NEW YORK — House & Garden magazine, Conde Nast’s century-old look at beautiful design in homes across the country, will cease publication in December, the publication’s parent company said Monday.
Conde Nast said its investment in House & Garden, which was first published in 1901, was “substantial” but that the company no longer believes it is a viable business investment. Conde Nast shut down the magazine in 1993 but brought it back in 1996. The magazine’s single-copy sales have been steadily declining, from 84,558 in 2002 to 50,909 last year, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Samir Husni, chairman of the Journalism Department at the University of Mississippi, said the home-and-garden category remains strong but that general titles such as H&G have lost some readers to more specialized publications, such as local interior-design magazines or those that focus on a particular room or look.
