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How to Pitch: Teen People

Take your "Thin Thighs in 30 Days" elsewhere; readers of this magazine aren't interested

By Nicole Beland – October 24, 2002

[EDITOR'S NOTE: Teen People announced in July 2006 that it was ceasing operations.]

Circulation: 1.5 million
Frequency: Ten issues a year plus two newsstand-only special issues
Special issues: Beauty (winter); Music (summer)

Background: There are only three kinds of stories in Teen People: 1) stories about the celebs teens are obsessed with, 2) stories about the fashion and beauty teens are obsessed with, and 3) stories about actual teens and all their obsessions, dilemmas, tragedies, and triumphs. And, blissfully, Teen People's editors are open to getting pitches for all three.

But don't assume that just because Teen People's formula ...

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