Janice Min

Janice Min is an American media executive. She started her career in journalism, working at People magazine and InStyle, and was editor-in-chief at Us Weekly from 2002 to 2009. As a co-owner, co-president, and CCO, she revamped entertainment industry publications The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard Magazine. In 2021, she became the chief executive officer, editor-in-chief, and co-owner of The Ankler.

Min has won an Emmy Award, was named "Editor of the Year" by Adweek, was listed on CNN's "11 Most Consequential Media and Technology Figures of 2023," and has been described as having "Oprah-esque power over celebrity culture." In 2025, Min was a 2025 honoree at WICT's (Women in Cable Telecommunications) 30th annual LEA Awards "Honoring Leadership, Excellence and Advocacy."

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

Early life 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. Her father taught at the University of Georgia and later became an executive for a medical supply company. She also obtained a master's degree in journalism from the same university. She covered the crime beat, as well as local school board and planning committee meetings, among other topics. She did not have an interest in celebrity gossip, but was looking for a job and had a friend that worked there. The following July, Fuller resigned and Min was appointed to take her place. Public interest in celebrity news was growing, as was the magazine's circulation. According to Elle, Min depicted celebrities as people that "may make dumb, even craven, moves, but are never villains". Min also created a calmer environment in the workplace, which had previously been dramatic and contentious. She left in August 2009 as her contract was up for renewal and ad revenues at the publication were decreasing. For her work at Us Weekly, Min was named AdWeek magazine's Editor of the Year. In August 2012, she wrote a column in The New York Times complaining about unrealistic weight and beauty expectations for new moms, set by celebrities. She was criticized in blogs and social media for criticizing an aspect of popular culture she helped establish. Min said the magazine was responding to reader interests, not creating them.

In January 2014, Min was promoted to co-president/chief creative officer of the Entertainment Group of Guggenheim Media. In this role, she became the head of both The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard. Billboard was still considered the most reputable magazine in the music industry, but it was losing readers and writers due to a tumult in the music industry. Min was appointed to lead a similar turnaround as the one she facilitated at The Hollywood Reporter. At the time of her departure, The Hollywood Reporter attracted 16 million online visitors per month.

The Ankler In 2021, Min collaborated with Richard Rushfield to launch Ankler Media, which expanded the newsletter focused on entertainment news called The Ankler into a larger media business to include podcasts and events, also covering the entertainment business. Min currently serves as co-owner, CEO, and Editor in Chief of The Ankler.

Min and Rushfield took part in an incubator program for this venture through Y Combinator to raise seed capital in June 2022.

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Personal life Janice Min currently resides in Los Angeles, with her husband, Peter Sheehy, who is director of a nonprofit organization called KidUnity and a history teacher at Harvard-Westlake School. They have three children. In 2019, it was reported that Min purchased an $8 million mansion located in Brentwood, Los Angeles. She previously bought two properties in the Pacific Palisades in 2010 and 2017 respectively.