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Defunct American magazine
Latina
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Categories
| Lifestyle, entertainment, beauty and fashion
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First issue
| June 1996
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Final issue
| 2018
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Company
| Latina Media Ventures, LLC
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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ISSN
| 1099-890X
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Latina
was an American lifestyle, entertainment, beauty and fashion magazine for bilingual
Hispanic
women published in English by Latina Media Ventures.
In May 2010, Latina Media Ventures named editorial director Galina Espinoza and publisher Lauren Michaels co-presidents
[1]
of the company.
Latina
was named to
Adweek
'
s "Hot List" in 2000 and 2001 and named Best Magazine by
Advertising Age
in 2000.
History
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Latina
was founded in 1996
[2]
[3]
by
Christy Haubegger
under Latina Publications, LLC. Haubegger, then a 28-year-old
Stanford Law School
graduate.
[4]
The first issue featured
Jennifer Lopez
on the cover.
[5]
In 2000, the company changed its name to Latina Media Ventures, LLC. Haubegger now works at
Creative Artists Agency
and remains a member of the board for Latina Media Ventures.
[6]
The magazine had an audience of approximately 3 million and was named Best Magazine by Advertising Age in 2000.
The magazine's covers consistently featured prominent Latinas like
Jennifer Lopez
,
Selena Gomez
,
Paulina Rubio
,
Jessica Alba
,
Shakira
,
Eva Longoria
,
Salma Hayek
,
Eva Mendes
,
Christina Aguilera
,
Naya Rivera
,
America Ferrera
and Supreme Court Justice
Sonia Sotomayor
. The November 2015 issue featured girl group
Fifth Harmony
, whose three out of five members are Latinas, marking the first time two non-Latinas were featured on the cover of the magazine.
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citation needed
]
Latina Media Ventures faced accusations in 2017 of not paying its staff in nearly a month.
[7]
That year the publisher also
laid-off
six of its thirty employees,
[8]
was behind its production schedule,
[9]
and had its account frozen by
Citibank
.
[10]
In 2018 amidst payroll problems, Robyn Moreno, co-president of Latina Media Ventures, resigned.
[11]
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