Sad news for fans of Nick Jr. Family Magazine's incisive Blue's Clues coverage—the mag will cease publication after this April's issue. The kiddie mag with circulation roughly equivalent to that of the New Yorker is kaput. After the jump, editor in chief Freddi Greenberg writes the kind of "I'm going back to blogging" email that David Remnick will never have to send.

Dear Friends, For the past almost eight years we've had the amazing opportunity to speak directly to millions of parents about their and our favorite subject—their kids. I've enjoyed every minute of it and am extremely proud of the work we've done. However, Nickelodeon's parent company, MTV Networks, has decided to cease publication of Nick Jr. Family Magazine after the April 2007 issue.

On a personal level, I'd like to thank all of you for your support, and the ideas and insights you've contributed to the magazine. It's good to know that so many of you will continue to share what you know with parents so they can give their kids the love, safety, nurturing and inspiration they need to grow up healthy and happy.

Meanwhile, plans are in the works for Nickelodeon to publish a magazine just for kids and several of my staff members who you've met over the years will be working on that project. They are all fantastic, creative and crazy about kids and I know they'll do a totally wonderful job on this new project.
I'm looking forward to a little down time, reading, writing, blogging (!) and connecting with my kids.

I hope to stay in touch with all of you. But for now, thank you for contributing so much to our one-of-kind project.

With warmest regards,
Freddi


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