Jane Raphaely
{{Short description|British-born South African journalist and editor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jane Raphaely
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| birth_name = Jane Mullins
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|07|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Birmingham, United Kingdom
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| nationality = South African
| other_names =
| occupation = Magazine Publisher
| years_active = 1965 - 2020
| known_for = Associated Media Publishing
| notable_works = Fair Lady
Cosmopolitan
Femina
}}
Jane Raphaely (born 30 July 1937) is a British-born South African journalist, editor and a women's magazine publisher. She is best known for editing Fair Lady and was at one time the co-founder of Associated Media Publishing, publisher of Cosmopolitan (South Africa), Femina and O in the South African market.
Birth
She 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.Ancestry.com. South Africa, Biographical Index, 1825-2005 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.{{Cite web|title=Glimpse at pioneering life of JR|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/glimpse-at-pioneering-life-of-jr-1350690|access-date=25 January 2021|website=www.iol.co.za|language=en}}
Education
She attended the London School of Economics and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in sociology and economics. Having obtained a Rotary Foundation fellowship, she travelled to the United States in 1957 and attended Columbia University for graduate studies.{{Cite book|last=Orford|first=Margie|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCAR_z6hHgUC&q=jane+raphaely&pg=RA10-PP2|title=Life and Soul: Portraits of Women who Move South Africa|date=2006|publisher=Juta and Company Ltd|isbn=978-1-77013-043-2|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Wright|first=Joanna|date=27 August 2013|title=The Media celebrates women in media|url=https://themediaonline.co.za/2013/08/the-media-celebrates-women-in-media/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Media Online|language=en-US}}
Career
Her career in journalism started as a personal assistant to the editor of the Bolton Evening News where she also wrote the book reviews.{{Cite web|last=Reporter|first=The Media|date=16 August 2011|title=In the family business [2]|url=https://themediaonline.co.za/2011/08/in-the-family-business-2/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Media Online|language=en-US}} In 1960, she emigrated to Cape Town and started work for Dick Barfield in public relations and advertising at Van Zyl and Robinson.{{Cite web|title=Inspirational Women in South Africa|url=https://showme.co.za/paarl/lifestyle/inspirational-women-in-sa/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=ShowMe™ - Paarl|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=My first job: 'Survival spurred me on'|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2012-08-12-my-first-job-survival-spurred-me-on/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=TimesLIVE|language=en-ZA}} At the same time, she wrote a shopping column at the Cape Times for the women's page. In 1965, Nationale Pers wanted to publish an English woman's magazine, to be called Fair Lady and was interviewed for the position of editor. She held the editorship from that year until 1970 and then resumed it from 1973 until 1983.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQMIWVwjRR4C&q=jane+raphaely|title=Kaapse bibliotekaris|date=2014|publisher=Library Service|language=en}}
In 1983 Jane Raphaely & Associates was founded by Raphaely, Michael Raphaely and Volker Kuhnel.{{Cite web|date=28 January 2005|title=Robynne Kahn new editor of FEMINA|url=http://www.ifashion.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=92|access-date=25 January 2021|website=www.ifashion.co.za|archive-date=2 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202032237/http://www.ifashion.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=92|url-status=dead}} In 1984, following her company's founding, she obtained a license to publish a South African version of Cosmopolitan in association with Nasionale Pers.
