MacMillan had been working at the original pocket-sized title since 1988.
The administrators for Reader’s Digest are in talks with potential buyers, understood to include the Budworth family, the owners of 125-year-old title The Lady.
The Lady’s owners refused to comment on reports that it was in the bidding, but did not deny the claims
Reader’s Digest UK arm had 117 staff prior to moving into administration.
Despite the uncertainties surrounding its future, the remaining team is working on its May issue and say that its April issue will be published in the second half of March.
Moore Stephens, the Reader’s Digest administrators, claim to have received approaches from 25 potential bidders.
The 70-year-old title went into administration in the UK on 17 February. Its US parent blamed the move on the UK pensions regulator turning down a rescue plan to resolve its pension liability.
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