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Another Mag Bites theDust
November 6, 2007
After publishing in two centuries (1901-2007) and to five generations of (mostly) women, House and Garden is no more, Mediabistro reports. Ninety Conde Nast employees will scramble for work within the company or outside.
I wasn&;t a writer, subscriber or reader, but to paraphrase John Donne, each magazine&;s death diminishes me. You could blame the decline of leisure, women&;s changing roles, the rise of the Internet and of TV shows like HGTV (Home & Garden Television; not related) the dumbing down of America or anything else, but it&;s still sad when a great lady passes.
Now the TV writers are on strike, and some think they&;ll be able to contribute to magazines. Struggling magazine writers don&;t welcome the competition, but if the TV writers are willing to write for free, they&;ll find a home at the Huffington Post.
Magazines are dying a hard, slow death. And those who wrote for them, shot for them, posed in their pages or art directed them are finding the digital transition a difficult one.
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