Andrea Caknis, editor of Mense and People magazines, says the magazine just wasn’t making enough money. “We didn’t have enough advertising… it’s so expensive to put a celebrity magazine together. We were circulating 23,000 copies and only sold 14,000 a week.”
align=justifyCaknis says the closing down of publications seems to be a trend, as “times are tough.”
align=justifyThere were seven people working at the title, four of whom have been retrenched.
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