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Condé Nast will close its women’s health magazine, Self, after 47 years
The magazine company is also shuttering some editions of Glamour and Wired deemed to be unprofitable
Condé Nast is planning to shutter Self, its women’s health magazine, after 47 years.
In a memo published on the magazine giant’s website on Thursday, the media company’s CEO, Roger Lynch, explained the decision by saying: “As audience behaviors shift, we have not seen a path for Self to continue in its current form as a digital publication.”
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