- YM (magazine)
"YM" was an American
teen magazine . It was published for 72 years and was the second-oldest girls' magazine (the oldest being "Seventeen") in theUnited States . "YM" got its start as two magazines in the 1930s—"Compact", which was aimed at older teens, and "Calling All Girls", which was intended for younger girls and pioneered the signature embarrassing-moments column, "Say Anything". By the late '40s, the publications merged into "Young Miss", a small digest-sized mag. In the 1960s the size was increased and the 1980s saw still another title was change (this time to "Young & Modern") under Bonnie Fuller's direction as editor-in-chief. The final title change came in 2000 (this time to "Your Magazine"), though the abbreviation "YM" was the title by which it was commonly referred. It ceased publication in 2004, with the December/January issue featuring Usher. Subscribers received "Teen Vogue " subscriptions in replacement."YM" is now published online only with a subscription link to "Teen Vogue".
The publisher was
Gruner + Jahr before the assets of "YM" were purchased byConde Nast Publications . This purchase included "YM"'s:
* subscription file
* title and brand name
* rights to special publication titles
*domain name (http://www.ym.com)
* newsstand pocketsThree teen magazines have now folded under [http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/833/context/jounalistofthemonth Christina Kelly] as
editor-in-chief : first "Sassy Magazine ", then "YM", and most recently "Elle Girl ", which only lasted five issues under Kelly.External links
* [http://wwd.com/search/article/14487 YM Gets Older, Maybe Wiser]
* [http://wwd.com/search/article/12477 Memo Pad: Not Another Teen Magazine]
* [http://wwd.com/search/article/16335 Condé Nast Buys Gruner + Jahr’s YM]
* [http://www.writenews.com/2004/102204_conde_nast_ym.htm Conde Nast purchase of YM]
* [http://wwd.com/search/article/12175 Memo Pad: Young Misery]
* [http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/transcripts_012602_ym.html "YM: Diet Stories No More" Chat with Editor In Chief Christina Kelly (transcript)]
* [http://www.onthemedia.org/yore/otm012602.html "YM: Diet Stories No More" Chat with Editor In Chief Christina Kelly (audio)]
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