Teen Beat

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Teen Beat was an American magazine geared towards teenaged readers.

First published in 1975, the magazine was preceded by sister publications 16 Magazine, published in 1956, and Tiger Beat, which was first published in 1965. Teen Beat magazine is produced by Primedia.

Teen Beat was published by Sterling Magazines from the mid 1980s to the mid 1990s when it was sold along with other Sterling Magazines, Tiger Beat, Super Teen and Super Teen's Loudmouth. Sterling Magazine also published Metal Edge, Metal Maniacs, Country Music Special and others.

Over the past thirty years, the magazine has had multiple teen idols on its cover, including John Travolta, David Cassidy, Menudo, Michael J. Fox, the Coreys (Feldman and Haim), Molly Ringwald, Tom Cruise, New Kids on the Block, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Jonathan Brandis, and, more recently, Hanson, Ricky Martin, Leonardo DiCaprio, The Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Hilary Duff, Amanda Lepore, Michael Jackson, Raven Symone and Lindsay Lohan, among many others.

In 1985 Michael Liben had become the publisher of Teen Beat.

After publishing up to twelve magazines each year, Primedia decided, in 2001, to reduce its number of publications to only four magazines per year, deciding to keep 16, Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and BOP Magazine.