--- description: The entire editorial staff was laid off title: Ladies' Home Journal Folds in Meredith Layoffs image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43f7a8855fcde0a7/69868c7606f2c1467b32e970/rs_634x837-140205133051-634-amy-poehler-ladies-home-journal-march-jl-020514.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Ladies' Home Journal_ Folds After 131 Years  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 24, 2014 8:41 PM CUT  Ladies' Home Journal  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 24, 2014 8:41 PM CUT _Ladies’ Home Journal_ will cease publishing, [parent company Meredith said Thursday](http://adage.com/article/media/ladies-home-journal-fold-131-years-print/292839/?utm%5Fsource=mediaworks&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=adage&ttl=1398972646 "undefined"). The July edition will be the last monthly issue, and then the magazine will become a special interest publication sold on newsstands but not through subscriptions, _Ad Age_ reports. The women’s magazine has existed for 131 years and has a circulation of 3.2 million, according to the Alliance for Audited Media. It was one of the original so-called Seven Sisters magazines for women that included _Better Homes and Gardens_, _Family Circle_, _Good Housekeeping_, _Red Book_, _Woman’s Day_ and the since-defunct _McCall’s_. At its peak in 1968, it had a circulation of 6.8 million. Meredith bought the publication in 1986. _Ladies’ Home Journal_‘s ad pages had fallen 23 percent this year. “It’s not a consumer issue, it’s an advertising issue,” Meredith spokesman Art Slusark told _Ad Age_. _Ladies’ Home Journal_ was “more challenged than our other titles because it wasn’t a category leader.” He also said that the magazine had a higher median reader age than many of its other publications. The entire editorial staff for _Ladies’ Home Journal_ was laid off, and production of the new special issues is moving from New York City to Des Moines, Iowa where Meredith’s corporate headquarters is based. \[[_Ad Age_](http://adage.com/article/media/ladies-home-journal-fold-131-years-print/292839/?utm%5Fsource=mediaworks&utm%5Fmedium=newsletter&utm%5Fcampaign=adage&ttl=1398972646 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/76594/ladies-home-journal-folds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/76594/ladies-home-journal-folds/"},"headline":"Ladies' Home Journal Folds After 131 Years","datePublished":"2014-04-24T20:41:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:11.519Z","description":"Despite a 131-year history and circulation of over 3 million, the magazine laid off its entire editorial staff and announced that its July edition will be its last","url":"https://time.com/76594/ladies-home-journal-folds/","keywords":["Living","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43f7a8855fcde0a7/69868c7606f2c1467b32e970/rs_634x837-140205133051-634-amy-poehler-ladies-home-journal-march-jl-020514.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43f7a8855fcde0a7/69868c7606f2c1467b32e970/rs_634x837-140205133051-634-amy-poehler-ladies-home-journal-march-jl-020514.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ladies' Home Journal","caption":"Ladies' Home Journal","creditText":"Ladies' Home Journal","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/76594/ladies-home-journal-folds/","name":"Ladies' Home Journal Folds After 131 Years"}}]}] ```