BDG originally acquired The Dad, Fatherly, Romper and Scary Mommy from Some Spider Studios in June 2021 for $150 million in stock.

Nylon pushes back print

Fashion publishers Nylon and W have faced fewer economic headwinds due to sustained advertiser demand.

But Nylon, which relaunched its glossy print publication in April, has pushed back the release of its next issue to 2025. It was originally slated to run in October.

The decision to delay the second issue of the year stems partly from commercial reasons, as BDG wants to secure a marquee sponsor for the publication, according to Goldberg. The next issue will also be a broadsheet rather than a glossy magazine to reduce costs and production time.

Four Nylon staffers also left BDG following a labor dispute related to the push to produce the April issue, according to three people familiar with the matter. 

“They don’t have money to sustain even a single full team,” said a person familiar with the matter, “so they are shuttering everything and combining everything they can.”