It’s the end of a era for women’s magazines, with Bauer Media announcing the December 2018 issue of Cosmopolitan will be its last.

The final Australian edition will go on sale from October 29.

Bauer’s Australian CEO Paul Dykzeul said “the commercial viability of the magazine in Australia is no longer sustainable.”

“Magazine closures are never easy, desirable or done without careful consideration for all of those involved,” he said.

“We have to ensure that we are continually reshaping and defining the business so that our readers of today, and those of tomorrow, remain engaged with the content we publish and the platforms upon which we deliver.”

Australia’s Cosmopolitan has been in circulation for 45 years.

It is the latest in a string of magazine titles to be axed by Bauer, including Dolly magazine which was shut in 2016.