In an effort to catch up with major online celeb gossip sites like Yahoo’s OMG and print-based brands like People.com and Usmagazine.com, OK! magazine is teaming up with Buzz Media. Buzz Media, a social programming giant, is one of the largest collections of pop culture websites including Just Jared, Buzznet, Celebuzz, and the celebrity blogs belonging to Britney Spears and [...]
The new, Christian-religion quarterly — and a companion social networking site — are produced in partnership between Pastor Rick Warren, auther of The Purpose Driven Life, and Reader’s Digest Association. “The idea,” summed up in The Wall Street Journal, “is to envelop subscribers in a multimedia web of Mr. Warren’s message.” The Wall Street Journal [...]
The housing meltdown and stubborn recession have taken too-big a toll on Domino, Condé Nast’s shopping and home décor magazine Domino.
Projecting continued advertising weakness well into 2009, Meredith has closed its struggling shelter title Country Home and reduced its workforce by some 250 positions. The publisher is also relocating the creative functions of Parents.com, which is based in Manhattan, and ReadyMade, based in Berkeley, Calif., to the corporate headquarters in Des Moines, in an additional [...]
Mitchell Fox, ceo of 8020, reports that the publisher’s decision to close down, has resulted in inquiries about a possible purchase from some twenty different individuals and corporations. A purchase would apparently let 8020’s celebrated JPG magazine to keep operationg. Folio: Jan. 8, 2008
In a November 18th letter announcing the closure of the printed magazines, Editor-in-Chief Lance Ulanoff, wrote, “…the ever-growing expense of print and delivery was turning the creation of a physical product into an untenable business proposition.” PC Magazine (Nov. 18, 2008)
The closure of the Oprah magazine spinoff is the publisher’s latest measure to content with the slumping advertising market. O at Home edit will once again be incorporated into the flagship publication. The New York Times (Nov. 7, 2008)
The lifestyle magazine for Harvard alums (and their ilk) cited current economic decisions in an email announcing the decision. The New York Observer (Oct. 24, 2008)
The magazine will be consolidated with Hearst’s larger teen title Seventeen. December will be CG’s last issue in print. Folio (Oct. 10, 2008) The Wall Street Journal (Oct. 11, 2008) Paid subscription may be required.
Hearst is partnering with the Food Network on one. Hoffman Media is working with TV cooking personality Sandra Lee on another. And Rodale is cooking up a new magazine, too. The Wall Street Journal (Oct. 3, 2008) Paid subscription may be required.