USATODAY could have picked this cover which depicts actual ladies.| Submit your comments on this article |
| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| 'Ladies' Home Journal' to fold after 131 years |
| 2014-04-26 |
| [USATODAY] The death of print continues apace. Today's victim: The monthly Ladies' Home Journal. After 131 years, the July issue will be its last, reports Ad Age. The website will continue on, and the magazine itself will become a quarterly special-interest publication available starting this fall on newsstands, vs. via subscription. Nonetheless, the entire editorial staff was laid off as part of the change. LHJ has a circulation of 3.2 million, down from a 1968 peak of 6.8 million, according to parent company Meredith. Subscribers will get one of Meredith's other titles -- Every Day with Rachael Ray, More or Better Homes & Gardens -- in their mailboxes instead. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Content of women's magazines: Accept Yourself - You're Beautiful 20% How to lose 20 pounds in 30 days 35% Fashion Do's and Don'ts 20% Why Your Hair is a Mess 25% |
| Posted by: DoDo 2014-04-26 14:24 |
| #8 Looks like this magazine could not be saved Who wants to? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-04-26 12:47 |
| #7 Looks like this magazine could not be saved. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2014-04-26 08:08 |
| #6 I was sorry to hear about this because of the folks who will be losing their livelihoods...but on the other hand, I've never known anyone who actually READ the LHJ unless they were trapped in a doctor/dentist office or beauty parlor. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2014-04-26 07:37 |
| #5 No wonder. Did you look at what they put on the cover? Icky. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2014-04-26 07:12 |
| #4 USATODAY could have picked this cover which depicts actual ladies. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-26 03:13 |
| #3 Now a days, there are very few Ladies around (a growing number have Tats) or at Home (live with their parents), and few really keep or know how to write a Journal (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Memoe are in, Cursive writing is Out). Publishers could change the name to TatEmoText Torments but it would still be a snailmail item and seriously overtaken by events. |
| Posted by: Thromonter Smiter of the Poles9858 2014-04-26 00:27 |
| #2 Prolly ran out of ladies. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-04-26 00:23 |
| #1 There's not an app for that. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-04-26 00:20 |