Seems our earlier suspicious have been confirmed.
Condé Nast, publisher of Vanity Fair, has announced that their annual — and popular — green issue will no longer be published; ending three years of informative, beautiful, and sometimes controversial coverage. According to the UK Independent, VF argues that the environment has become so integral to the news agenda that there is no longer a need for a dedicated issue. “Vanity Fair remains committed to covering the environment, and we’ll spread our coverage throughout the year, instead of relegating the bulk of it to a specific issue” a spokeswoman says.
As suspected, the current economic downturn has also played a role in Condé Nast’s move. “With so much else going on relating to the global financial crisis, we have been focusing on that of late,” they added. Some argue, however, that now, more than ever, we need attention paid to green issues. “The recession makes the environmental cause more, not less relevant,” said Zac Goldsmith, a former editor of The Ecologist. “We can emerge from this recession with a green economy where green choices currently available only to the wealthy become available to everyone.”
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UK Independent via Business Insider via HuffPo
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