Seventeen (magazine)

Seventeen
Image:Albaseventeen.JPG The August 2005 cover of Seventeen, featuring actress Jessica Alba.
Editor	Ann Shoket
Categories	Teen
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Hearst Corporation
First Issue	1944
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	Seventeen.com
ISSN	unknown

Seventeen is an American magazine for teenage girls. It was first published in 1944 and is still in the forefront of newsstand popularity among growing competition.

Key personnel

As of January 2007, Ann Shoket is its new editor in chief. She was formerly executive editor of CosmoGIRL! since October 2003. She replaces Atoosa Rubenstein, who left in November 2006, after the departure of nine editors in September 2006. [1][2]

Content

The content of Seventeen includes information and advice about fashion and trends, celebrities, beauty – skincare, hair and make-up – and lifestyles. It also has a health section about nutrition and exercise, a sex and body section, and quizzes and horoscopes. The article length is kept deliberately brief, high quality photographs emphasize regular celebrity and clothing themes and it is well supported by advertising keen to reach the big-spending demographic of young women.

History

Founded by Walter Annenberg, the newspaper publisher, it remained in his control for many decades through Triangle Publications until he sold the group to Rupert Murdoch. The magazine was sold in 1991 during Murdoch's debt crisis to the KKR controlled Primedia company. The poor performance of Primedia, prompted the sale of Seventeen to The Hearst Corporation, one of the world's biggest media conglomerates founded by William Randolph Hearst for $182.4 million.

International editions

One of the magazine's international editions is the Philippine version published by Summit Media. There's also a Hispanic American edition published by Editorial Televisa. There is also an Indian Version published by Apricot Publications Pvt. Ltd in Mumbai.

Notable covers

Singer-songwriter Teddy Geiger served as the cover model for the November 2006 issue, becoming the first male cover in five years.

Caridee English was the first winner of America's Next Top Model to be on the cover. It is now part of the 'prize package' for winning the show.

Seventeen in other media

Miss Seventeen

As a promotion for the magazine, Seventeen partnered with MTV to create a reality show contest called Miss Seventeen that was broadcast from October 2005 to December 2005 on the MTV network, which only ran it for one season.

America's Next Top Model

Beginning with its seventh cycle which aired in the fall of 2006, the winning model of the CW competitive reality series America's Next Top Model received the opportunity to appear on the cover of Seventeen. Previous winners had appeared on covers of ELLEgirl.

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