Ritzy Harvard alumni magazine folds; Yale spin-off likely scrapped
Many Yalies are familiar with the depictions of the lives of the rich and famous on the show “Beverly Hills 90210,” but few realize that a new alumni magazine almost brought this celebrity-loving mindset to their own ZIP code.
Friday, “02138,” a publication about high-profile Harvard University alumni, became the latest in a long list of magazines to fold during the recent economic downturn. The publisher of 02138, Manhattan Media, had hoped to start a similar magazine at Yale, but the idea has now been suspended indefinitely — a turn of events which comes as no surprise to the...
It's too bad the idea got scrapped. I would have definitely subscribed to a "06520" magazine. I'm currently subscribed to the Yale Alumni magazine and I hardly read it because it's a bit boring. As a young alum, I would love to read about the glitz and glamor of actual Yale alums-it gives us younger folks something to look forward and aspire to!