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With the amount of time people spend reading news and social media on their phones these days, it’s a wonder any magazines are still in business.

A trip to your local newsstand — or especially Barnes & Nobles, which continues to maintain its impressively large selection — will tell you that interest in print, despite the naysayers, is clearly still there.

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People, AARP, Allrecipes, Sports Illustrated, Good Housekeeping, and TIME are the magazines that currently have the highest number of subscribers, according to data from the Alliance of Audited Media.

All those publications also have an online presence as well, but people clearly still want to read the magazine too, which is great news for an industry constantly accused of emitting its final death rattle.

Despite all the magazines in print that one can find to peruse, however, not all are lucky enough to remain in demand.

One company just announced its about to shutter a magazine that has been a nearly constant presence in the grocery checkout line for more than two decades – plus several of its sister publications.

Bookstores sill sell magazines.

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McClatchy will end four of its print magazines

On May 30, the employees of In Touch were informed that the publication will end after the final June issues are published, per reporting from The Hollywood Reporter.

In addition to In Touch, three other publications will also be shuttered: Life & Style, Closer, and First for Women.

McClatchy Media Company, which owns the four brands, explained its reasoning for the change in a formal statement.

“Despite the best efforts of many of our talented colleagues, we have been unable to develop a profitable business model for four of our magazine titles. First for Women, In Touch, Life & Style and Closer will publish their final editions between June 20 and 27,” McClatchy said in the statement. “We are grateful for the meaningful contributions of the affected employees and are providing support during the transition.”

McClatchy also owns US Weekly, which it acquired as part of the accelerate360 merger completed in December 2024 that also netted in Life & Style, Closer, and First for Women, as well as newspapers The Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Charlotte Observer.

Details about how many employees will lose their jobs due to the announcement were not specified, but TheStreet has reached out to McClatchy for comment.

The media landscape continues to struggle

Tabloids like In Touch have struggled in recent years as more people turn to influencers and online media to seek out similar content.

OK! Magazine was one of the most recent casualties, ending its weekly issues back in 2022. It still maintains and online presence.

That same year also saw the end of EatingWell, Entertainment Weekly, Health, InStyle, Parents and People en Español in print, shifting to focus on their respective websites. Owners Dotdash Meredith eliminated roughly 200 roles in the process.

All is not safe on the web either. Business Insider announced on May 29 it would make cuts to 21% of staff, exit the majority of its commerce business, and focus more heavily or original reporting.

Insider Union struck back against the German publisher that owns Business Insider with a statement, saying, “Axel Springer is a multi-billion dollar firm whose digital outlets and media businesses generate the majority of its revenue. The layoffs of our talented co-workers and union members is another example of Axel Springer’s brazen pivot away from journalism toward greed.”