 Cover of July 1997 issue withAlicia Silverstone | |
| Categories | Teen magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Bi-monthly |
| Publisher | Gruner + Jahr Conde Nast Publications |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Final issue | 2004 |
| Country | USA |
YM was an Americanteen magazine that began in 1932.[1] The magazine ceased publication in 2004.
The magazine was published for 72 years.[2] It was the oldest girls' magazine in theUnited States.YM got its start as two magazines in the 1930s—Compact, which was aimed at older teens, andCalling All Girls, which was intended for younger girls and pioneered the signature embarrassing-moments column, "Say Anything". By the late 1960s, the publications merged intoYoung Miss, a smalldigest-sized mag. The 1980s saw a change in size to a regular magazine on glossy print (similar toTeen) designed by Randy Dunbar and Mark Borden. Several years later, still another title change (this time toYoung & Modern) underBonnie Fuller's direction as editor-in-chief. The final title change came in 2000 (this time toYour Magazine), though the abbreviation "YM" was the title by which it was commonly referred. In early 2002, theneditor-in-chief Christina Kelly announced that the magazine would no longer run articles about dieting.YM ceased publication in 2004,[1] with the December–January issue.[3] Subscribers receivedTeen Vogue subscriptions in replacement.
The television seriesPepper Ann was based on a comic strip bySue Rose that debuted inYM. The strip was spun off from aYMFido Dido strip also by Rose, the character's co-creator.
YM is no longer published online and now the domain is only a link toTeen Vogue. However, the forums on theYM 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 wasGruner + Jahr before the assets ofYM were purchased byConde Nast Publications in October 2004.[2] This purchase includedYM's subscription file, title and brand name, rights to special publication titles,domain name,[4] and newsstand pockets.
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