Cape Cod Magazine among publications affected.

HYANNIS — In an email sent shortly after noon Friday, a Cape Cod magazine publisher informed his staff that the media group would "permanently cease all business operations" by the end of the day.

President and CEO Russell “Rusty” Piersons wrote that Lighthouse Media Solutions "is no longer a viable business."

The company published 15 luxury lifestyle magazines or guides covering the Cape, South Shore and New England, according to its website. Among its publications were Cape Cod Magazine, Southern New England Home and New England Boating.

The email was addressed to 18 people.

Piersons wrote that "economic conditions" were to blame for the company shutting down.

"The employment of each and every employee of LMS will terminate at the end of business today," he wrote. "Information regarding such things as medical insurance coverage, 401(k) rollover and your ability to file for unemployment benefits will be provided to you in the coming days."

Several employees had been laid off in October.

Lisa Leigh Connors, who was editor of Cape Cod, Chatham and Falmouth magazines, said in an email in response to a Times inquiry that in her five years as editor, she put her "heart and soul into each and every issue."

"I met some extraordinary people and worked with an extremely talented team of designers, editors, writers and photographers and I will miss all of them," she wrote.

Connors previously had been a copy editor at the Cape Cod Times.

Piersons did not respond to an email requesting comment Friday night.

In November, Lighthouse Media Solutions and Salem-based Fuel Media Inc. launched a spinoff digital marketing company, Fuelwire, based in Cambridge.

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