Condé Nast To Shutter Teen Vogue Print Edition, Cut Down On GQ, Glamour, Allure & Architectural Digest

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Above image: Teen Vogue December 2016 issue.

NEW YORK —  American mass media company Condé Nast, founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast, based at One World Trade Center and owned by Advance Publications will shutter Teen Vogue print edition, cut down on GQ, Glamour, Allure and Architectural Digest.

The publisher/media giant, which also owns VogueGQVanity FairGlamourW and more magazines is expected to complete its final round of cuts by next Thursday (November 9).

According to WWD, “The New York-based publisher, which has instilled a hiring freeze, will slash about 80 jobs, equal to a decrease of about 2.5 percent of its 3,000-person workforce. Budgets across departments are also expected to get a haircut, with the worst-performing divisions and magazines getting cuts of up to 20 percent.”

As part of that mandate, Condé is reducing the frequencies of most of its titles and will shutter Teen Vogue in print. Monthly titles Vanity Fair, Vogue, Wired and The New Yorker, which publishes weekly, will not see any frequency changes. Brides, which runs six times a year, will also continue at that publishing pace.”

According to sources, “GQ, Glamour, Allure and Architectural Digest will go from 12 issues to 11; Bon Appétit will go from 11 issues to 10, and W and Condé Nast Traveler will now have eight issues, down from 10. Teen Vogue, which had published five issues a year, will close its print edition.”
Teen Vogue’s buzzy editor in chief Elaine Welteroth may remain working on the title in some capacity and will likely find an additional role at the company, an insider noted. No word yet on what that role might be.”
While the digital report has been largely run by Phillip Picardi, who also oversees Allure’s web site, Welteroth has become the face of Teen Vogue. Sources have surmised that Welteroth could grab a job as editor in chief of Glamour or editor in chief of Allure (and its current editor, Michelle Lee, be moved to Glamour). Another perhaps more plausible scenario is that Welteroth grows a new brand at Condé Nast, as Picardi has with Them, a site focusing on LGBTQ issues.”

A spokesman for Condé Nast declined to comment on the frequency changes, budget cuts or layoffs. Stay tuned to DM Fashion Book as this story develops.

Photos Credit:  Sean Thomas

Source: WWD

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