YM

1932–2004

Originally two different Depression-era magazines for girls, Compact and Calling All Girls merged in the 1960s into Young Miss, which subsequently rebranded as Young & Modern in the 1980s and Your Magazine in the early aughts. Though Seventeen takes the credit for inventing the teen magazine genre, YM inherited the legacy of earlier publications oriented toward young girls, which helped pioneer content like columns featuring embarrassing stories from anonymous contributors. Despite efforts to rebrand for the new millennium, including a promise to cut back on dieting-related themes, YM ceased publication in 2004, and its assets were acquired by Condé Nast that year.