We're hearing swirls inside the Conde Nast building that it's confirmed, Jane Magazine folded today.
We adore(d) Jane, and we are bummed. More details later.
Jul 09, 2007 12:07PM
ever since jane left JANE has been awful. They changed the format and turned it from cool into cosmo girly crap. I canceled my subscription and refused to buy an issue. I am glad to see others agreed with me about the change and JANE. This is what they get for ignoring their loyal JANE loving consumers- desertion!
posted by Laia
Jul 09, 2007 12:15PM
Oh no!
I don't think they turned into a cosmo at all, but even if the format changed a bit, now we really dont have any non-lame magazines.
posted by Sarah Jane
Jul 09, 2007 12:15PM
The writing in Jane has been unbearable for some time now, good riddance!
posted by I don't just like you. I like you, like you.
Jul 09, 2007 12:18PM
sad times for the whole magazine industry really.
i was quite a fan of Mitzi Miller when she wrote for Jane. i hope she finds a new place to work.
posted by jaydee
Jul 09, 2007 12:21PM
Hate to join the bandwagon but you're right... the mag used to be the one that i'd be attached to my mailbox for but for some time now its lost itself. It can definetly be finished before a train ride home and is awfully close to cosmoGirl ( minus the sex tips of course )A friend of mine interned there this past semester and she said that there were no signs, there are even posting for interns for fall on ed2010..
posted by M
Jul 09, 2007 12:31PM
dude faran (and team) how do you always get all the info first. there isnt a peep of this anywhere else!
posted by tasha
Jul 09, 2007 1:17PM
As has been said, JANE went immediately and depressingly downhill as soon as Jane left. It used to be my favorite magazine.
I'm sad that the old magazine died, not so sad that the crappy stand-in kicked the bucket.
posted by liz
Jul 09, 2007 1:30PM
it's sad nonetheless because it really was an alternative to cosmo at some point. now it's not going to be able to redeem itself, ever, as i was hoping. ugh.
how long until a replacement gets rolled out?
posted by COACD
Jul 09, 2007 1:56PM
the camera crews where rolling the whole time from announcement to packing up.
posted by Natalie
Jul 09, 2007 2:20PM
This is so sad to hear, but I do agree about the aweful changes that JANE went through. their layout of the magazine changed and wasnt so cut and paste looking any longer. i loved JANE because it was different from other female magazines and it slowly conformed. I will miss it though.
posted by kara
Jul 09, 2007 3:59PM
Way depressed...when I get home I'm rummaging through my back issues (the ones made when Pratt was still there). I feel bad for her - I can't imagine my life's work and name ran down the drain.
posted by Sarah
Jul 09, 2007 4:29PM
So sad! I've been reading Falling Out of Fashion and have been thinking of Jane over the past month. Now it's folding. What a shame!
posted by scarlettholly
Jul 09, 2007 5:03PM
no no no!! the one time I actually shell out for a magazine subscription and it folds in a month?? am gutted. yes yes, I know it used to be better, but living in the uk, there is nothing quite like it...
posted by arcadia
Jul 09, 2007 9:47PM
yikes, two other posters already beat me to the punch ;)!! i'm with missryanm and Kristen: Jane- whatever, bring back Sassy!!!!
posted by Sara
Jul 09, 2007 9:51PM
Is anyone else cringing at the grammar and spelling in the comments today?
Oh my.
posted by Bonnie Lass
Jul 09, 2007 10:38PM
Being a pseudo-copy editor, I should care, but I don't. At least, not with the comments. Life's too short.
Now, when Faran and company misspell 'Fashion,' I cringe and even get a little angry.*
But then I laugh and laugh and laugh some more, because it's not my mistake, or publication, and my ass won't be getting chewed out because of it. (And hopefully, they don't either.)
* I'm picking y'all. You should see some of my great screw-ups. In print. For 50,000 readers to enjoy and laugh at ...
posted by Courtney
Jul 10, 2007 2:39AM
While this does somewhat suck, what I'm wondering is, am I getting a refund for my subscription?
posted by casey
Jul 10, 2007 2:52AM
For a Jane replacement: Read a couple pages of Nylon then a couple from Elle. Repeat.
They're both great magazines, but both have annoying bits... together they can rule the world.
posted by Emma
Jul 13, 2007 4:12AM
Bummer. I really liked Jane. Even though it was better before Brandon.
posted by Chels
Jul 09, 2007 12:00PM
Sad...but Jane's been dead to me since Brandon Holley took over and they started putting sex tip teases on the cover. But the real downfall was when Pamela Anderson's column went away. That was awesome.