Condé Nast Shutters Self Magazine in Print, More Cuts on the Way

Re:Condé Nast Shutters Self Magazine in Print, More Cuts on ... by gerbilly on Thursday December 01, 2016 @04:12PM (#13083549)

Point taken that 'Self' isn't news, but I was commenting on the wider climate where newspapers and magazines, are either cutting back or outright closing.

I'm close to someone in the industry, but honestly you don't have to be to see the decline if you look for it.

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Re:Condé Nast Shutters Self Magazine in Print, More Cuts on ... by erickhill on Thursday December 01, 2016 @07:09PM (#13084848)

Oh, I totally get it. I used to work in the industry myself. Well, the magazine industry, not "news" per se.

I worked at InfoWorld when InfoWorld was still a print pub. The print side died when I was working there, and we were the 1st IDG pub to go full online-only. It was rough, to say the least. I don't envy the small core team that will stay behind. the print pub often over-inflated the value of the online offering. Once that piece is lobbed off, the remaining team eventually gets whittled down to a skeleton crew. It can be profitable, but margins are thin and cost-cutting is everywhere.

All good things for any business to do, but it can also be a massive change in culture and morale.

I also worked at AFAR, the travel pub. Getting online mags to profitability is no easy task. And print mags can cost a fortune. When print ad dollars go elsewhere... well, you can see what's going on.

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Re:Condé Nast Shutters Self Magazine in Print, More Cuts on ... by throw_away on Thursday December 01, 2016 @04:17PM (#13083578)

Financial problems at Conde Nast could also be trouble for some of their other publications, which may be more popular amongst this crowd, such as Ars Technica, Wired and The New Yorker.

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