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Back In January we were mourning the loss of Domino Magazine. We had just attended an Atlanta event for the pub...and our collection of the issues was moving to top shelf status.

We heard tell of a new magazine coming about -- Lonny. Michelle Adams and photographer Patrick Cline, both former editors of Domino Magazine, have teamed up to produce an online decorating and lifestyle magazine. The first issue of Lonny Magazine is out this month.

Their Mission Statement:
"In the time when shelter publications are turning their last pages...

Our Mission is to reopen the doors to accessible design. By embracing an online platform we provide inspiration at the click of a finger, directly connecting our readers to their favorite products and resources. Our freedom from page limits means that we can share more content in each issue, delivering an intimate look into the way people really live. At Lonny, we value independent thinking and believe not in following trends but rather in making choices that lead to happiness. We believe that good design and affordable design can coexist and that true inspiration can be found in the teeniest of homes or in the grandest of spaces."

Say it isn't So -- Domino Mag to Go?

Condé Nast to Fold Domino: March Issue Will Be Shelter Mag's Last

And another shelter magazine bites the dust. Condé Nast is folding Domino, the young "Shopping Magazine for Your Home" launched in April of 2005. The magazine recently broke the news of Michael Smith's appointment as White House decorator and just yesterday was Twittering about cute headboard options, but this morning, staffers were notified that the magazine is no more. A final March issue will be published, and the Domino website will be shuttered.

"This decision to cease publication of the magazine and its website is driven entirely by the economy," said Conde Nast president and CEO Charles Townsend in a statement issued today. "Although readership and advertising response was encouraging in the early years, we have concluded that this economic market will not support our business expectations." As we told you last Friday, while circulation has been up at Domino, advertising pages have fallen and the magazine has lost nearly $40 million over the past three-and-a-half years. Earlier this month, Condé Nast appointed William Wackermann as Domino's senior vice president and publishing director.