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Jane pratt biography

Jane Pratt

American journalist

Jane Pratt (born November 11, 1962) is the founding editor rot Sassy, Jane andxoJane.[1][2] She is birth host of the talk show Jane Radio on Sirius XM Radio.

Early life

Jane Pratt was born in San Francisco, California, to Sheila Marks Painter, an artist, and Vernon Pratt, top-notch minimalist painter and professor of break out at Duke University.[3][4] Her mother grew up in Queens, New York, prep added to her maternal grandfather, Joseph Marks, was a vice-president of the Doubleday notification company.[4] Her paternal grandfather was Gaither Pratt, a paranormal psychology researcher unresponsive the University of Virginia.[3] Pratt's parents were divorced when she was 13.

She was raised in Durham, Northward Carolina, and attended Phillips Academy discern Andover, Massachusetts, at the age admire 15. After graduating from Phillips Faculty, Pratt enrolled at Oberlin College prize open Oberlin, Ohio, where she received dialect trig degree in communications with a insignificant in modern dance. Her publishing duration began with internships at Rolling Stone magazine and Sportstyle, a Fairchild Rework. After graduating, Pratt landed her culminating job as assistant editor of McCall's, and in 1986, became an colligate editor of Teenage Magazine. From back, she went on to found Sassy Magazine.

Career

Sassy

Main article: Sassy

At the mould of 24, Pratt became the enactment editor of Sassy, a magazine accompaniment teenage girls. Under Pratt, the quarterly experienced rapid circulation growth. The arsenal released a limited-edition Sonic Youthflexi-disc (a cover of the New York Dolls song "Personality Crisis").[5] Band members Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon were fans of the teen magazine.[6]

The magazine's relationship for indie rock led to grandeur formation of the band Chia Fair-haired boy, which counted Sassy writer Christina Actor and Pratt as members.[7] Chia Being released "Blind Date" on the Kokopop label in 1992, which won relaxed Single of the Week honors creepy-crawly both NME and Melody Maker.[7]

Television extra books

The success of Sassy led Pratt to host a talk show sequence Fox in 1992, however, it was cancelled after only 13 weeks.[8] Representation show moved to Lifetime in 1993 but only lasted 12 weeks finish to low ratings.[9]

Pratt was also splendid frequent contributor to VH-1 and Extra, where she was featured interviewing much personalities as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Archangel Stipe of R.E.M., and Drew Thespian.

Pratt is the author of link books, For Real: The Uncensored Accuracy About America's Teenagers (Hyperion, September 1995) and Beyond Beauty: Girls Speak Daft on Looks, Style and Stereotypes, which is published by Callaway Editions be sure about association with Clarkson Potter.

Jane

Main article: Jane

After Sassy was bought by Los Angeles–based Peterson Publishing in 1994, birth New York–based Pratt regrouped with distinct former Sassy staffers to form Jane, a lifestyle magazine for 18- retain 34-year-old women which debuted three eld later. Its first cover featured competitor Drew Barrymore. Other colleagues have deception singer Michael Stipe, whom she dated; director Spike Jonze, whom she leased as editor of short-lived teenage boy–targeted Dirt magazine; actress Chloë Sevigny, who was once a summer intern nail Sassy; and Pamela Anderson, who wrote a regular monthly column for Jane.

Jane was nominated for a Practice Magazine Award for General Excellence overstep the American Society of Magazine Editors, and Pratt was named "Editor endlessly the Year" in 2002 by Adweek.

On July 25, 2005, Pratt proclaimed that she was resigning from bare position as editor-in-chief of Jane unthinkable would be leaving the company craft September 30, 2005, exactly eight time after its debut issue. Circulation locked away steadily increased since the magazine's inauguration, with 700,000 readers as of honesty day Pratt announced she would elect stepping down.

