Seventeen (American magazine): Difference between revisions

| title = Seventeen Magazine

| image_file = Seventeen Magazine August 2014.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption = [[Demi Lovato]] on the cover of the August 2014 issue

| publisher = [[Hearst Communications|Hearst Magazines]] (from 2003)

| paid_circulation =

| total_circulation = 2,020,492<ref>{{cite web |url=http://abcas3.accessabc.com/ecirc/magtitlesearch.asp |title= eCirc for Consumer Magazines |date= June 30, 2017 |publisher= [[Alliance for Audited Media]]|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>

| circulation_year = 2017

| language = [[American English|English]]

| category = [[Teen magazine]]

| frequency = [[Bimonthly]]

| editor = KristinWilla KochBennett

| editor_title = Executive Director

| firstdate = September 1944

| country = United States

| based = New York City

| website = {{URL|http://www.seventeen.com}}

| issn = 0037-301X

'''''Seventeen''''' is an American [[bimonthly]] [[teen magazine]] basedheadquartered in New York City. The magazine's[[publication]] reader-basetargets isa demographic of 13-to-19-year-old females and is publishedowned by New York City-based [[Hearst Communications|Hearst Magazines]]. It debuted in New York City in August 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seventeenmediakit.com/r5/showkiosk.asp?listing_id=2986072&category_code=read&category_id=31773 |title=''Seventeen'' Delivers Almost Twice The Audience of Teen Vogue|work=Seventeen Actionista |publisher=[[Hearst (media)|Hearst Magazines]]|access-date=7 January 2011}}</ref> ItEstablished beganin as1944, athe publicationmagazine gearedoriginally towardaimed to inspiringinspire teen girls to become model workers and citizens.<ref name="Fashioning Teenagers: A Cultural History of Seventeen Magazine">{{cite book|title=History|isbn = 9781598745047|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lX6rkBphF44C&q=Fashioning+Teenagers%3A+A+Cultural+History+of+Seventeen+Magazine|last1 = Massoni|first1 = Kelley|date = 15 June 2010}}</ref> SoonHowever, afterit soon shifted its debut,focus ''Seventeen'' tookto a more fashion- and romance-oriented approach inwhile presentingstill itsemphasizing material,the whileimportance promotingof self-confidence in young women. ItAlongside wasits firstprimary published based in New York City on September 1944<ref>{{cite web|title=Tweensthemes, Teens, and Magazines|url=https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/tweens-teens-and-magazines-fact-sheet.pdf|publisher=Kaiser Family Foundation|access-date=19 August 2015|date=January 2013}}</ref> by [[Walter Annenberg]]'s'Seventeen'' [[Trianglealso Publications]]reports andthe Thelatest Atlanticnews Monthly Company in 1944 toabout 1946celebrities.

The''Seventeen'' firstwas publisherfounded inby Newpublisher York[[Walter CityAnnenberg]], owner of ''Seventeen''[[Triangle Publications]], based upon a suggestion by editor [[Helen Valentine]].<ref name="NYTObituary2">{{cite news |last=Ennis |first=Thomas W. |date=November 15, 1986 |title=Helen Valentine, 93; Founded Seventeen, Editor of Magazines |newspaper=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/15/obituaries/helen-valentine-93-founded-seventeen-editor-of-magazines.html |access-date=April 20, 2017}}</ref> Working from New York, she provided teenaged girls with working-woman role models and information about their personality development and overall growth. ''Seventeen'' enhanced the role of teenagers as consumers of popular culture. The concept of "teenager" as a distinct demographic originated in that era. In July 1944, [[King Features Syndicate]] began running the comic strip ''[[Teena (comic strip)|Teena]]'', created by cartoonist [[Hilda Terry]], in which a typical teenager's life was examined. ''Teena'' ran internationally in newspapers for 20 years.

