Bad news for Mens’ Vogue and Portfolio Magazine.

Condé Nast confirmed it plans to scale back Men’s Vogue to twice a year frequency from 10 times.

“Men’s Vogue will be absorbed into Vogue and published in the spring and fall, it was announced today by Charles H. Townsend, President and C.E.O of Condé Nast Publications. It will continue to be edited by Jay Fielden.”

Men’s Vogue publisher Marc Berger is leaving the company. The fate of the rest of the staff isn’t clear.

Condé Nast’s Portfolio will also scale back, to a 10 times-a-year frequency from a monthly schedule this year. “We’re readjusting for the economic times,” a spokesperson for the title said.

Condé Nast is also surprisingly scaling back Portfolio’s web site.

(Source: Mediaweek)

Amy Poehler is leaving SNL!  In the upcoming issue of Men’s Vogue, the pregnant Amy says she is taking her maternity leave after November and won’t be returning.   

“It’s gonna be really hard — Boyz II Men hard — to say goodbye to yesterday,” she says. “SNL was dangerous, late-night, last-minute and star-studded, but like any good drug, you need to know when to put it down.”

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Men’s Vogue will increase its rate base by 50,000 copies as of its February 2009 issue, to 400,000. This is despite the fact that the title has seen a 4% decline in ad pages.

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What did Patrick Dempsey think of last season’s homophobic outburst by Isiah Washington directed at T.R. Night?

“I think we lost season three completely,” says Dempsey. It took everybody a long time to get back. A lot of stuff came up. It was the end of the innocence.”

The set is clearly more comfortable now…”

Then why aren’t more people watching???

After last month’s hot Alex Rodriguez cover, this is the latest from Men’s Vogue.

Your thoughts?

And another good reason to show this HOT A-Rod cover!

Click here to find out why Men’s Vogue scored the big victory.

No, not about that!  He’s psyched to be #7 on CoverAwards’ Hot Cover List 2008!

Men’s Vogue hits newsstands with its Daniel Day-Lewis cover - but that’s not the big story.   According to recent comments in the New York Daily News Gatecrasher column, Men’s Vogue has been making some promises it can’t keep and has pissed off both stars and their publicists in the process.  ”They are notorious for promising the same cover to two or three different people,” an insider told the paper.  A spokeswoman for the magazine said: “As a standard practice, we never guarantee a specific cover date, though we aim for a cover story that is timely with current events or the release of a film.”  For the complete article, click here Gatecrasher

Hot picture, hot guy and he’s  on a bike no less.  Plus, he’s looking at at me straight in the eyes — perfect to grab the newsstand buyer!   Not bad for James Franco,  the “New James Dean.”  Men’s Vogue International Editor-in-Chief Olivier Lalanne really captured the rebel spirit with this Terry Richardson photo of the actor.  Some pretty intriguing cover-lines as well  “Galactic Tourism and Sex in a Virtual World!”