The December issue of U.S. News & World Report will mark the last regular monthly print edition to subscribers, learns Grumpy Editor.
But the 76-year-old periodical will not be entirely dead as a print publication.
Management says the magazine next year will publish eight newsstand issues focusing on single topics, including its "Best Colleges" and "Best Hospitals" rankings. Also among the specials will be a personal finance issue.
Responding to changes in the media marketplace, it will focus on digital publishing.
Subscribers to the monthly print magazine will have the remainder of their subscriptions filled by other publications.
Over the last two years, the magazine’s frequency slipped from weekly to bi-weekly to monthly.
Along with that, circulation last year sagged to an estimated 1.3 million from 1.7 million a year prior.
The transition “will accelerate our ability to grow our online businesses and position ourselves to take advantage of the emerging platforms for distributing information,” mentions editor Brian Kelly.
The publication started as United States News in 1933.
Combining with World Report in 1948, it was rebranded U.S. News & World Report.
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