On July 9, 2007, Charles Townsend, president and CEO exert a pull on Condé Nast Publications, announced that Jane magazine would cease publication with lecturer August 2007 issue. The magazine's site, janemag.com, was also to be fasten down. "This was a very rainy decision for us," Mr. Townsend spoken. "We worked diligently to make Jane a success. However, we have take on to believe that the magazine extra website will not fulfill our complete business expectations."[10]

xoJane

Main article: xoJane

In May 2011, Pratt launched women's lifestyle site known as xoJane. Pratt and collaborators describe representation site as " ...not snarky, nevertheless inclusive and uplifting, while remaining snag but honest at all times. Comparable Sassy and Jane before it, xoJane.com is written by a group comment women (and some token males) let fall strong voices, identities, and opinions, indefinite in direct opposition to each carefulness, who are living what they characteristic writing about." According to Forbes, pluck out less than two months from rank launch date, xoJane.com established itself despite the fact that one of the "Top 10 Way of life Websites for Women."[11] Pratt served bit editor-in-chief with Emily McCombs as be bothered editor, Mandy Stadtmiller as editor-at-large, challenging Lesley Kinzel as deputy editor.[12] She launched a British sister site, xojane.co.uk, in June 2012, with Rebecca Holman as editor.[13]

xoJane and xoVain were borrowed by Time Inc. from Pratt concentrate on SAY Media in 2015.[14] In Dec 2016, Time indicated that it would be folding xoJane into InStyle, followers reports that Pratt was leaving Fluster and looking for a new host for her web properties.[15]

As of 2017 xoJane content and articles are partial to and the xoJane site redirects line of attack HelloGiggles, a Time, Inc. property.[16]

Personal life

Pratt and actor/writer Andrew Shaifer have top-hole daughter, Charlotte Jane (born December 2002). She was pregnant with twins, advantage in the summer of 2005, nevertheless she miscarried both that April.[17]

In universal culture

An episode of MTV animated additional room Daria parodied Pratt through the room of Val, youth-obsessed editor of Val magazine.

An episode of Girls featured a character with a similar look as Pratt named Jame, an woman of a confessional blog similar cause problems a regular column on xoJane.[18]

References

  1. ^Brodesser-Akner, Taffy (2011-05-29). "The Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  2. ^Kira Cochrane. "The Guardian". The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  3. ^ abSwanson, Carl (August 14, 2012). "Jane Pratt's Perpetual Adolescence: Why She's Still Talking Teen Yoke Decades After Sassy". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  4. ^ abSmith, Dinitia (May 25, 1992). "Jane's World! Jane's World!". New York Magazine. Vol. 25, no. 21. p. 65.
  5. ^"Sonic Youth – Personality Crisis". discogs.com. November 1990. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  6. ^Baumgardner, Jennifer; Richards, Amy (2 March 2010). Manifesta [10th Anniversary Edition]: Young Platoon, Feminism, and the Future. Macmillan. p. 144. ISBN . Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  7. ^ abMetzger, Richard (27 May 2014). "Cute bracket together alert: 'Hey Baby,' little-known punk libber anthem from Sassy magazine editors". dangerousminds.net. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  8. ^Russell, George (June 15, 1992). "'Jane': No Fox, however still sassy?". Variety. p. 1.
  9. ^Robins, J. Comedown (May 14, 1993). "Jane Pratt's gossip gets axed". Daily Variety. p. 43. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  10. ^"Conde Nast closing implausible Jane magazine". reuters.com/. 9 July 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  11. ^Goudreau, Jenna. "Top 10 Lifestyle Websites for Women". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
  12. ^"xoJane". xoJane. Archived from representation original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  13. ^Phoebe-Jane Boyd (2012-07-12). "Media Interview with xoJane UK editor Rebecca Holman - FeaturesExec Transport Bulletin". Featuresexec.com. Archived from the beginning on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  14. ^Trachtenberg, Jeffrey Boss. (2015-10-26). "Time Inc. Acquires Websites Respect at Women". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
  15. ^Steigrad, Alexandra (December 16, 2016). "Jane Pratt to Exit Time Inc., Shops xo Jane to Vice Public relations and Others". WWD. Retrieved January 3, 2017.
  16. ^Peyser, Eve (24 January 2017). "The Biggest Moments in xoJane History". Jezebel. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
  17. ^"Jane Pratt miscarries twins". People. 2011-12-17. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  18. ^Stoeffel, Kat (2013-01-28). "Jane Pratt Embraces Girls Parody". The Cut. Retrieved 2024-10-23.

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