Radar Magazine Folds And We Know Why

News broke today that pop-politics magazine Radar is folding and it’s web content is being sold to new management. All of their employees are being laid off, while Radar’s website is going to be re-designed and re-launched.

While we at College Candy understand that this economic climate is not exactly ripe for thriving magazines (or much else, really) and we extend our condolences to the folks over at Radar, we can’t quite say we didn’t see it coming. Were there red flags? You betcha! The following are a few reasons Radar didn’t quite cut it:

1. The cover featured Shannen Doherty.

Like I said, these are difficult times. With a national election just over a week away and a crashing economy, there are plenty of hot-button issues to tap these days. But what was the feature of Radar’s most recent issue? One miss Shannen Doherty, star of the “new” 90210. What’s she up to, you ask? Oh, well, she she has a germ phobia, and she really likes Manolos and, uh…yawn!

2. The advice column is written by Spencer from The Hills.

Seriously. Who would take advice from a douche who makes his girlfriend choose between himself and her family? I’ll be consulting Dear Abby for my queries, thank you very much.

3. No one really knows what the magazine is about.

For sex advice, you go to Cosmo. For fashion, you go to Vogue. For music, you go to Rolling Stone. For gossip, you go to Us Weekly. Get the picture? Sorry, Radar, but if you bill yourself as a magazine about “pop, politics, scandal, and style,” we get a little overwhelmed.

4. They’re actually lowering political standards.

Radar Online seriously has a feature in which you can test out your ability to correctly guess “what kind of asshole” (Democrat or Republican) political pundits are just by looking at them. All I learned from the interactive is that Democrats look frumpy and Republicans look stiff. Isn’t this all a bit political party-ist?

5. The magazine has already folded before…twice.

Today’s folding of Radar is actually the third time the magazine has gone out of print. Let’s look at this like an ex-boyfriend: how many times is he going to leave you before you realize you’re better than that? For shame.

[All images courtesy Radaronline.com]