimed at women in their 40s. (Too bad my subscription won't last until I'm in that demographic!)
http://www.pinkmagazine.com/pressroom/2009/July_PINK%20moves%20digital.html

Outside's Go magazine is suspending publication. All remaining issues on your subscription are being transferred to Outside magazine.
I mentioned months ago that I had a complimentary subscription to this magazine although I never signed up for it. I had never even heard of it. I am sad to see it go. I actually liked it. I now have 2 years of Outside.
I can't find any information online about the suspension. I received a card in the mail telling me about it. Those of you that have a subscription will probably receive your card soon if you haven't already.

Bummer, four more bite the dust: Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride, and Modern Bride.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/the_revolving_door/breaking_cond_shutters_four_magazines_cookie_gourmet_two_bridal_titles_138776.asp

Bummer, four more bite the dust: Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride, and Modern Bride.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/the_revolving_door/breaking_cond_shutters_four_magazines_cookie_gourmet_two_bridal_titles_138776.asp

YUP, very worrying when a mag like GOURMET can go down.

Here's the LA Times article:

Conde Nast's closure of Gourmet shakes up magazine industry
The end of the venerable publication and three others underscores the swift and brutal fall of the once highflying business amid a steep drop in ad revenue.

By Walter Hamilton and Russ Parsons
October 6, 2009

Reporting from Los Angeles and New York - Two years ago, Conde Nast's Vogue published its biggest issue, an advertising-packed behemoth that symbolized the prosperity of New York's glittering magazine industry as it rode the twin booms in the economy and luxury spending to dramatic heights.

Generous expense accounts were de rigueur at glossy fashion and lifestyle magazines. Some top editors and publishers enjoyed clothing allowances and mortgage assistance. Even lowly assistants flitted about in chauffeur-driven town cars.

But that culture has been turned on its head as the magazine business reels from the battered economy, the drop in advertising revenue and restraints on expenses.

Conde Nast's unexpected closure Monday of venerable Gourmet and three other magazines underscored the swift and brutal fall of what had been one of the city's most elite and free-spending industries.

The folding of Gourmet, in particular, shook up the insular magazine world. The 69-year-old arbiter of culinary taste was edited by Ruth Reichl, a bestselling author and former restaurant critic for the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times. The closure caught Reichl herself flat-footed.

"Like everyone else, I found out this morning," she said. "I can't talk about it now, it's too raw. I've got to pack up my office."

Reichl elaborated in a Twitter message to readers: "Thank you all SO much for this outpouring of support. It means a lot. Sorry not to be posting now, but I'm packing. We're all stunned, sad."

For Conde Nast, surviving the recession and a steep drop in ad revenue was paramount in the decision to close Gourmet, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie magazines.

"These changes, combined with cost and workforce reductions now underway throughout the company, will speed the recovery of our current businesses and enable us to pursue new ventures," Chief Executive Charles H. Townsend said.

Among those new initiatives, to be detailed in the coming weeks, he said, are digital versions of the company's brands using "new devices and distribution channels."

The moves mark a new cover story: Cost cutting is suddenly in style.

Publishers have closed numerous magazines this year, reduced the circulation and frequency of some publications and tossed dozens of journalists out of work. The result is a downsizing of the industry's larger-than-life character.

"I don't think we'll ever see the heyday again," said Roberta Garfinkle, director for print strategy at TargetCast tcm, which buys advertising for large companies. "The business will come back as the economy starts to rebound, but certainly not to the levels it was once."

The carnage at Conde Nast -- the queen bee of New York glossies with such marquee titles as Vogue, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker -- shouldn't have been a surprise given that Conde had two food magazines and three bridal titles.

There had been rumors that Gourmet might be in the cross hairs because Conde Nast also owns its chief competitor, Bon Appetit, based in Los Angeles. Bon Appetit has more readers than Gourmet, 1.3 million to 950,000, Conde Nast said.

Gourmet also had a reputation for being expensive to publish, with long features by well-known writers. Bon Appetit was focused on recipe-driven content.

The industry contraction is being driven by the plunge in ad pages -- the lifeblood of the industry.

Ad pages have slumped 22% industrywide this year, and some publications have suffered far worse, according to Media Industry Newsletter. Vogue is off 33%, Architectural Digest is down 49%, and Esquire has fallen 27%.

At Conde Nast's two food publications, Gourmet saw a 46.9% drop in ad revenue and a 50% decline in ad pages in the second quarter from last year's April-June period, while Bon Appetit's revenue fell 36% and ad pages declined 40%, according to Publishers Information Bureau.

It's unclear whether the drop in advertising has hit bottom, but throughout the industry employees and experts are bracing for more job cuts.

"There is fear everywhere," said Samir Husni, who heads the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi. "Fear of losing jobs, fear of losing entire magazines."

The culture and spending at BusinessWeek are far more subdued than at Conde Nast's glamour magazines, but employees' fear for their jobs is palpable. Owner McGraw-Hill Cos. put the well-regarded but money-losing magazine on the block over the summer, and its writers, well-versed in chronicling corporate America's downsizing, expect deep cuts regardless of who buys the magazine.

"There's a sense of the inevitable," said one employee who did not want to be identified for fear of antagonizing bosses. "However this shakes out, a lot of people are going to be out of work."

The cutbacks carry a particular sting at Conde Nast because of the company's famous spending habits and the imperious manners of some top editors.

The main character in the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" was a thinly veiled knockoff of Vogue editor Anna Wintour. And prized editors and publishers are as recognizable for their appearances at the trendiest restaurants and fanciest parties as for the stewardship of their publications.

Conde Nast had hired management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. to review its operations, and McKinsey recommended roughly 25% budget cuts at some magazines.

More temperate spending has been showing up in ways large and small.

At last month's Fashion Week in New York, a must-be-seen event for the glitterati of New York glamour magazines, some Vogue editors hailed cabs rather than hopping into waiting town cars as in years past, according to one observer.

That's a far cry from the 1999 launch party for Talk magazine -- a flashy but short-lived publication headed by celebrity editor Tina Brown and bankrolled by a joint venture of Walt Disney Co. and Hearst Magazines. It was an extravagant affair for 800 guests at the Statue of Liberty.

"It was one hell of a party," Garfinkle recalled. "You don't see that anymore."
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-conde-nast6-2009oct06,0,1594883,full.story

It is sad for me. I was a Cookie Queen Bee. Received so many wonderful gifts from them. I will miss you, Cookie!!

I really like Gourmet Magazine! Why Gourmet instead of Bon Appetit?

I am a current subscriber.

Hi All..

Those who have COOKIE, Gourmet, and the bridal mags..

Well I called COOKIE CS today, and asked what they were going to do about my sub which expires 4 yrs from now..they will be sending out a letter giving you the option of obtaining a refund, or converting to other mags. Mags they are offering are Lucky, Allure and Glamour. I told her i don't like any of those and she said "you can choose from our publications, what do u have in mind?'. So I broke my 4 yr sub , as it was stacked, and opted for Wired, Bon Appetit, Arch Digest..

Don't wait for the letter to come in the mail, you can do it over the phone! Have your mailing label ready.

G'luck..