Interview magazine, the culture and arts publication founded by Andy Warhol in 1969, has folded, The Post has learned.
The glossy periodical owned by billionaire Peter Brant — which lately has been mired in legal spats with former employees, as well as a dispute with its former landlord — has filed for a Chapter 7 liquidation and is closing shop on Monday, a senior employee told The Post.
Calls to Interview went unanswered Monday. The magazine’s owner couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
The bad news got delivered to staff members at an “all-hands meeting” Monday morning, according to a source who was there. Word of the shuttering began trickling out on Twitter shortly thereafter.
After 10 months at my dream job at @InterviewMag, today is sadly my last day as the magazine has closed.
My personal email is iamtreytaylor@gmail.com if you hear of anything going. So much love to my amazing coworkers @ezra_marc @Jane_Gayduk @austentosone.
In February, the art and culture-focused glossy was kicked out of its swanky Soho offices because the landlords weren’t getting their checks from Brant.
Earlier this month, Interview got sued for $600,000 by former editorial director Fabien Baron, who alleges he wasn’t paid for his work, Page Six reported. Baron — the former creative director of Calvin Klein who heads ad agency Baron & Baron — resigned from Interview in April, after nearly 10 years as editorial director.
Interview’s closing marks the end of an era. The magazine’s covers had become cultural talking pieces, depicting the likes of David Bowie, Madonna, Elizabeth Taylor, Cher, Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
More recently, the glossy showcased pop culture figures like Kim Kardashian posing as Jackie Kennedy, a tattooed Justin Bieber, and emerging stars like Rowan Blanchard, Amandla Stenberg and Timothée Chalamet.
Interview’s financial woes have steadily worsened amid consolidation in the magazine industry, with rumors cropping up regularly that it was on the verge of closing and up for sale.
Aside from bringing Baron back, Interview had struggled to hold an editor in chief. Nick Haramis, a former editor at the New York Times’ T Magazine, joined Interview as editor in chief in January 2017. He replaced Keith Pollock, who decamped to head up Architectural Digest’s digital report.
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