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Across the Fence:  Hallmark Magazine No More....  |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
 Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 11:23:55 AM
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Well, Fiddles!!! another magazine has bit the dust... I was over in Facebook (when I should be working! )and read EllynAnne's post that Hallmark Magazine has pulled the plug! yep the April issue and all others are no longer. Bummer! I like this magazine and was looking forward to the April issue because it was going to be about aprons.
Looks like the downswing of the economy has put hard times on the advertisements in magazine which are what keep magazines afloat.
I find myself very leary now about subscribing to or re-newing a subscription...except to my MJF & Victoria magazines ofcourse!.
I think I recall someone saying that Country Cottages? Homes? ceased publication recently. Soon our only options will be the mega - zines that are 2/3 add filled.(ie: BH&G, Real Simple etc...).
Maybe I am going about this the wrong way,,,maybe if their subscriptions were up these wonderful magazines would not cease publication...but I too have to tighten my purse strings so I have to be a little more frugal with how/where/what I spend my money on.
It's a vicious cycle....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Miss Bee Haven
True Blue Farmgirl
4331 Posts
Janice
Louisville/Irvington
Kentucky
USA
4331 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 11:31:44 AM
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Well, bummer. My dh had a ton of skymiles to get rid of and he put that magazine down as a choice to use up his miles. I had gotten one issue and really liked it. I got my last issue of Country Home yesterday. They're replacing it with Ladies Home Journal. I don't like Ladies Home Journal!
Farmgirl Sister #50
"If you think you've got it nailed down, then what's all that around it?"
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
22937 Posts
Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
22937 Posts |
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Mountain Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
806 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
Washington
USA
806 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 12:36:17 PM
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| I agree with you Grace I hate to renew or get any subscriptions for that reason. I heard that it doesn't matter on how many people subscribe. One magazine had a 600,000 people subscribing and it folded because it needed those ads and people weren't purchasing them. JoAnn |
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Thistle Cove Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
141 Posts
Sandra
Tazewell
VA
USA
141 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 12:41:03 PM
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Yep, just got an e-mail from Hallmark saying they were ceasing publication. DRATS! Seems like the good magazines all seem to get flushed.
My Cottage Living magazine is being replaced with Southern Living; at least they have a new, female, editor and I like the new look. The old Southern Living was more than a bit stale.
Thistle Cove Farm ~ God's blessings on you, yours and the work of your hands & heart ~
www.thistlecovefarm.com
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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 12:57:01 PM
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babysmama
True Blue Farmgirl
931 Posts
Elizabeth
Iowa
931 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 1:00:21 PM
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WOnderful I just subscribed and got my first issue a few months ago and really liked it. I wonder if we will get a refund or they will just choose another magazine for us that I don't want. Grrr
-Elizabeth |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 3:41:14 PM
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That's the one thing I hate,,,,the publishing company "picks out" the magazine it will send you as the replacement of the now defunkt one.
The pickins is gettin' slim.....
Hurrumpf! I may have to start watching T.V. again! NOT!
>^..^<
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 4:22:40 PM
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I didn't have a subscription, but I sure did like this magazine off the shelf when I couldn't think of anything else to get--bummer!
Incidentally, I got my "March-oh-by-the-way-this-is-your-last-issue" of Country Home magazine yesterday....I haven't cracked it yet, I guess I'm a little sore!!! |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Feb 25 2009 : 11:52:40 PM
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uugghhh! don't you hate it when the really good magazines stop production and especially on such short notice?
Victoria Magazine, after almost 15 years ceased production and then it started back up last year,,,so who knows,,, maybe just maybe Country Homes & Hallmark will resurface in a year or two. We can only hope.
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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LynnMarie
True Blue Farmgirl
612 Posts
Lynn
Staunton
IL
USA
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Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 04:04:46 AM
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I'm there with all of you. I hate that Mary Engelbreit Magazine, replaced with Martha Stewart, (I don't like it!) AND Country Home, replaced with Better Homes & Garden (it's ok but...) stopped publication. I too wish I could have chosen the replacement magazines.
Bringing the Past Back to Life
www.freewebs.com/decampsettlement
"You may never know what results come from your action. But, if you do nothing, there will be no results" -Gandhi |
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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
1818 Posts
Katie
Illinois
1818 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 05:15:31 AM
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If you don't want the replacement magazine, you should contact the publisher and get a refund. That's an option offered for M. Engelbreit magazine subscribers, and probably others as well.
Sad to see such magazines disappear.
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rhondacate
True Blue Farmgirl
234 Posts
Rhonda
Janesville
CA
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - Feb 26 2009 : 08:08:12 AM
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So sad! I love my Hallmark magazine. And Mary Englebreit ceased publication, too?? :(
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Edited by - rhondacate on Feb 26 2009 08:08:39 AM |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
1277 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2009 : 09:11:29 AM
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How weird! Two weeks ago I got a circular in the mail offering me a free issue of Hallmark Magazine. I sent in the card, and yesterday, I got a bill for a subscription. Am I not reading something right? The bill says 'Hallmark Magazine! I don't want to send them any money if it's going out of business!!!!!
from the hearts of paradise... |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2009 : 6:31:19 PM
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Julie,
I got my info from a very reliable source who had an article that was scheduled to go to print when she received word that the Magazine was going out of circulation....
I will go on the internet & google it to see if I can find anything else...
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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Sandra K. Licher
True Blue Farmgirl
1106 Posts
Sandra
Horseshoe Bend
Arkansas
1106 Posts |
Posted - Mar 03 2009 : 6:41:05 PM
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YEP!!! Lost my Mary Englebreit and Country Home magazine....bummer is right! How has Ladies Home Journal stayed out there so long and the others which are far better (in my humble opinion! LOL!) are biting the dust? I just subscribed to Hobby Farm and Hobby Home and Mother Earth....I hope they don't send me a "substitute" for those!
Sam in AR..... "It's a great life if you don't weaken!"
Farmgirl Sister #226
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9323 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
9323 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2009 : 07:00:20 AM
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You know I work for Hallmark and I have not yet heard this tidbit of information. When was the email received on it? Anyone know?
Denise
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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katmom
True Blue Farmgirl
17161 Posts
Grace
WACAL Gal
WashCalif.
USA
17161 Posts |
Posted - Mar 04 2009 : 10:10:41 AM
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I went to http://www.nymag.com
It stated that as of 2/24 Hallmark magazine folds along with its website so the company can focus it'sresources on other steadily profitable interests....
I did see listings for magazine subscriptions which makes this all so confusing...
When I was in Lowes the other day, I saw both the March & April issues of Country Homes magazine..so I guess that even thou the magzines have folded, it just takes a mopnth or so to get every thing caught up and processed....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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