Janice Min is the former US Weekly editor-in-chief who reportedly made $2M a year and at one point in time, her monthly paycheck was more than her husband’s annual salary.  Ka-ching!  In the New York Post this week, Janice Min who is Korean-American, shares her secrets to having a successful marriage while being the female breadwinner.  She notes that nearly a quarter of American wives serve as the family breadwinner but to her estimation, 60% of them are annoyed by that status.

To me, marriage wasn’t a goal, but something that happens to some and not others. I probably filled my mind with thoughts about being a journalist and working in media more than anything else.

Now I look back at that decision and realize what I was really resisting was the idea of turning over my independence — financial and otherwise — to someone else. It wasn’t my style. But it has never shaped my worldview. I dare you to find another editor in New York who has assigned more stories and photo shoots involving rings, wedding dresses and romance than I. I am a staunch believer in love, marriage and family, but not that a woman can’t out-earn a man or that a man shouldn’t change the diapers.

Are you an Alpha Woman?  Read more at the New York Post.

Janice Min, the powerful editor-in-chief of US Weekly is calling it quits.  She is stepping down next week after a long and successful tenure at US Weekly, where she was the architect in transforming the weekly magazine into one of the premiere publications on the rack.  During her tenure, circulation more than doubled and US Weekly started to challenge long-time leader People magazine.  The magazine had more than $300 million in revenue last year.  So where is she going next?  What’s she going to do for the next chapter of her life?

“As long as I’m here, I can’t really even begin to think about what I’m going to do next,” she said. “But I’m 39 and I’d like to have another career. I felt like I’d done every possible thing at Us Weekly to make it successful.”

We found a video from a couple years ago of SuChin Pak of MTV interviewing Janice Min.