New York City-based [[News Corporation (1980–2013)|News Corporation]] bought Triangle in 1988 and sold ''Seventeen'' to [[PrimediaRentPath|K-III Communications]] (later Primedia) in 1991. In 1999 Linda Platzner was named Publisher and then President of the Seventeen magazine group.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bounds|first=Wendy|date=May 6, 1999|title=Teen Magazines Spotlight|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB925952429773091865}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Fass|first=Allison|date=September 10, 2001|title=Executive Changes at Media Firms|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/business/media/executive-changes-at-media-firms.html}}</ref> Primedia sold the magazine to New York City-based [[Hearst Corporation|Hearst]] in a process led by Platzner in 2003. ''Seventeen'' remains popular on newsstands today despite greater competition.

In 2010, writer [[Jamie Keiles]] conducted "The Seventeen Magazine Project", an experiment in which she followed the advice of ''Seventeen'' magazine for 30 days. In 2012, in response to reader protests against the magazine's airbrushing its models' photos, ''Seventeen'' ended its practice of using [[Photo manipulation|digital photo manipulation]] to enhance published photographs. (See more below under [[#Controversy|Controversy]]).<ref>{{cite web|last=Bazilian|first=Emma|title=Teen's Petition Leads to 'Seventeen' Body Image Pledge|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/press/teens-petition-leads-seventeen-body-image-pledge-141493|work=[[Adweek]]|date=July 3, 2012|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In August 2016, Michelle Tan was fired from her position as editor in chief while she was on maternity leave.<ref>{{cite web|last=Paiella|first=Gabriella|title=Report: Hearst Fired Seventeen EIC Michelle Tan During Her Maternity Leave|url=https://nymag.com/thecut/2016/08/seventeen-eic-michelle-tan-fired-maternity-leave.html|date=August 22, 2016|website=[[The Cut (website)|The Cut]]}}</ref> It was announced shortly thereafter that Michele Promaulayko, who was appointed editor in chief of ''Cosmopolitan'', would also serve as ''Seventeen''{{'s}} editorial director.<ref>{{cite news|last=Steigrad|first=Alexandra|title=Michele Promaulayko Named Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan|url=http://wwd.com/business-news/media/michele-promaulayko-editor-of-cosmopolitan-10521851/|date=September 6, 2016|work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref> Starting with their Dec/Jan 2017 issue, the magazine was to start publishing only six issues a year instead of 10ten, in order to focus on their online presence to appeal to the [[Generation Z]] market. In October 2018, it was announced that Jessica Pels would take over from Promaulayko as editor Editor-in -chief of ''Cosmopolitan'', and that Kristin Koch was appointed ''Seventeen's'' new executive director, overseeing all its content.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Kali|title=Hearst Cleans House, Forges Ahead With Bold Digital Moves|url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/jessica-pels-new-editor-in-chief-of-cosmopolitan-magazine-1202875842/|date=October 10, 2018|work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref> In November 2018, it was announced that ''Seventeen's'{{'}}s print editions would be reduced to special stand-alone issues.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hays|first=Kali|title=Seventeen Magazine Cutting Print Down to 'Special' Issues|url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/seventeen-magazine-cutting-print-issues-down-to-special-issues-1202906026/|date=November 13, 2018|work=[[Women's Wear Daily]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref>

* The Mexican edition is published by [[Televisa|Editorial Televisa]], but it ceased publication fordue to the COVID-19 pandemic in June 2020.

* In the United Kingdom there is no ''Seventeen'' magazine, but there iswas a similar magazine recently touted as a fresher and edgier competition to ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' called ''[[Company (magazine)|Company]]'' which folded in 2014.

* The Japanese version of ''[[Seventeen_Seventeen (Japanese_magazineJapanese magazine)|Seventeen]]'' is published by [[Shueisha]] Publishing Co., Ltd.

* The Indonesian edition of ''Seventeen'' is published by Femina Group, it ceased publication in September 2009. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Rentjoko, |first1=Antyo [|title=Seventeen Indonesia Tamat |url=https://blogombal.com/2009/09/15/seventeen-indonesia-tamat/ "Seventeen|website=Blogombal.com Indonesia|access-date=12 TamatDecember (in2022 Indonesian)"], Blogombal.com,|language=id |date=15 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2022 }}</ref>

* Kristin Koch (October 2018–present2018– August 2024)

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* [https://www.seventeen.co.id Official Indonesian site]

* [http://archives.nypl.org/mss/22968 Edwin Miller Interviews for ''Seventeen'' Magazine] Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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