''Child'' was an American

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magazine founded by Jackie Leo and MaryAnn Sommers in 1986 and published until 2007.

History and profile

''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 to

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Group in 1987. The company published it until 1995 along with its other women's magazines, including ''

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'', before selling the titles to

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. The Meredith Corporation acquired nearly all of the US-based products of Gruner + Jahr in 2005, except for some youth publications. In February 2000, Miriam became

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and relaunched ''Child'' 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,

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, Geoffrey Canada,

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), children's fashion shows for

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, and the Best Children's Book Awards, whose Lifetime Achievement Award-winners included

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, Tomie de Paola and

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. When Meredith Corporation acquired ''Child'' magazine in 2005, it lowered the magazine's rate base from 1,020,000 to 700,000+. In 2007, Meredith discontinued the print version and folded the website ''Child.com'' into ''Parents.com'', which includes content from its other mass market, parent-related magazines ''American Baby'', ''

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'' and ''Family Circle''.

References

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