 Vanessa Hudgens on the cover of the August 2008 issue | |
| Editor-in-Chief | Susan Schulz |
|---|---|
| Categories | Fashion |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Final issue | December 2008/January 2009 |
| Company | Hearst Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | cosmogirl.com |
CosmoGirl, also stylized as CosmoGIRL!, was an American magazine based in New York City, published from 1999 until 2008. The teenage spin-off of Cosmopolitan magazine, it targeted teenage girls and featured fashion and celebrities. It was published ten times a year and reached approximately eight million readers before folding. The last issue was released in December 2008; thereafter, subscribers received issues of fellow Hearst publication Seventeen.[1]
The magazine was founded by Atoosa Rubenstein, who was asked to create a mock issue. She repeatedly scrawled the word "Girl!" in bed using fuchsia lipstick for use on the magazine cover. When she and her husband woke up, they were covered in lipstick.[2][3]
Ann Shoket was the executive editor before leaving the magazine to replace Atoosa Rubenstein as the editor-in-chief of fellow Hearst magazine, Seventeen. The last editor-in-chief was Susan Schulz, who was reassigned to special projects at Hearst Magazines.[4]
After the final issue, CosmoGirl initially continued online, similar to Elle Girl, of which the last printed issue appeared in June 2006.[5] In late June/early July 2010, the website was merged with that of Seventeen.[6]
- ^ Carmon, Irin (10 October 2008). "CosmoGirl to Close". WWD. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
- ^ Goldman, Andrew (13 February 2000). "Atoosa, Former High School Loser, Is Hearst's New Cosmogirl Queen". Observer. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ Stewart, Dodai (10 October 2008). "CosmoGirl: One of the Smarter Newsstand Choices for Teens". Jezebel. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014.
- ^ Clifford, Stephanie (10 October 2008). "Hearst to Close CosmoGirl Magazine". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2018.
- ^ Moses, Lucia (10 October 2008). "Hearst's CosmoGirl! to Fold With December Issue". MediaWeek. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008.
- ^ See the 2010 archived copies of cosmogirl.com at the Wayback Machine. The last working copy is from 28 June 2010. The next copy, made on 4 July 2010, and all subsequent copies, redirect to seventeen.com.