\'FHM\' Closes its U.S. Doors
Emap\'s Laddie Title Will Continue Online

By Nat Ives

Published: December 13, 2006
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- If you thought magazine shutdowns were over for 2006, you were wrong: Emap said this morning that it is pulling the plug on the U.S. edition of FHM.

"As part of the continuing review of its portfolio, Emap today announces it has decided to suspend the publication of the U.S. edition of FHM," the company said in a statement. "The decision is consistent with the group\'s strategy of focusing resources on faster growth platforms and has been taken in light of the difficult trading conditions in the U.S. market."

Those difficult conditions led to a raft of magazine closures this year, including Cond? Nast Publications\' Cargo, Time Inc.\'s Teen People, American Media\'s Celebrity Living, Hearst Magazines\' Weekend and Shop Etc. and Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.\'s ElleGirl and For Me. Like Teen People and ElleGirl, moreover, the FHM brand will continue to live online.

International editions live on
"The U.S. online site, http://www.FHMUS.com, which forms an important part of the brand\'s ongoing and increasing international presence, will continue to operate," the company said. "The decision does not affect the U.K. edition of FHM, which is the leading men\'s monthly magazine in its market, or the 30 international editions published under license with partners worldwide."

Calls to FHM\'s U.S. office were unreturned.

Ad pages at FHM from January through November fell 19.7% from the equivalent period in 2005, according to the Publishers Information Bureau. Its most recent circulation report showed a total paid and verified average of 1.25 million for the first half of 2006, down 3.2% from first-half 2005. The title was also off 6.6% at newsstands.

my subscription was good until 2011 too..

You are precious Holly......

You are precious Holly......

i know.

Yeah I never spend enough time in there to read anything. Unless it\'s after a hard night of drinking. At which point, I\'m certainly not up to reading anything....

seriously...
i can\'t understand why people don\'t just do their business and get the hell out. does anyone have any shame anymore?

blumpkin!!!!  haha what a great word.

For men it is about peace and quiet for the most part. It is the only place where some men can find sanctuary from the battle axes that they have made the unfortunate decision to cohabitate with.

spoken like a guy who slept on the couch last night........

HA! Battle Axe....I havent heard that one in some time.....

For men it is about peace and quiet for the most part. It is the only place where some men can find sanctuary from the battle axes that they have made the unfortunate decision to cohabitate with.

i understand that, but there\'s a point where it becomes inconsiderate...in the morning when someone needs to get in the shower>get to school or work and can\'t because one of the other roommates is sitting on the toilet reading and has no place that he has to be...or just in general, one should not spend over 20 minutes in the bathroom for no reason other than to read when it is a shared bathroom and other people are home who might have to pee. it can be a sanctuary to some, but it also functions as a toilet that people have to use.

sometimes i take long ****, and i don\'t think anyone should hold that against me.

you have more than one bathroom in your house though...