Bye-bye, TeenPeople

Time Warner is killing off their People spin-off for teens:

The decision to cut the magazine comes as the U.S. publishing industry tries to preserve newspapers and magazines as Internet popularity grows among readers and advertisers.

Hachette Filipacchi Media said in April it would close its Elle Girl magazine for teenaged girls but preserve the brand online.

Dose, a free Canadian paper designed for younger readers, said in May that it would cut its printed product in favor of an Internet-only approach. Dose is owned by CanWest Media Works, a unit of Canada's largest media company, CanWest Global Communications Corp.

The constant is that they are all keeping their on-line presence.

When I read the article, it struck me that I'd never seen anybody reading TeenPeople.