Hachette Folds Metropolitan Home

In another contraction in the shelter magazine category, Hachette Filipacchi Media announced it would shut Metropolitan Home with the December issue to focus its resources on its other shelter title, Elle Decor. Met Home’s longtime editor Donna Warner and her staff of 13 will leave the company.
 
Met Home was part of Hachette’s Luxury Design Group, headed by senior vp Deborah Burns. Elle Decor will become part of the Elle Group that’s headed by Carol Smith, senior vp, chief brand officer; and Burns will stay at Hachette in a senior position that’s yet to be determined, reporting to Hachette president and CEO Alain Lemarchand.
 
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