Marie Claire quietly ends US print edition after 27 years (nypost.com)

Time Out will likely cease printing most of its 40 magazine editions based in cities worldwide. The company plans to continue printing the magazine in London, Madrid and Barcelona, Time Out Group CEO Julio Bruno told the Financial Times. However, the group is “unlikely” to resume printing in the US and Portugal, according to the report. Other territories are “under review by management.”

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As lockdowns drag on and consumers spend more time at home, publishers are continuing to lean in to direct mail to engage their audience … and they are finding creative new ways to make it happen. “Publishers know Americans are going to be hunkered down at home for another few months of coronavirus-created isolation,” writes Max Willens in Digiday, “so some of them are hoping to drive more revenue by going right through readers’ front doors.” Those doors are especially attractive to direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, and many are helping their DTC advertisers create direct mail campaigns. “Over the past few months, The Los Angeles Times has been pitching direct mail and custom publishing campaigns to media agencies focused on DTC brands,” Willens writes.