Gourmet Live, Quilting eMag Rethink Magazines in Digital Form
In an earlier age, we learned new skills as apprentices to master craftspeople, absorbing expertise by working side by side. Today, though, you might be more likely to learn a new craft or skill from a website or through a social media bud......
Condé Nast Brings Gourmet–But Not Its Staff–Back From the Dead
Last fall, Condé Nast shuttered Gourmet, its beloved but unprofitable food title. Now the publisher is bringing Gourmet back, with a new plan to turn it into a moneymaker: Keep the brand--via an app-centric magazine--but lose the staff.
Fans of Gourmet Magazine Accept No Stand-Ins
In the fight over Gourmet magazine’s former readers, it’s the mass-market food magazines that seem to be thriving.
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Media Frets About Its Own Future at SXSWi 2010
Ink-stained wretches, it's not just you! The social media and Twitter elite fret about the future of journalism too — and wonder how it will survive the digital revolution. At SXSWi, there was no shortage of panels obsessively deconstructing this topic (and tweeting about it, natch).
Ruth Reichl, The Movie?
Gourmet, as loyal readers are painfully aware, is no more, but much-beloved former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl is likely heading to a silver screen near you. According to the LA Times blog Daily Dish, Reichl’s third memoir Garlic and Sapphires may hit the screen sometime this year:
Originally envisioned as an HBO comedy series, the...
The Last Days Of Gourmet
Last month brought the news that struggling publisher Condé Nast would be closing a few of its titles altogether, including the much-loved Gourmet. To mark the end of the food mag's life, associate art director Kevin DeMaria decided to document the dour proceedings, turning the closing into a memorial ceremony of sorts, which he...
Gourmet Appetit: Who’s Benefiting From Gourmet’s Demise?
One supposes that at the end of the day someone should be benefiting from the shuttering-heard-round-the-food-world that was the folding of Gourmet earlier this month. Turns out that someone is the other (arguably less passionately loved) Condé foodie magazine Bon Appetit.
Advertising: Promoting Gourmet, Even After Its Death in Print Media
The magazine’s editor, Ruth Reichl, has continued with a book tour and a public television show, which is still supported by a longtime advertiser, American Airlines.
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Did the Web Kill Gourmet Magazine?
The murder happened in the kitchen with a laptop.
That possible explanation for the death of Gourmet magazine sounds like a solution from the game Clue. The 68-year-old food magazine met its end this month when publisher Condé Nast cut it and two other...
Ruth Reichl: The New Yorker Will Remain Untouched Forever
Ruth Reichl did a Q&A in this Sunday's NYT Magazine and talked briefly about the loss of her magazine. Reichl revealed that Si Newhouse informed her "not on email" (snap!) about Gourmet's "stunning" demise, and also discussed why she feels The New Yorker will remain "untouched" forever.
Questions for Ruth Reichl: Clearing the Table
The editor of Gourmet talks about losing her magazine (and eating silkworm larvae).
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