Rodale Announces Best Life Magazine to Shut Down


Rodale will stop printing Best Life magazine after the May issue hits newsstands next month. The title launched in 2004 and carried a rate base of 500,000. According to FAS-FAX figures, total circulation was actually up 6.1% in 2008. Ad pages were up 6.6% last year according to the Publishers Information Bureau. In November, the magazine cut 111 jobs, or about 10% of its workforce.