In a November 1987 interview with Jani Allan for the Sunday Times, Raphaely revealed that she was set to become editor-in-chief of Femina, and spoke about managing the magazine at the same time as Cosmopolitan: "I would say I’m completely involved – but not partisan. After 12 years of feminism women have still not earned the right to be diverse. They seem to be perceived as homogeneity whereas, in fact, they differ. That’s why their magazines must differ."Allan, Jani. "Jani Allan's Week", Sunday Times (South Africa), 1 November 1987
In 1988, Associated Media Publishing (AMP) was formed. She took over ownership of Femina in 1988 and change its format while also introducing new magazines such as House and Leisure, Baby and Me and Brides and Homes.{{Cite book|last=Fick|first=David S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EL0366oH3ckC&q=jane+raphaely&pg=PA137|title=Entrepreneurship in Africa: A Study of Successes|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-56720-536-7|language=en}}
In 2002, Raphaely obtained the first foreign license from Hearst Magazines and Harpo Productions to produce Oprah Winfrey's O, The Oprah Magazine in South Africa.{{Cite news|last=Bruning|first=Anna|date=5 April 2002|title=Oprah puts the 0 into South Africa|work=The Times (London, England)|via=GALE}}{{rp|20}} At least seventy per cent of the magazine included the American version and with copy approval maintained by the parent companies.{{rp|20}} In 2003, her company, Associated Media Publishing (AMP), obtained a license to publish Marie Claire in partnership with Groupe Marie Claire in South Africa. The agreement lasted until December 2018 after publishing 180 issues.{{Cite web|date=19 October 2018|title=Marie Claire SA no longer on shelves in 2019|url=https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/323716/marie-claire-sa-no-longer-on-shelves-in-2019|access-date=25 January 2021|website=CapeTalk|language=en-ZA}}
Other magazines produced by the group included Good Housekeeping and Women on Wheels.{{Cite web|title='The end of an era': celebs pay tribute to some of SA's fallen magazines|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2020-05-06-the-end-of-an-era-celebs-pay-tribute-to-some-of-sas-fallen-magazines/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=TimesLIVE|language=en-ZA}} Her company began publishing Good Housekeeping with Hearst Magazines in South Africa in 2011 and its Afrikaans version, Goeie Huishouding.{{Cite web|last=Raphaely|first=Jane|date=7 June 2011|title=Home truths for the good housekeeper|url=https://themediaonline.co.za/2011/06/for-the-good-housekeeper/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Media Online|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Reporter|first=T. M. O.|date=15 April 2011|title=Associated Magazines to launch Good Housekeeping, Goeie Huishouding|url=https://themediaonline.co.za/2011/04/associated-magazines-to-launch-good-housekeeping-goeie-huishouding/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Media Online|language=en-US}}
2010 saw her daughter Julia take over as CEO of her company while she remained as its chairman.{{Cite news|title=No more 'Cosmo' & 'House & Leisure' as Associated Media Publishing to close|language=en|url=https://ewn.co.za/2020/04/30/no-more-cosmo-and-house-and-leisure-as-associated-media-publishing-to-close|website=Eyewitness News|access-date=25 January 2021}} In 2014, Oprah's O Magazine publication in South Africa was ended by her company.{{Cite web|last=Nevill|first=Glenda|date=17 December 2014|title=Vanessa Raphaely resigns from AMP to 'do something different'|url=https://themediaonline.co.za/2014/12/vanessa-raphaely-resigns-from-amp-to-do-something-different/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=The Media Online|language=en-US}}
In April 2020, Associated Media, CEO Julia Raphaely announced that the company founded by her mother would cease trading.{{Cite web|title=Covid-19 'kills' Cosmopolitan publisher founded by Jane Raphaely|url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-04-30-covid-19-kills-cosmopolitan-publisher-founded-by-jane-raphaely/|access-date=25 January 2021|website=TimesLIVE|language=en-ZA}} She 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.
Personal life
Jane appeared on the original version of Name That Tune in 1959.{{cite web |title=NAME THAT TUNE TV Show with George DeWitt |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12idnUZgyKQ&t=80s |website=youtube.com | date=26 May 2015 |access-date=29 January 2024}} In her autobiography, Jane references the show, saying she had "fall[en] into appearing on a TV show in America."{{cite web |title=Book review: Jane Raphaely Unedited |url=https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/move-to/south-africans-abroad/book-review-jane-raphaely-unedited/ |website=TheSouthAfrican.com |date=11 September 2013 |access-date=29 January 2024}}
Jane married Michael David Raphaely in Birmingham on 24 September 1961. They had one son and three daughters. Jane is Jewish.
Honours
In 2000, Raphaely was honoured with a Print Media SA Fellowship Award by Print Media South Africa (PMSA).{{Cite web|date=30 April 2020|title=Movers and shakers honoured at media awards|url=https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/movers-and-shakers-honoured-at-media-awards-226756|access-date=25 January 2021|website=www.iol.co.za|language=en}} Other honours awarded to her include Business Woman of the Year, Media Innovator of the Year and Star Woman of Our Time, all in 1986 and the first Women in The Media lifetime achiever award of 2003.
Bibliography
- {{Cite book |last=Raphaely |first=Jane |title=Jane Raphaely unedited. |publisher=Associated Media Pub |year=2012 |isbn=9780620531795 |location=Cape Town |oclc=804823985}}
External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1T0647jhHo Jane Raphaely]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkZVi90Dtbo Where the idea begins | Jane Raphaely]
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