Buyers Knock Condé Nast for Late Standalone Shift

In 2009, most major magazines have at least some eponymous Web presence. So as the notoriously print-centric Condé Nast only now launches standalone sites for some of its iconic print magazines, some buyers are criticizing the company for not getting in the game earlier.
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For the past couple of years, Condé Nast has been building sites for its pubs that existed only as part of its destination sites. But the effort was stalled when the economic downturn hit.