Entertainment Weekly To End Print Publication
Did you know this magazine still existed? The only magazines I ever see are random tabloids or special editions of Time (and maybe People) in the supermarket checkout aisle, but never Entertainment Weekly. So, it’s not clear where or how anyone was even buying this. At any rate, it’s gone forever now:
Barry Diller’s IAC Dotdash is ceasing print publication of six titles it acquired last year from Meredith Corp., including one-time industry giants Entertainment Weekly and InStyle. The move is expected to result in approximately 200 job losses.
Entertainment Weekly editor-in-chief Mary Margaret — who was hired just last year to lead the magazine as its first female top editor — is expected to remain and run EW’s digital operations, two individuals with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap. Margaret would replace EW digital director Shana Krochmal, who will lose her job, the insiders said.
Staffers at all six titles — which also include EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Espanol — were awaiting calls on Wednesday from IAC Dotdash’s human resources team to learn their fate.
IAC Dotdash plans to continue print publication of 19 other Meredith magazines, including People, Better Homes & Gardens and Southern Living — though Vogel said the company would trim sizes and improve paper quality.
Entertainment Weekly, which Time Inc. launched in 1990 and quickly established itself as an influential voice in pop culture, shifted to monthly print publication in July 2019 amid an industry-wide downturn in print advertising and newsstand sales.
[The Wrap: Entertainment Weekly and InStyle to Cease Print Publication, 200 Layoffs Underway]
