Lipstick magazine, a specialty publication of the Birmingham News, has folded. Staffers were laid off and had their last day Friday, including editor in chief Tina Hatch.
The monthly women’s magazine began in 2007 and ran for 16 issues. The March issue will be the last one.
Cottage Living, a title at Birmingham-based Southern Progress Corporation, closed in November.
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Sidewalk, Lipstick make changes | The Terminal - Birmingham AL's hub // February 16, 2009 at 4:09 pm |
[...] this past week was of the shut down of one of Birmingham’s newest magazines, Lipstick, as confirmed on the Media of Birmingham blog. The March issue will be the publication’s last. The entire staff was laid off as of Friday [...]
Jeanine Collins // April 23, 2009 at 3:05 pm |
Mira Lowe has been appointed Editor in Chief of Jet magazine.
Media of Birmingham // April 23, 2009 at 5:18 pm |
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Green Eyeshade Awards: 16 finalists in Alabama « Media of Birmingham // May 19, 2009 at 2:08 pm |
[...] Birmingham finalists in print are both from Laurel Mills of Lipstick magazine, which closed in March, in the Serious Commentary and Humorous Commentary [...]
Media General pulls plug on Skirt Birmingham « Media of Birmingham // July 3, 2009 at 7:19 am |
[...] closest competitor, Lipstick, folded in February. Its publisher, Media General, cut jobs at NBC 13 in March. During that same round, Media General [...]
Former Lipstick editor wins awards | The Terminal - Birmingham AL's hub // July 7, 2009 at 8:55 am |
[...] Laurel Mills was no doubt ecstatic last month when the winners of the 59th annual Green Eyeshade Awards, were announced. The awards are given out by the Society of Professional Journalists and acknowledge excellence in journalism in 11 Southeastern states. This year there were 17 finalists from Alabama; Mills won two of the awards in the Print – Nondaily Division for pieces written while she was serving as the managing editor of Lipstick Magazine, which folded in February 2009. [...]