Conde Nast to shutter Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine, as ad slump persists

NEW YORK — Conde Nast Publications is closing Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine, and three other money-losing titles as the high-end publisher tries to weather a devastating advertising slump.

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Reports: Conde Nast to shutter Gourmet as magazine ad slump persists

NEW YORK — Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine, is closing. That’s according to The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, which reported Monday that Gourmet’s owner, Conde Nast Publications Inc., is shuttering the title along with Modern Bride, Elegant Bride and Cookie, a parenting magazine.

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