''YM'' was an American
teen magazine
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that began in 1932.
The magazine ceased publication in 2004.
History
The magazine was published for 72 years.
[ It was the oldest girls' magazine in the ]United States
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. ''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 1960s, the publications merged into ''Young Miss'', a small digest-sized
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mag. The 1980s saw a change in size to a regular magazine on glossy print (similar to ''Teen'') designed by Randy Dunbar and Mark Borden. Several years later, still another title change (this time to ''Young & Modern'') under Bonnie Fuller
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'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. In early 2002, then editor-in-chief
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Christina Kelly announced that the magazine would no longer run articles about dieting. ''YM'' ceased publication in 2004,[ with the December–January issue. Subscribers received '' Teen Vogue'' subscriptions in replacement.
The television series '']Pepper Ann
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'' was based on a comic strip by Sue Rose
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that debuted in ''YM''.
''YM'' is no longer published online and now the domain is only a link to ''Teen Vogue.'' However, the forums on the ''YM'' website remained very active following the end of the magazine. After the website finally closed, the forum members moved their boards onto another domain.
The publisher was Gruner + Jahr Gruner may refer to:
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* Dov Gruner (1912–1947), Jewish Zionist leader
* Eduard Gruner, Swiss engineer
* Elioth Gruner (1882–1939), Australian painter
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before the assets of ''YM'' were purchased by Conde Nast Publications
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* Conde, South Dakota, a city
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in October 2004.domain name
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,ym.com
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See also
References
External links
teenvogue.com
''YM: Diet Stories No More'' Chat with Editor In Chief Christina Kelly (transcript)
Bimonthly magazines published in the United States
Defunct Condé Nast magazines
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Magazines disestablished in 2004
Magazines established in 1932
Teen magazines
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