Tag: print

With the death of the print version of Gourmet some feel the writing is on the wall for all magazines. After all, according to Mediabistro.com, in the United States and Canada alone, 613 folded in 2008 and the hemorrhaging did not stop there; so far many have gone although few, including Gourmet, have migrated to the Internet. Condé Nast, publisher of Gourmet magazine has closed Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and thechildren's magazine Cookie, although it's kept Wired and Vogue. The reason is the lack of advertising dollars as media buyers opt for cheaper promotional options for their clients. Rival Magazine Publishers Get Together Phil Bronstein writing in the October 25, 2009 Huffington Post believes Gourmet's demise "is a big sucking wound for all those consultants advising the p...