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...write a memoir? I actually had tried it once, about 10 years ago. I thought I could do it myself, but I ended up having to give the money back. I didn't finish it. Later, I ran into David Ritz, who is my co-author, at a Bon Jovi rehearsal. He had written the Ray Charles biography. So I knew who he was, and he asked if I ever wanted to do a book...
...folded Elegant Bride and Modern Bride into Brides magazine, which increased its circulation to monthly, and closed parenting title Cookie. But it was Gourmet - the grande dame of food periodicals - that struck most deeply at the hearts of epicures and magazine fans, who were bemused by the fact that Bon Appétit, the lower-brow of the company's two foodie titles, simmered on. (See the top 10 magazine covers...
...Gourmet had a more panoramic view of the epicurean sensibility," says Mary Kay Culpepper, former editor of Time Inc.'s Cooking Light and a Gourmet fan. "You'd explore the world through what was at your table. Bon App's more about entertaining...
...York Times and the author of several best sellers. Since taking over in 1999, she steered the periodical to three National Magazine Awards. That level of achievement is pricey, and at just over 900,000 subscribers, Gourmet had only about two-thirds of the readers of Bon Appétit. Plus, it made less money per page of advertising. (Read "From Natural Disaster Comes ... an Instant Magazine...
While Los Angeles-based Bon Appétit survives, its future is not all tarts and champagne. Upstart magazines from big names including Rachael Ray and the Food Network are making the ad market more competitive. And CEO Townsend warned that every magazine will have to shave its budget...