Read more magazine industry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25973/magazine-industry.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:22:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71569/shuttering-mags-conde-nast-turns-to-online-dating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOK, so Gourmet wasn't working out, seven staffers at Glamour were just given the boot, and the remaining mags in Conde Nast's stable are slashing up to 25% of their budgets. But obviously the time is ripe for Conde Nast to launch…an online dating site, the New York Daily News...http://www.newser.com/story/71569/shuttering-mags-conde-nast-turns-to-online-dating.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 13 Oct 2009 8:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70978/conde-nast-axing-gourmet-3-other-titles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondé Nast will shut down iconic foodie magazine Gourmet as well as newer title Cookie and Brides offshoots Modern Bride and Elegant Bride , CEO Charles Townsend announced today. Hundreds of jobs will be lost in the company’s biggest single day of closings, the New York Post reports. The publishing powerhouse,...http://www.newser.com/story/70978/conde-nast-axing-gourmet-3-other-titles.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 10:45:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67331/cbs-pepsi-embed-video-ads-in-magazines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCBS and Pepsi have teamed up for an experiment in advertising that seems out of the Harry Potter films: talking video advertisements in the pages of Entertainment Weekly . Selected magazine subscribers in New York and LA will receive copies embedded with wafer-thin screens the width of a mobile phone display,...http://www.newser.com/story/67331/cbs-pepsi-embed-video-ads-in-magazines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 20 Aug 2009 5:59:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67060/fall-fashion-mags-shed-a-few-pounds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFashion magazines’ typically beefy September issues are nearly a third skinnier this year as advertisers drift away from print, the Wall Street Journal reports. Vogue, for example, boasted 840 pages in September 2007; this year, it’s just 429 pages, a 36% drop from last year. Advertisers are trying out space...http://www.newser.com/story/67060/fall-fashion-mags-shed-a-few-pounds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 10:50:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65928/10-mag-subscription-steals-and-pricey-alternatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith ad dollars drying up, some magazines are offering rock-bottom subscription prices to boost circulation and build their brands. Advertising Age looks at the cheapest bets: Parents : The least expensive subscription found, at 33¢ an issue. TV Guide : A steal at 36¢ an issue. Yachting : Just because the reader is...http://www.newser.com/story/65928/10-mag-subscription-steals-and-pricey-alternatives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 14:05:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62320/readers-digest-shifts-to-the-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagReader's Digest is no longer going after Middle America, reports the New York Times . Instead, the slimmed-down magazine will be "aiming a little more to the right," hoping to carve out a niche among conservatives, writes Stephanie Clifford. “It’s traditional, conservative values: I love my family, I love my community,...http://www.newser.com/story/62320/readers-digest-shifts-to-the-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Jun 2009 8:56:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60357/airbrushs-bristles-get-prickly-for-fashion-mags.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter years of digital enhancements that make today’s celebrities look more alien than human, a movement is under way to make fashion photography more realistic, the New York Times reports. Leading by example is photographer Peter Lindbergh, responsible for a series of un-retouched celebs on the cover of French Elle...http://www.newser.com/story/60357/airbrushs-bristles-get-prickly-for-fashion-mags.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 13:58:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59866/playboy-on-block-for-300m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the magazine at its heart struggling against the tide of the Internet, Hugh Hefner’s Playboy empire is seeking a buyer for $300 million, the New York Post reports. That’s three times its current market capitalization, but sources say Hef won’t sell unless he can get the cash to keep...http://www.newser.com/story/59866/playboy-on-block-for-300m.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 May 2009 13:33:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57336/conde-nast-shutters-portfolio.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCondé Nast’s once-ballyhooed Portfolio magazine will cease publishing immediately, staffers were told this morning. “The five main categories of advertising a publication like ours depends on are really in trouble,” Condé Nast’s group president told the New York Times . The magazine launched in April 2007, and has witnessed a historic...http://www.newser.com/story/57336/conde-nast-shutters-portfolio.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Apr 2009 11:25:00 CDT