''YM'' was an American

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that began in 1932. The magazine ceased publication in 2004.

History

The magazine was published for 72 years. It was the oldest girls' magazine in the

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. ''YM'' got its start as two magazines in the 1930s—''Compact'', which was aimed at older teens, and ''Calling All Girls'', which was intended for younger girls and pioneered the signature embarrassing-moments column, "Say Anything". By the late 1960s, the publications merged into ''Young Miss'', a small

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mag. The 1980s saw a change in size to a regular magazine on glossy print (similar to ''Teen'') designed by Randy Dunbar and Mark Borden. Several years later, still another title change (this time to ''Young & Modern'') under

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's direction as editor-in-chief. The final title change came in 2000 (this time to ''Your Magazine''), though the abbreviation "YM" was the title by which it was commonly referred. In early 2002, then

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Christina Kelly announced that the magazine would no longer run articles about dieting. ''YM'' ceased publication in 2004, with the December–January issue. Subscribers received ''

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'' subscriptions in replacement. The television series ''

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'' was based on a comic strip by

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that debuted in ''YM''. The strip was spun off from a ''YM'' ''

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'' strip also by Rose, the character's co-creator. ''YM'' is no longer published online and now the domain is only a link to ''Teen Vogue.'' However, the forums on the ''YM'' 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 was

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before the assets of ''YM'' were purchased by

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in October 2004. This purchase included ''YMs subscription file, title and brand name, rights to special publication titles,

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References

External links

teenvogue.com

''YM: Diet Stories No More'' Chat with Editor In Chief Christina Kelly (transcript)

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