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

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girls, published by

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from October 1983 to April 2004. A special preview edition was given away free with sister magazine ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' 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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