Shuttering Mags, Conde Nast Turns to ... Online Dating?

Despite a struggling industry, some still shine

(NEWSER) - Despite a recent downturn in the magazine industry, a few powerhouse titles have emerged victorious over the past year. In its 31st annual Hot List, Adweek notes the 10 most successful and influential of the bunch:

1. Food Network Magazine: As Condé Nast was shuttering Gourmet, Hearst's "lower-brow" food magazine was soaring. In two years, circulation has hit 1.3 million.
2. Marie Claire: Another Hearst title, this fashion magazine has boosted itself through ties with Project Runway and Running in Heels.

Online newsstand to combat slumping sales

(NEWSER) - The latest bid to save magazine publishing may soon have readers browsing the online racks of an iTunes-style newsstand. Major magazine publishers including Time Inc. and Conde Nast hope to exert some control over digital readership with a joint venture enabling readers to buy copies of the New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, Esquire, and many other mags from a single website, the New York Times reports. More»

Sorry, Glamour : A model's size doesn't matter to an overweight woman

(NEWSER) - Never mind the hoopla surrounding Glamour’s decision to grace its pages with plus-size models—looking at any model will damage an overweight woman’s self-esteem. Meanwhile, underweight women's self-esteem climbs no matter the size of the model they’re looking at, New York reports, citing a recent study. The researchers’ advice to overweight women? Avoid looking at ads with models, period. More»

There is no 'hard-won blood-on-the-floor kind' of editorial experience on the Web

(NEWSER) - When Gourmet magazine absorbed his Cook’s in 1990, Christopher Kimball discovered the hard way that the publishing business is “a top-down, winner-take-all proposition, an oligarchy of sorts.” But the frazzling encounter also afforded him a meeting with Conde Nast chairman Si Newshouse, who “poured his fortune into his magazine properties and his editors, even when the prospect of return seemed dim.” Newhouse—and Gourmet—had “respect for those who had earned the chops.” More»

(NEWSER) - Cookie and Modern Bride are getting the ax, but it's Conde Nast's shuttering of Gourmet that has floored and disappointed readers and non-readers alike. That includes Fast Company's Kate Rockwood, who shares a few ideas for keeping America's oldest food magazine alive—in some form.

• Move to television: One show (Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie) already airs on PBS, and another (Gourmet's Adventures with Ruth) is in the works.