Jackie (magazine)

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Jackie was a weekly British magazine for girls. The magazine was published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee from 1964 until its closure in 1993. "Jackie" became very popular with young teenage girls not least because of the "Cathy and Claire" problem page, which dealt with rather controversial issues that were nonetheless relevant to the readership. Gordon Small was the first editor, and TV critic Nina Myskow was a former editor.

The name was chosen from a list of girls names; although the name was nearly dropped due to the association with Jackie Kennedy following her husband's assassination in 1963. An urban legend exists that it was named after Jacqueline Wilson who worked there at the time, before she became a notable children's author. Although the author has attempted to perpetuate this claim,^[1] this has been denied by those who were involved in the launch.

During the 1970s, "Jackie" published a mix of fashion and beauty tips, gossip, short stories and comic strips. The latter were usually illustrated with line drawings or posed photographs, especially if the story involved a "reader's true life experience". Both the comics and the short stories invariably dealt with either romance or family issues. The centre pages of the magazine usually contained a pull-out poster of a popular band or film star.