As a co-owner, co-president, and CCO, she revamped entertainment industry publications The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard Magazine.

[4] 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.

[14] Min worked at a clothing store in a local mall, became a cashier at Target, and sold cosmetics at Foley's during a summer break in college.

[18] She covered the crime beat, as well as local school board and planning committee meetings, among other topics.

[11] After five years at People,[17] Min left the paper and briefly joined Life Magazine[11] as the assistant managing editor.

[17][18][21] According to The New York Times, Min turned Us Weekly into one of the magazine industry's "major success stories".

[13] In her role at Us Weekly, Min had a significant impact on popular culture[11][23] and was influential in creating an industry for celebrity gossip.

[11][20] According to Elle, Min depicted celebrities as people that "may make dumb, even craven, moves, but are never villains".

[15] Min was influential in creating an interest in celebrity pregnancies in popular culture through her work at Us Weekly.

[26] Shortly after she left, Min got a deal with St. James Press to write a book, How to Look Hot in a Minivan: A Real Woman's Guide to Losing Weight, Looking Great, and Dressing Chic in the Age of the Celebrity Mom, which received favorable reviews.

[13][26][27][28] 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.

[13][21] After seeing in The New York Post that Min was moving to Los Angeles, Beckman began courting her to lead the publication's turnaround.

[31] According to The New York Times, "she published 3,000-word profiles of and about Hollywood, plus plenty of juicy photo galleries and lighter items" as opposed to "quick blurbs about comings and goings".

Some of the subjects upon which she focused included box office numbers, controversies, fashion and personal celebrity news.

[32] In 2021, Min collaborated with Richard Rushfield to launch Ankler Media, which expanded the Substack newsletter focused on entertainment news called The Ankler into a larger media business to include podcasts and events, also covering the entertainment business.

[35][36][37] Min and Rushfield took part in an incubator program for this venture through Y Combinator to raise seed capital in June, 2022.

[38][39] 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.