TV Guide Magazine printed its first issue in April 1953. But after more than 69 years and multiple recent owners, the publication appears to be struggling.
Its annual Fall Preview issue used to be one of TV Guide’s largest issues. But this year’s edition, the 70th annual Fall Preview issue, had just 72 pages. Last year’s issue was 92 pages.
Magazine publisher NTVB Media bought TV Guide Magazine in 2015. But the online brand is now controlled by Fandom, which bought the digital assets of TV Guide as well as review aggregator Metacritic and other entertainment properties earlier this month. (See Wall Street Journal article.)
If production costs are cheap enough, TV Guide Magazine could limp along for some time. But the future of publications is online not print. It’s only a matter of time before the storied magazine prints its last issue. But I’ve been saying that for years.
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