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Dulcie Boling (born Elizabeth Dulcie Boling on 29 March 1936) is an Australian businessperson and magazine editor. She was born in Kyabram, Victoria in Australia. [1] She was editor of New Idea magazine from 1977 to 1993. [2] Boling was a senior executive of Southdown Press, which later became Pacific Magazines. [2] She served as the chairperson and executive chairman of Southdown Press and Chief Executive Magazines of PMP Limited from 1992 to 1993. [3]

Australian actor Rachel Griffiths played Boling in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation television mini-series Paper Giants: Magazine Wars , a sequel to Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo . [4]

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References

  1. Clarke, Patricia (January 2014). "Dulcie Boling (1936 - )". A Companion to the Australian Media. Academia.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 Sharp, Annette (19 May 2013). "ABC series Paper Giants: Magazine Wars sheds new light on editors Nene King and Dulcie Boling". The Daily Telegraph . News Limited . Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  3. "Terms of Service Violation". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. Devlyn, Darren (29 May 2013). "The battle of the gossip queens in Paper Giants: Magazine Wars". The Courier-Mail . News Limited . Retrieved 4 June 2013.