41 Facts About Janice Min

Janice Min started her career in journalism, working at People magazine and InStyle, and was editor-in-chief at Us Weekly from 2002 to 2009.

Janice Min has been a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher, Morning Joe, Power Lunch, and Newsnight, among others.

Janice Min, the youngest of three children, was born in Atlanta, to Nungsun Min, an IRS agent, and Hong Min, a zoology professor turned businessman.

Janice Min's father taught at the University of Georgia and later became an executive for a medical supply company.

Janice Min's parents emigrated to the United States from Seoul, South Korea.

Janice Min grew up mostly in Littleton, Colorado, where her family moved just before she started first grade.

Janice Min excelled in school, skipping third grade and graduating high school at age 16.

Janice Min said her parents were "oddly permissive" of her interest in journalism for Asian-American immigrants.

Janice Min had an interest in fashion, ever since she was a little girl.

When Janice Min was 13, she lied about her age, saying she was 14, to get a job at McDonald's.

Janice Min worked at a clothing store in a local mall, became a cashier at Target, and sold cosmetics at Foley's during a summer break in college.

Janice Min moved to New York City to attend Columbia University when she was 16.

Janice Min obtained a master's degree in journalism from the same university.

Janice Min began her journalism career in 1991 as a reporter for The Reporter-Dispatch in Westchester County, New York.

Janice Min covered the crime beat, as well as local school board and planning committee meetings, among other topics.

Janice Min joined People magazine in 1993 as a staff writer.

Janice Min did not have an interest in celebrity gossip, but was looking for a job and had a friend that worked there.

Janice Min became better suited for the position as People began to focus on lighter stories.

Janice Min covered fashion for the "Style Watch" section, which became a regular weekly feature.

Janice Min left in 1998, after less than a year at Life, to work for InStyle under the same job title.

In 2001, Janice Min quit InStyle and started looking for another position.

In 2002, Janice Min applied for the editor-in-chief position at Us Weekly and was instead hired as an executive editor under Bonnie Fuller, who became editor-in-chief.

Janice Min focused much of the publication's editorial on reality TV stars, rather than actors and singers.

Janice Min created a calmer environment in the workplace, which had previously been dramatic and contentious.

Janice Min had negotiated a contract that partially tied her compensation to the number of magazines sold.

Janice Min left in August 2009 as her contract was up for renewal and ad revenues at the publication were decreasing.

Janice Min was influential in creating an interest in celebrity pregnancies in popular culture through her work at Us Weekly.

Janice Min was criticized in blogs and social media for criticizing an aspect of popular culture she helped establish.

Janice Min said the magazine was responding to reader interests, not creating them.

Janice Min was named editorial director of The Hollywood Reporter in May 2010.

Four months after Janice Min took the position, The Hollywood Reporter was re-launched as a weekly, glossy magazine.

Janice Min focused the publication's editorial on in-depth feature stories and visuals.

Janice Min avoided the re-written press releases and industry jargon that were common in prior issues.

Janice Min created art and photography departments and hired more journalists.

Janice Min led the modernization of the publication's website as well.

Janice Min was appointed to lead a similar turnaround as the one she facilitated at The Hollywood Reporter.

In 2018, Janice Min joined Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg's video startup business, to lead its daily news shows rubric called Daily Essentials.

In September 2019, Janice Min exited Quibi, ahead of its April 2020 launch.

In 2021, Janice Min collaborated with Richard Rushfield to launch Ankler Media, which expanded the Substack newsletter focused on entertainment news called The Ankler into a larger media business to include podcasts and events, covering the entertainment business.

Janice Min currently serves as co-owner, CEO, and Editor in Chief of Ankler Media.

Janice Min previously bought two properties in the Pacific Palisades in 2010 and 2017 respectively.