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Interview<\/em> magazine, founded by Andy Warhol nearly 50 years ago in 1969, is shutting down, according to staff tweets and a report at the New York Observer<\/em>.<\/p>\n NYO reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n Interview\u00a0<\/em>has been embroiled in tabloid drama over the past few weeks, ever since former editorial director Fabien Baron\u00a0sued<\/a>\u00a0the magazine for $600,000.<\/p>\n Baron\u00a0resigned<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Interview\u00a0<\/em>in April after nearly 10 years at the glossy publication. He said in court papers that he had been hired to save the magazine in 2009\u2014and he did, upping the circulation to over 200,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n But Baron\u00a0now claims<\/a>\u00a0the company stiffed him on over $500,000 in invoices over the last three years.\u00a0Interview\u00a0<\/em>also allegedly owes his stylist wife Ludivine Poiblanc $66,000.<\/p>\n Many others are owed money by the publication to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to NYO, which also reports it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.<\/p>\n RIP.<\/p>\n interview magazine has folded \u2026 media rocks!! hit my line for freelance etc ezramarcus2@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Ezra Marcus (@ezra_marc) May 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n RIP to Interview Magazine and sorry to my fine friends there.<\/p>\n \u2014 Luke O’Neil :\/ (@lukeoneil47) May 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The post \u2018Interview\u2019 Magazine Shutting Down After Nearly 50 Years<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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