''Child'' was an American

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magazine founded by Jackie Leo and MaryAnn Sommers in 1986 and published until 2007.

History and profile

''Child'' was first published in October 1986. The magazine was started as a bi-monthly publication. It was originally backed by Italian publishers, then sold to the New York Times Magazine Group in 1987. The company published it until 1995 along with its other women's magazines, including ''

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'', before selling the titles to

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. The Meredith Corporation acquired nearly all of the US-based products of Gruner + Jahr in 2005, except for some youth publications. In February 2000, Miriam became

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and relaunched ''Child'' as a childrearing lifestyle magazine. ''Child'' sponsored events including its annual Children's Champion Awards (those honored at the awards events included Dr.

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), children's fashion shows for

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in New York City, and the Best Children's Book Awards, whose Lifetime Achievement Award-winners included

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, Hilary Knight,

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and

Eric Carle Eric Carle (June 25, 1929 – May 23, 2021) was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold ...

. When Meredith Corporation acquired ''Child'' magazine in 2005, it lowered the magazine's rate base from 1,020,000 to 700,000+. In 2007, Meredith discontinued the print version and folded the website ''Child.com'' into ''Parents.com'', which includes content from its other mass market, parent-related magazines ''American Baby'', ''

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'' and ''Family Circle''.

References

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