Editing Teen Beat

{{Short description|American magazine}}
{{about|the magazine}}
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| frequency       = Quarterly
| circulation     = 132,000 (Dec. 1992)<ref name="NYT">Kolbert, Elizabeth. [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/07/style/the-slump-in-teen-idoldom.html?scp=2&sq= "The Slump in Teen Idoldom,"] ''New York Times'' (August 7, 1994).</ref><br />90,000 (Dec. 1993)<ref name="NYT" />
| category        = Teen, celebrity, music
| company         = Sterling's Magazines (1967–{{circa|1985}})<br />[[Macfadden Publications]] (c. 1985–1998)<br />[[RentPath|Primedia]] (1998–{{circa|2007}})
| publisher       = Michael Liben (1985)
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| lastdate       = {{circa|2007}}
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'''''Teen Beat''''' was an American magazine geared towards [[teenager|teenaged]] readers, published 1967–{{circa|2007}}.

Over its history, the magazine had multiple teen idols on its cover, including [[John Travolta]], [[David Cassidy]], [[Leif Garrett]], [[Menudo (band)|Menudo]], [[Michael J. Fox]], [[Debbie Gibson]], the Coreys ([[Corey Feldman|Feldman]] and [[Corey Haim|Haim]]), [[Molly Ringwald]], [[Tom Cruise]], [[New Kids on the Block]], [[Jonathan Taylor Thomas]], [[Devon Sawa]], [[Jonathan Brandis]], and more recently, [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]], [[Ricky Martin]], [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Backstreet Boys]], [[*NSYNC]], [[Hilary Duff]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[Raven-Symoné]], [[Lindsay Lohan]], and many others.

==Publication history==
First published in August 1967, the magazine was preceded by sister publications ''[[16 Magazine]]'', which debuted in 1956, and ''[[Tiger Beat]]'', which was first published in 1965.

''Teen Beat'' was published by Sterling's Magazines from 1967–c. 1985, including a period when it was part of Sterling's Ideal Publishing Company. (Sterling's also published ''Metal Edge'', ''Metal Maniacs'', ''Country Music Special'', and others.) In the mid-1980s, Sterling's 'Ideal teen magazines' ''Teen Beat'', ''[[Tiger Beat]]'', ''Super Teen'' and ''Super Teen'''s ''Loudmouth''  were acquired by [[Macfadden Publications]]. In 1985 Michael Liben was the publisher of ''Teen Beat''.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}

The mid-1990s saw a slump in the overall teen magazine market.<ref name="NYT"/> In 1998, the conglomerate's line of youth music publications was sold off to [[RentPath|Primedia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Primedia Buying Teen Beat, Tiger Beat|url=https://apnews.com/780adf12fdc684a579be38bb871b2d23|accessdate=May 18, 2020|work=AP |date=December 15, 1998|location=NYC}}</ref> In 2001, after publishing up to twelve magazines each year, Primedia decided to reduce its number of publications to only four magazines per year, deciding to keep ''[[16 Magazine|16]]'', ''[[Tiger Beat]]'', ''Teen Beat'', and ''[[BOP Magazine]]''. In October 2001 the frequency of ''Teen Beat'' switched to quarterly.<ref>{{cite news|author=Joe Fine|title=Primedia suspends regular publication of Teen|url=http://adage.com/article/media/primedia-suspends-regular-publication-teen/33921/|accessdate=December 15, 2015|work=AdAge|date=March 1, 2002}}</ref>

''Teen Beat'' ceased publishing c. 2007.{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}
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[[Category:Defunct teen magazines published in the United States]]


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