Four publications have reached the end of the road: In contact, life and style, closer and First of all, women.
McClatchy Media Company, which owns and runs the magazine, notified employees Friday that all four will be sunset in the final questions published in late June in the coming weeks Hollywood Reporter Learned.
“While many of our talented colleagues have done their best, we are still unable to develop profitable business models for our four magazine champions. First of all, suitable for women, life and style and near McCrach spokesman Julie Pendley is releasing the final version to June 20-27. thr. “We appreciate the meaningful contributions of the affected employees and provide support during the transition period.”
It is not clear how many employees are affected by the layoffs. thr Additional comments have been made on the number of affected employees.
The news marks another blow to the media and magazine business, with widespread layoffs and cuts in recent years due to readership changes, algorithms, increases in artificial intelligence and a tendency toward social platforms like Tiktok. Just this week, Business Insider confirmed that it reduced its workforce by 21% in layoffs, which will affect every department.
McClatchy's blinds also mark the end of the era of celebrity tabloid business, losing three high-profile champions in the field. Although McClatchy is most famous as a newspaper publisher and has the operation of news editors Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, Fort Worth Star, Charlotte Observer What’s more, when it merged with Accelerate 360 (distribution, logistics and media companies), it expanded its coverage to the lifestyle and entertainment categories.
It got US Weekly In the merger, according to the source, the title is "Always Are Stars" above In connection, life and style and nearthe latter covers the older generation of stars, while the first two are traditional sleek celebrity tabloids. “Printing these days is very expensive,” the closed source added. “Although these brand names are still valuable, the numbers are still falling, so there is still someone who can buy them and keep them alive.”
Despite the callback in print, the magazine boasts about online readers and a large following of social media. On Instagram only, two Life and style and Contact In addition to a powerful website, it also accounts for 500,000 followers.
According to the editorial letter published by editor-in-chief Liz Vaccariello, First of all, women Founded in 1989, it is published every two weeks. The current focus is “everything from beauty and fashion to health, psychology, diet and nutrition. Also, food, everything from family and family”, Peraccariello.
While talented PR workers in Hollywood may not shed tears today, those who make a living in the celebrity’s weekly spaces in one of the publications have had tough times. "Another Black Friday in the tabloid business," a source sighed.