With the digital age becoming such a driving force in the way that us citizens of the world receive our news the magazine has fallen under great devastation and collapse. With web sites such as FashionDeep.com and others alike it is easier, faster, and cheaper to get your news and information via the internet. This makes it harder for a lot of people that depend on this hard copy of information such as ad agencies, writers, and print houses. The good news is on the side of the consumers who now have the benefit of receiving information real time and for a fraction of the price or of that of nothing. It also keeps a lot of the products that are reported on honest as in the history of a lot of print publications things tend to stay a certain way due to money and control. Now it boils down to what the people actually want to see, for if they don’t like what people present, there are thousands and thousands of options that are more than willing to receive their daily viewership.
The following magazines have been marked for death… may they rest in peace
IN MEMORIAM
Metropolitan Home/Hachette Filipacchi
1981 – December 2009
Gourmet/Conde Nast
1941 – November 2009
Cookie/Conde Nast
2005 – November 2009
Southern Accents/Time Inc.
1977 – September/October 2009
Vibe/Wicks Group
1992 – June 2009
Best Life/Rodale
2004 – May 2009
Portfolio/Conde Nast Publications
May, 2007 – April 2009
Blender/Alpha Media
2001 – April 2009
Travel & Leisure Golf/American Express Publishing
March 1998 – March/April 2009
Domino/Conde Nast
April 2005 – March 2009
Wondertime/Walt Disney Publishing
2006 – March 2009
Country Home/Meredith Corp.
1986 – March 2009
Hallmark Magazine/Hallmark Cards
September/October 2006 – February/March 2009
PC Magazine/ Ziff Davis
1982 – January 2009
Electronic Gaming Monthly/Ziff Davis Media
1989 – January 2009
Men’s Vogue / Conde Nast
2005 – December 2008/January 2009
02138/ Manhattan Media
2006 – December 2008/January 2009
Plenty
2004 – December/January 2009
Teen/Hearst Magazines
1954 – Winter 2008/9
