''Just Seventeen'', often referred to as ''J-17'', was a fortnightly magazine aimed at

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girls, published by Emap from October 1983 to April 2004. A special preview edition was given away free with sister magazine '' Smash Hits'' on 13 October 1983, with the first issue published the week after on 20 October (thereby alternating weeks with ''Smash Hits''). It had become a weekly publication by early 1986. It quickly became the UK's market-leading teen-girl magazine until the launch of '' Sugar'' in 1994, after which sales began to fall. In 1997, the magazine was changed to a monthly format in response to declining circulation, and the magazine was finally closed in 2004 after losing a third of its readership.

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