Monday, October 5, 2009
Restaurants Conde Nast to close Gourmet magazine
Posted by Scott Henry @ScottTheHenry on Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:07 PM
Whoa! I thought economists were saying we'd hit bottom and were on the way up — and now something like this happens. The NYT just reported that the nation's premiere magazine publisher, Conde Nast, will shut down the nation's premiere food magazine, Gourmet.
How big is this news? Well, Gourmet has been around since 1940 and has always had an air of prestige, reflected by its iconic, at times even abstract, cover designs.
And, since 1999, Gourmet has boasted an editor who's a foodie celebrity in her own right. A former NYT food critic-turned-bestselling author, Ruth Reichl had been seen by many as having updated a magazine that had developed an air of stodginess.
Says the NYT:
The magazine has suffered a severe decline in ad pages, but the cut still comes as a shock. There was speculation that Conde Nast would close one of its food titles — Gourmet or Bon Appetit — but most bets were on the latter. Gourmet has a richer history than Bon Appetit, and its editor Ruth Reichl is powerful in the food world.
On Oct. 17, the Condé Nast title will debut its new public television show, "Gourmet’s Adventures With Ruth," in which the title’s editor, Ruth Reichl, spans the globe visiting cooking schools with celebs including Frances McDormand and Lorraine Bracco.
Is that show now on or off? Who knows? It's a sad day.
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California is about to go bankrupt. The slow painful decline of America is among us.
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This a very sad day! My parents, enthusiastic "foodies" from the 1950's, gave me a subscription when I turned 18! I have encouraged my children, 24, 21 and 19, to read "Gourmet" and learn from the superb articles,[whether or not they ever cooked a recipe from it!] We will all miss it! Anne
What a sad day, indeed! It figures that I just started subscribing to Gourmet...I don't imagine a refund will be forthcoming any time soon. I wonder if Conde "Nasty" will sponsor a Gourmet website in lieu of its now defunct magazine? Stay tuned folks...
Conde is very nasty. I was very lucky not to suscribe to «Men's vogue». It closed! They have all those magazines like Details and GQ, instead of making ONE that is AMAZING, they split it in two, Details and GQ. I think Europe's version, i.e. Vogue PARIS or GQ UK are way better. They are a bit expensier, but buy the issues you really want or suscribe to all, and you'll get more for your money.
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