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| Industry | Magazine Publishing |
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| Owner | Mercury Capital [1] |
| Website | pacificmagazines |
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. [2] In June 2020, Mercury Capital acquired Pacific Magazines as part of its purchase of Bauer's former Australian and New Zealand assets. [1]
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 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. [3]
In 2016, Pacific Magazines took its digital assets back from Yahoo7 and subsequently launched multiple digital products across Fashion, Entertainment and Home & Food. [4]
In 2017, Pacific unveiled its all new "premium user experience" digital offerings for Marie Claire and Women's Health. [5] 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. [6] The sale was completed in May 2020. [7] In June 2020, Bauer Media Australia including Pacific Magazines was sold to Mercury Capital. [1]
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