Mainstream print media is dying like flies: Yesterday Vanity Fair closed down their german edition. “Conde Nast, publishers of Vanity Fair, said it would stop producing the magazine (est. February 2007) in Germany due to the downturn in the global economy. Circulation has also fallen sharply, from about 500,000 an issue to 120,000 an issue, Deutsche Welle reported Wednesday. Conde Nast Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Newhouse said: “In a normal economic climate, we would have bravely carried on publishing Vanity Fair,” Newhouse said. “In today’s bleak economic climate, it is impossible. We did everything we could. We bought in talented people, invested in content and advertising and committed a significant amount of time, money and energy. But in the end we failed.” Glossy Lifestyle is over! Long live independent and real media!