R.I.P. Print Media
Unemployment rates in NYC are alive and well!
Ruthless publishing giant Condé Nast has shocked the media world by announcing the closing celebrated magazines such as Modern Bride, Elegant Bride, Cookie and Gourmet this morning!
Despite its loss in ad pages, the folding of Gourmet, a magazine with enormous influence in the food world, comes as a shock!! The culinary bible has been published since 1940 and is survived by its much newer rival Bon Appétit.
The bride and children mags were offshoots of much larger titles owned by the company, so its exile was more expected.
Plus, who can afford to have a big wedding or kids these days!
These were the first closings announced by the company in the recent months, although a warning was given for several publications to cut their budget by 25%. Yet, it doesn't seem they were given much time to implement those changes!
It is not be said how many employees Condé Nasty has kicked to the curb, but we bet Anna Wintour is comfortably polishing her Louis Vuitton pitchfork in hell her secure work environment!
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So Anna Wintour is a bitch, but Kate Gosslin is an angel? What is Anna's sin? Being successful and not putting up with werid needy bitchy designers who want to cry and need to be given hugs ever 5 min?
I'm not really surprised about Modern Bride. They got a new editor and now it's like Cosmo. It used to just be wedding stuff. Now it's wedding, wedding, gigantic sex article, wedding, honeymoon. It's tacky.
These are not a surprise. magazines can get costly. Some have the nerve to cost over $10 and are made up of mostly advertising. Unless you are in a drs office, sitting on a train, you can save $$$$ and find it for free on the internet. Mags were going out before the recession and people working for them should have seen the light and bailed back then. and guess what? Obama wants to do a bailout for newspapers and other prints. JUST SAY NO!
Wow, that sucks!
why will they do that to Cookie magazine??? Can't believe this
I'll miss it. I wonder what will happen to Pilar Guzman…she is the voice of many women (at least in NYC) SAD!!!!!!!!!
….oh well…Hopefully celeb tabloids are next…
Hang on everybody…the government is going to create some jobs.
Of course Anna Wintour is safe you idiot………………..Vogue is the biggest money maker in the Conde Nast stable of magazines. If you knew anything about fashion you would know that. Please stop blogging about fashion or style………….your inane unresearched answers are an embaressment.
Talk about coincidences! Just last night I was reading my October issue of GOURMET and decided that I was not going to renew my subscription because this mag just doesn't work for me anymore. And now this!
FUCK. My mom's gonna be pissed. I like the gourmet one as well
Doubtful anyone in the NYC media world is shocked. I was not.
Clearly you know nothing about the Publishing world. Gourmet lost its steam ages ago and has been on life support for some time now.
Perez. If you insist on calling yourself a journalist (which you're not, btw) please please please do some research. These mags have been on life support for months!
Aaah…I subscribe to Modern Bride and Elegant Bride! If they stop printing before my subscription ends, I BEST be getting my money back!!!
Wah! Im getting married next year and I happen to enjoy looking at these wedding mags since i have no idea what the fuck i am doing!! Modern Bride is my main one!!! Argh!! Thats not nice!
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I could never understand how so many bridal magazines survived– it's the type of magazine you may one or two of so you can rip out some pictures you like, but hardly the type of magazine you will subscribe to for years…
My mom friends and I hated cookie magazine i was aimed at rich VERY VERY rich people! Featuring outfits for your 6 month old poopy baby from up to $600 a pop! Need a $1200 dollar stroller or maybe an $800 dollar high chair? HAH! GOOD BYE!
"Print is dead." — Egon Spengler
My mom friends and I hated cookie magazine i was aimed at rich VERY VERY rich people! Featuring outfits for your 6 month old poopy baby from up to $600 a pop! GOOD BYE!