11 Facts About Jane Raphaely

Jane Raphaely was born on 30 July 1937 and is a British-born South African journalist, editor and a women's magazine publisher.

Jane Raphaely is best known for editing Fair Lady and was at one time the co-founder of Associated Media Publishing, publisher of Cosmopolitan, Femina and O in the South African market.

Jane Raphaely was born Jane P Mullins to father William Peter Mullins, an Irish welder, and a Jewish mother, Phyllis Louise Rother in Birmingham, England and grew up in Stockport, close to Manchester.

Jane Raphaely attended the London School of Economics and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology and economics.

Jane Raphaely held the editorship from that year until 1970 and then resumed it from 1973 until 1983.

Jane Raphaely took over ownership of Femina in 1988 and change its format while introducing new magazines such as House and Leisure, Baby and Me and Brides and Homes.

In 2002, Jane Raphaely obtained the first foreign license from Hearst Magazines and Harpo Productions to produce Oprah Winfrey's O, The Oprah Magazine in South Africa.

Jane Raphaely's company began publishing Good Housekeeping with Hearst Magazines in South Africa in 2011 and its Afrikaans version, Goeie Huishouding.

Jane Raphaely said the cause of its closure was the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown in South Africa that had closed printing and distribution channels, halted advertising spend and that event hosting was impossible.

Jane Raphaely appeared on the original version of Name That Tune in 1959.

In 2000, Jane Raphaely was honoured with a Print Media SA Fellowship Award by Print Media South Africa.