January 9th 2009
RIP: Plenty Magazine Is Actually Shutting Down Everything
Filed under: magazines — Michael Andre d'Estries @ 5:43 pm
As an update to an earlier article we posted during the week, Plenty Magazine is apparently disappearing off the map. Through Gawker, we originally heard that the environmental magazine was going to continue on through their web presence. However, now new information given to the Razz is pointing to a full-on liquidation. All staff is being let go without severance and the website is dying along with the print magazine.
We here at Ecorazzi are saddened to see this happen and hope everyone involved with what was a kick-ass publication find new work on the environmental scene soon. Until this is confirmed through an official announcement, please treat this information as rumor. But since our spy was just at their offices, we can pretty much bet that this is an unfortunate reality.
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Plenty will be missed
[...] Ecorazzi says it looks like Plenty magazine is RIP, including its web site—the latest victim of the great, sad, green print burn-off I recently discussed. I say, thank god I never took on investors. See, Plenty had a ton of enthusiastic advertisers—there’s no reason they couldn’t’ve transitioned to web, which is tough, humbling, but far greener and less hypocritical anyways. [...]
DANG! I just discovered their online presence less than a week ago and was really psyched to find them. Figures…
Hoo boy. As one of those affected, I hope we find new work soon, too!
R.I.P. PLENTY. However , we do understand. at CTNgreen we spent literally months to make a virtual paperless scalable magazine that was easy to use and had the right stuff, so we can empath to you on that one. Hopefylly some people from PLENTY will read this and hook-up with CTN, we are looking for talent. Visit http://www.ctngreen.com/mag for what thats about.
P.S. and much luv to ecorazzi as always, keepin green
– jeff at CTNgreen dot com
This is sad news
I hope everyone finds a good path to continue on.
Too bad not even the site could be salvaged. What a shame.
RIP.
[...] just reported on Ecorazzi, Plenty Magazine will cease all operations, not just the print version as was previously reported. The website will [...]
For starters, it was a terrible name for an eco-mag. People who were running it who I knew weren’t really eco anyway, they were just trying to capitalize on the green trend. Low post-consumer recycled paper=not really green, no matter how you try to justify it. They were so afraid of being seen as hippie; meanwhile treehugger embraced a name that would make eyes roll, and that’s a most happening site, and not hippie at all!
[...] Following in the sad, sad footsteps of Plenty Magazine, publishing group Condé Nast has made the decision to fold Domino. While not much of a surprise (Once the housing market started to fall, so did advertising numbers), we are bummed that a publication with a strong focus on eco-friendly living is no longer gracing the shelves. From the release, In making the announcement, company president/CEO Chuck Townsend said the decision was purely based on the softened economy, which has already claimed a handful of other shelter books. This year through February, Domino’s ad pages tumbled 51 percent to 22 percent, per the Mediaweek Monitor. Launched in 2005, the title achieved a rate base of 800,000. But observers have said that in addition to the hard-hit housing market, the title had some difficulty explaining its positioning in the marketplace. [...]
[...] for some more bad news from the green media landscape? Following the departures of Plenty and Domino Magazine, it now appears that National Geographic will be shuttering their “The [...]
Does anyone know whether they are releasing a Farewell Feb/March issue? I read that this will be their last issue - but I can’t find it at any mag shops and there’s no word on their website.. what’s the deal?
[...] — and quite a few comments on the site — Plenty, the celebrated environmental magazine that folded last month, is having trouble paying writers for past stories. “A tipster tells us a group of stiffed [...]
[...] seen print magazines like PLENTY, Domino, and National Geographic’s The Green Guide all shutdown over the last few weeks [...]
Where’s the refund for unpaid subscriptions????
[...] Following the announced demise of Plenty, we wondered whether their content-rich website would go gently into that dark night, or be scoooped by some opportunistic green network. Thankfully, the later has happened and if you’ve been a subscriber of Plenty in the past, prepare to meet your new master: The Mother Nature Network. [...]
How do I get my money back for ordering this in December??
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