House & Garden, RIP
In another sign of how difficult the environment has become for ad-based publishers, Conde Nast is folding the iconic interior-design title House & Garden. The 106-year-old magazine and its website will close after publication of the December print issue.
Conde Nast’s decision to shutter H&G comes on the heels of Time Inc.’s folding of Business 2.0 and Newsweek’s move to cut its rate base by 16 percent.
Charles Townsend, CEO of Conde Nast Publications, said the magazine was no longer a viable business investment for the company, despite its circulation of nearly a million. This is the second time Conde Nast has shut down H&G. The first was in 1993; it was revived three years later.
