People magazine publisher slashes 195 jobs as print and web businesses face shake-up
People Inc., the publishing giant behind People magazine, is laying off 195 employees — roughly 6% of its workforce — with most of the cuts hitting its print and legacy web businesses, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.Chief Executive Neil Vogel told staff that the company has hired 320 employees so far this year and plans to continue making investments in 2027 despite the latest cuts.“The rapid changes in media are evident to us all, and require us to be constantly changing as well,” Vogel wrote in the memo.“We have significantly increased investments in a host of new projects as we continue to align the company with our biggest opportunities.”Human resources and managers have scheduled one-on-one meetings with employees affected by the cuts.The cuts come amid a broader overhaul at the publisher, which changed its name from Dotdash Meredith to People Inc.in July of last year.Its roster of magazines also includes Better Homes & Gardens, Food & Wine, Real Simple, Southern Living, Travel + Leisure and EatingWell.Its parent company, IAC, which is chaired by media mogul Barry Diller, renamed itself People Incorporated in June 2026 as it sharpened its focus on the publishing business.
The parent remains a separate legal entity from the publisher, whose legal name is People Inc.Group.In October 2025, People Inc.
axed 226 employees, or roughly 6% of its workforce, as Vogel sought to redirect investments toward social media publishing, commerce, events and businesses less dependent on traditional website traffic.That followed the elimination of 143 jobs in January 2025 and 53 positions in November 2024, when the company cited continued weakness in print advertising.The publisher had previously slashed 274 jobs in January 2023.The restructuring comes as People Inc.grapples with declining print revenue and falling web traffic, which the company has attributed primarily to Google’s AI-powered search summaries.In the second quarter of 2...