CosmoGirl closes up shop
Filed under: Style in the News
That's right, people. The man has gotten hold of Hearst's teen tome, CosmoGirl, and gave it a bad mean mugging, subsequently forcing the fashion magazine to shutdown its sparkling bubble gum pink doors riddled with refreshingly cheesy cover lines come this December.Just in case you didn't know, the teen glossy was a spin-off of the more saucy and grown-up Cosmopolitan magazine, and up until now, has had a very successful run since its 1999 launch. Those with subscriptions to CosmoGirl will start receiving issues of Seventeen. The now displaced editor-in-chief of the teen mag, Susan Shultz, is "staying on at Hearst to work on special projects" whatever that means. As for the other 78 people now out of a job, no word on where they'll land but apparently they've been given the opportunity to interview for other positions within the company.
This may be just be the first in a series of once popular magazines that will crumble because this year and the next because of slagging sales. In the gallery, check out some of CosmoGirl's best covers over the years.
[via WWD]
Paris 10-14-2008 @ 4:09PM
I get Cosmogirl! and am very disappointed by this. However, i already get Seventeen and I don't want to recieve two issues of it every month. What should I do?
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kayla 10-21-2008 @ 7:19PM
I'm in the same situation as paris, i also recieve both magazines every month and quite enjoy both, I am extremely disapointed that i will no longer be recieving cosmogirl :(
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jacks 11-14-2008 @ 10:19PM
i'm right there with kayla and paris. i get both and i don't want 2 issues of 17 a month either. are they going to extend our seventeen subscription or what? i'm really going to miss cosmogirl. i loved it. :(
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