 Final issue ofChild, June/July 2007 | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Miriam Arond |
|---|---|
| Categories | Parenting |
| Frequency | 10X a year |
| Circulation | 740,534[1] |
| Publisher | Meredith Corporation |
| Founded | 1986 |
| First issue | October 1986 |
| Final issue | June/July 2007 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0894-7988 |
Child was an Americanparenting magazine founded byJackie Leo and MaryAnn Sommers in 1986 and published until 2007.
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 tothe New York Times Magazine Group in 1987.[2] The company published it until 1995 along with its other women's magazines, includingFamily Circle, before selling the titles toGruner + Jahr. The Meredith Corporation acquired nearly all of the US-based products of Gruner + Jahr in 2005, except for some youth publications.[3]
In February 2000, Miriam Arond becameeditor in chief and relaunchedChild as a childrearing lifestyle magazine.
Child sponsored events including its annual Children's Champion Awards (those honored at the awards events included Dr.Marion Wright Edelman,Judy Blume,Geoffrey Canada,Wendy Kopp),[4] children's fashion shows forFashion Week inNew York City, and the Best Children's Book Awards, whose Lifetime Achievement Award-winners includedJulie Andrews,Maurice Sendak,Hilary Knight,Tomie de Paola andEric Carle.
When Meredith Corporation acquiredChild magazine in 2005, it lowered the magazine's rate base from 1,020,000 to 700,000+.[citation needed] In 2007, Meredith discontinued the print version and folded the websiteChild.com intoParents.com, which includes content from its other mass market, parent-related magazinesAmerican Baby,Parents andFamily Circle.