The Carnage Begins: CosmoGirl Folds

The rumors have been circulating, and now it’s official, Hearst has shuttered CosmoGirl magazine.

Mediaweek‘s Lucia Moses was one of the first to have the news and published this story today. PRNewser caught up with Moses shortly after via phone, where she told us, “It’s no secret that times are really tough out there for the magazine industry in general. Everybody has been waiting and watching to see which categories will lose.” Asked about which titles she thinks will be the next to go, Moses declined to name names but stated, “look at the categories where there are multiple books.

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