Conde Nast has announced that it will be ceasing the publication of House & Garden magazine.
If you're a fan of House & Garden magazine and the website, www.houseandgarden.com, then you're going to feel a little lost for a while. Charles Townsend, President and CEO of Conde Nast Publications, has announced that the December 2007 issue of the magazine will be its last and the website will cease functioning soon after.
The decision appears to have been made after an abrupt departure by the publication's publisher, which caused the executive staff to reconsider the viability of Home & Garden. In the end the decision was made to axe the magazine and focus their attentions elsewhere.
Editor, Dominique Browning, has posted a farewell message on the magazine's website and notes that a January issue has been produced, which does make the decision to stop seem incredibly abrupt.
Conde Nast still has several magazines that fall into the home interior and gardening categories including Architectural Digest, Domino, and Vogue Living. And the big news for those fans of Vogue Living is that they'll be publishing more issues next year.
I know that I'll miss this publication (especially the website) and I wish the staff the best of luck.
