Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Conde Nast closes Four Publications

Conde Nast announced that they would close four magazines: Gourmet, Cookie, Elegant Bride and Modern Bride because the advertising pages dropped significantly, The company reported that Gourmet was down 46%, Cookie’s down 19.5%, Elegant Bride down 32.5% and Modern Bride down 21.5%. Remaining Brides magazine will increase frequency to monthly and Bon Appétit will continue. Condé Nast is keeping alive Bon Appétit, an in-house rival of Gourmet.
Gourmet's circulation is 950,000 and Bon Appétit's is 1,300,000.

No comments: