Pacific Magazines was a magazine publisher operating in Australia owned by
Seven West Media. In March 2020, it was acquired by
Bauer Media Australia in April 2020.
In June 2020,
Mercury Capital acquired Pacific Magazines as part of its purchase of Bauer's former Australian and New Zealand assets.
History
Pacific published leading titles including Australia's best selling magazine ''
Better Homes & Gardens, Women's Health, Men's Health,
New Idea,
Who,'' and the nation's leading fashion brand ''
Marie Claire''.
It has it roots in the Southdown Press, the publishers of ''
New Idea'' and long owned by the
Murdoch family. When
News Corp Australia acquired the
Herald & Weekly Times in 1987, the Australasian and Argus titles (''
Australasian Post'', ''Home Beautiful'', ''Your Garden'') were added.
Rupert Murdoch
Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including ...
spun off his Australian magazine holdings in 1991 into a new company, Pacific Magazines and Printing (PMP).
Seven West Media acquired Pacific Magazines in 2002, leaving PMP as solely a printing business. Two years later, Seven bought Murdoch Magazines, a former corporate sibling in
News Corp Australia, from Matt Handbury.
In 2016, Pacific Magazines took its digital assets back from
Yahoo7
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and subsequently launched multiple digital products across Fashion, Entertainment and Home & Food.
In 2017, Pacific unveiled its all new "premium user experience" digital offerings for ''Marie Claire'' and ''Women's Health''. This was subsequently rolled across their digital network including ''Who'', ''InStyle'', ''Men's Health'', ''Home Beautiful'', ''New Idea'', ''Better Homes & Gardens'', ''Girlfriend'' and ''New Idea Food''.
In October 2019
Seven West Media announced, that subject to gaining
Australian Competition & Consumer Commission approval, it had agreed to sell Pacific Magazines to
Bauer Media Australia. The sale was completed in May 2020.
SWM completes sale of Pacific Magazines to Bauer
Seven West Media 1 May 2020 In June 2020, Bauer Media Australia including Pacific Magazines was sold to Mercury Capital.
Publications
Anime
* '' K-Zone'', a monthly children's magazine highlighting toys, gaming, anime, sport and entertainment.
Fashion & Beauty
* '' Marie Claire Australia'', a monthly women's fashion magazine, based on the original French version founded in 1937
* ''InStyle
''InStyle'' was an American monthly women's fashion magazine founded in 1994. It was published in the United States by Dotdash Meredith. In February 2022, it was announced that InStyle would cease print publications and move to a digital-only f ...
'', a monthly fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazine, based on the American magazine
* '' Men's Health'', a monthly men's lifestyle magazine, based on the American title of the same name
* '' Women's Health'', a monthly women's lifestyle magazine, the international version based on the American magazine
* ''BeautyCrew.com.au'', the leading digital beauty offering providing how to's, news and product reviews.
Entertainment
* '' Girlfriend'', a monthly magazine for teenage girls.
* '' New Idea'', a weekly women's magazine.
* ''That's Life!
''That's Life!'' was a satirical TV consumer affairs programme on the BBC, at its height regularly reaching audiences of fifteen to twenty million, and receiving 10–15,000 letters a week.
The series broadcast on BBC1 for twenty-one years, ...
'', a weekly lifestyle magazine.
* '' Who'', a weekly celebrity magazine, sister to the United States
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weekly ''People
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''.
* ''PracticalParenting.com.au'', a premium digital parenting destination with a pull out parenting section in the New Idea magazine.
Home & Food
* ''All Recipes'', Australia's best user created recipes web property.
* '' Better Homes & Gardens'', a monthly home/lifestyle magazine and Australia's best selling magazine.
* ''Diabetic Living'', a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine aimed at people suffering from diabetes
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...
.
* '' Family Circle'', a women's magazine aimed at mothers, based on the American publication.
* ''Home Beautiful'', a monthly home decorating magazine.
* ''NewIdeaFood.com.au', a new gourmet food online product offering recipes with topical food news.
Previous titles
* ''Bride to Be
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'', a bridal magazine. (print edition ceased publication in September 2016)SBS Food
SBS Food is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The channel airs programs about food and cooking, from cultures around the world.
History
SBS first revealed it would lau ...
(ceased publication in 2015)
* '' Prevention'', a monthly healthy lifestyle magazine for women over 40 (the last issue by the company was published in December 2016)
References
External links
Pacific Magazines Corporate website
Magazine publishing companies of Australia
Mercury Capital
Seven Network
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