Seventeen (American magazine)

This article is about the American teen magazine. For other magazines with similar names, see Seventeen (disambiguation).

Seventeen

File:Ashleytisdaleseventeen.jpg Ashley Tisdale covers the November 2008 issue of Seventeen Magazine.
Editor	Ann Shoket
Categories	Teen
Frequency	12 issues per year
Publisher	Hearst Corporation
First issue	1944
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	Seventeen.com
ISSN	0037-301X

Seventeen is an American magazine for teenagers. It was first published in 1944 by Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications. News Corporation bought Triangle in 1988, and sold Seventeen to K-III Communications (later Primedia) in 1991. Primedia sold the magazine to Hearst in 2003. It is still in the forefront of newsstand popularity among growing competition. This Magazine is mostly for young girls from the ages of 13-20. The competition is Cosmo Girl and many others.

Key personnel

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

Content

The content of Seventeen includes information and advice about fashion and trends, celebrities, beauty, skincare, hair and makeup, 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 targeted towards the big-spending demographic of fourteen to early twenty-year-olds. Originally, it was geared towards seventeen-year-olds, but since then has been trying to hit a wider demographic without watering down the content.

International editions

• The South African edition of seventeen magazine is published by 8 Ink Media based in Cape Town. The editor is Khwezi Magwaza.
• The Philippine version is published by Summit Media.
• The Hispanic American edition is published by Editorial Televisa.
• The Indian edition is published by Apricot Publications Pvt. Ltd in Mumbai.
• The Malaysian version of Seventeen is published by Bluinc.
• The Brazilian edition is published by Editora Abril.

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. Terrez was announced as the newst member of "Miss Seventeen".

America's Next Top Model

The winners of America's Next Top Model from cycles 7-11 have each graced a cover of Seventeen magazine including Caridee English, Jaslene Gonzalez, Saleisha Stowers, Whitney Thompson, and McKey Sullivan. The winner of cycle 12 will appear on a cover, too.

Dear Seventeen

The editors at Seventeen magazine write a weekly advice column called Dear Seventeen for King Features Syndicate, advising young girls who write in needing advice on topics ranging from body image to everyday awkward experiences.

External links

• Official website
• Miss Seventeen website
• Seventeen news at Gawker.com
• Seventeen on Myspace
• seventeen in South Africa