Vanity Fair (U.S. magazine 1913–36) editor for some time. However, it became a casualty of the Great Depression and declining advertising revenues, although its circulation, at 90,000 copies, was at its peak. Condé Nast announced in December 1935 that "Vanity Fair" would be merged with "Vogue" (circulation 156,000) as of the March 1936 issue. In 1983 "Vanity Fair" was revived by Condé Nast Publications as a magazine of pop culture, fashion and politics. Vanity Fair (U.S. magazine 1913–36) Vanity Fair is an American society magazine published from 1913 to 1936. It was highly successful until the Great Depression led to its becoming unprofitable, and it
The Forum (American magazine) 1920s, pro and con articles on contemporary issues returned. Subjects included communism, religious fundamentalism, and military preparedness. Circulation reached 90,000 by the end of the decade. In 1930, "The Forum" merged with "Century Magazine", to add an upper class element to attract advertisers. "Forum and Century" provided articles on cures to the economic situation during the Great Depression, including a notable article by John Maynard Keynes "Causes of World Depression", published in 1931, years before his ideas came into vogue. Charles Beard, the father of the Progressive School of History, contributed an article entitled "A Five-Year Plan for America", an