Dogs in Canada magazine and its annual to close by year's end

[This post has been updated] Dogs in Canada magazine, which has been published for a century, is to cease, effective with the end of this year. The Canadian Kennel Club board of directors decided at a meeting Sunday that the 2012 Dogs in Canada annual and the December 2011 issue of Dogs in Canada magazine will be the last.  The magazine(s) were owned by the CKC's wholly owned subsidiary, Apex

HighwaySTAR magazine publishes final issue, merges with Today's Trucking

Newcom's HighwayStar magazine celebrating the truck-driving life, has published its last issue. According to a story in Masthead, the b2b magazine founded in 1999 never quite recovered from the recession. Its circulation will be rolled into that of its sister magazine Today's Trucking, with perhaps some additional editorial aimed at owner/operators. 
The controlled circulation of HighwaySTAR was

Harrowsmith Country Life in limbo after firing six key staff

It would appear that Harrowsmith Country Life magazine is in serious difficulty. According to a story in Masthead, six senior staff were let go by Malcolm Publishing July 25. Word is that the six-times-a-year magazine has only published one issue so far this year (and then weeks late) and that the second issue, while printed, is sitting on the printer's floor but has not been mailed. 

Meredith shutters ReadyMade, the DIY magazine for 20-somethings

How often have we seen a feisty, energetic independent magazine swallowed by a major publishing group, only to later be closed? Too often, I'd say, and the latest example is the closure of DIY darling ReadyMade. Meredith Corporation is closing the magazine, eliminating 75 jobs and writing down $10 million, according to an article in Ad Age. The bimonthly was founded in Berkeley, California as a

Crow Toes Quarterly closes after 16 issues of superlative children's literature

16th and final
The news has only reached Canadian Magazines central belatedly that the beautiful children's literature magazine Crow Toes Quarterly has closed up shop. In a "final word" to readers, creator and publisher Christopher Millin says:"After more than four years and after sixteen unbelievable issues, we have decided to stop the presses, turn off the computers and set the crow free. To

Natural Life magazine picks up subs of closing U.S. title Mothering

Natural Life magazine, published by Toronto-based Life Media, is fulfilling the unused subscriptions of the3 U.S.-based Mothering magazine, which has closed. Subscribers are offered the choice of waiting for the May-June issue of Natural Life or getting a digital sub on a 2-for-1 basis. Natural Life and its companion publications Life Learning Magazine and Natural Parenting Business magazine are

Transcontinental closes Madame magazine, French counterpart to Homemaker's

Madame magazine , the French counterpart to Homemaker's magazine is being discontinued by Transcontinental Media, effective with its April issue. An internal memo from Pierre Marcoux, the senior vice president of the business and consumer solutions group said that readers will be "well served" by other Transcon titles such as Coup de pouce, the recently revamped French-language version of

It seemed like a good idea at the time...media investment firm Quadrangle closes

When they were riding high -- before the recession and before the problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Quadrangle Group was considered a world-beater when it came to buying and capitalizing on media properties. But, according to a story in MediaDailyNews, the company's acquisition of lad mags Maxim, Stuff and Blender from Dennis Publishing USA in August 2007 was the start of

EnRoute will have to be printed elsewhere, as Transcon shuts down Boucherville plant

Boucherville R.I.P.
Transcontinental Inc., Canada's largest consumer magazine publisher and one of the continent's largest printers, is closing its Boucherville, Quebec printing plant, one of 36 it has across the country. The plant, where enRoute magazine is printed for Spafax Inc. on behalf of Air Canada, is but the latest casualty in a restructuring of the company and an overcapacity in

Goats Across Canada appears to have folded, this time for real

It appears that the quirky little magazine Goats Across Canada has gone out of business. Readers of this blog will recall that last year we reported that the magazine had been discontinued and we had to correct that, after a complaint from editor and owner Kevin Vander Linden that it was continuing to publish as before. Well it seems that is no longer the case. The monthly has not come out for

Running on empty, editor of Edmonton's Notebook magazine gives up print and goes online

Notebook magazine,  a quarterly published by an Edmonton art collective, will be releasing its last, 12th, print issue and going online this fall. According to a posting on Prairie Atsters forwarded to us by a friend, editor Steven Teeuwsen has mostly been operating the magazine as a solo business venture. The magazine, which essentially created a gallery space in magazine format, was launched in

Paste magazine, once "pay what you want", suspends print publication

Paste, an 8-year-old music magazine that last year asked for donations from its readers to keep it going, has suspended publishing of its print edition but carrying on as an online site.  A statement on their website saidStruggles with mounting debt were made public last year when our readers responded with generosity to save the magazine. But the prolonged downturn of the ad market has forced

Quad/Graphics closure of 5 U.S plants is fallout from takeover of Worldcolor (nee Quebecor World)

As part of integrating World Color Press, which it took over at the first of the year, Quad/Graphics says it will close five of its plants before year's end. The closures, it says, will result in roughly $225 million in pre-tax savings.

A story in Folio: says the five facilities to be closed down are located in: Clarksville, Tennessee; Corinth, Mississippi; Lebanon, Ohio; Reno, Nevada; and

Rogers' Canadian Printer magazine no longer to be, um, printed

In what the magazine describes as "an exciting new direction", but one freighted with irony, Canadian Printer magazine will no longer be printed.Subscribers received a message from publisher Pamela Kirk. It said the 118-year-old Rogers Publishing trade quarterly for the printing and graphic arts industry, will be replaced by a redesigned, online version, augmented with a bi-weekly online

Green Living magazine ceases publication

A curt note on its website says that Green Living magazine will no longer be published by Green Living Enterprises. All it says isPlease subscribe to our free, weekly e-newsletter which provides easy and workable solutions for leading a sustainable lifestyle and much more!Green Living Enterprises is a part of the Key Publishers group of companies, which at one time under the leadership of

Grafik, the UK graphic design magazine, ceases publishing

Grafik, the magazine for graphic design out of the UK, has stopped publishing. A brief note from the editorial team says that the publishers, Adventures in Publishing, have decided to liquidate the company and with it the high-end title. So hold onto your back issues.

R.I.P. Edmontonians

After 21 years of publication, the monthly Edmontonians magazine has ceased publication, with owner Sharon MacLean citing declining advertising revenues. According to a brief item in the Edmonton Sun, though the monthly magazine was trying to make the transition to an electronic version, it ran out of time and money. A wake of sorts will be held next Wednesday 5 to 7 p.m. at Earl's Tin Palace.

Brunico discontinues print edition of Playback magazine

[This post has been updated.] Playback magazine, a fortnightly trade publication for Canada’s production, broadcasting & interactive media industries, is discontinuing its print edition and switching to a wholly online operation; it had previously had a companion website and a daily e-letter to subscribers as well as the print magazine. According to the publication's media kit, circulation of the

Masthead tally of magazine launches and closures shows net loss of 20 titles

Masthead Online has published its 2009 tally of magazine launches and closures, with a net loss of 20 titles last year. As expected, the data reflects the impact of the recent recession. Launches were down considerably (17, compared with 74 in 2008). Closures were up somewhat, with 37, compared with 2008's 29. However 7 of those continued online (for instance, Chart and unlimited). The details of

Vancouver loses another indy magazine outlet -- Sophia Books to close end of May

Sophia Books, an outstanding, multilingual magazine and bookstore on West Hastings Street in Vancouver, is closing at the end of May, according to a story posted on the site Books on the Radio. It is yet another example of the endangered species that are independent stores which have cared about and nurtured hard-to-find and indy magazines. (The loss will be particularly felt by the students at