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Scientific American layoffs revive echoes of the 1986 science magazine crash
Scientific American's June 2026 sale cost 15 jobs. The count now used to place that loss in the history of science media tracks print magazine closures back to the 19th century, and a newsroom that shrinks and keeps publishing counts as a survivor.
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