Pacific Magazines

Australian magazine publisher

Not to be confused with Pacific Magazine.

Pacific Magazines

Industry| Magazine Publishing
Headquarters|

Australia

Owner| Mercury Capital[1]
Website| pacificmagazines.com.au

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]

## History

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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]

## Publications

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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, 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!, a weekly lifestyle magazine.
* Who, a weekly celebrity magazine, sister to the United States weekly People.
* 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.
* 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, a bridal magazine. (print edition ceased publication in September 2016)[8]
* Famous, a weekly celebrity tabloid magazine. (print edition ceased publication 2016)
* Feast, a monthly magazine in partnership with SBS Food (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)[8]
* Your Garden, a quarterly gardening magazine (ceased publication in August 2016)[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Kelly, Vivienne (17 June 2020). "Bauer Media sold to Mercury Capital". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
2. ^ Kelly, Vivienne (26 March 2020). "Bauer Media given all clear to acquire Seven West Media's Pacific Magazines". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
3. ^ "Seven Network's Pacific Publications buys Murdoch Magazines". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 July 2004. ISSN 0312-6315. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
4. ^ "Pacific Magazines Takes Back Digital Assets from Yahoo7". B&T Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
5. ^ "Pacific Magazines revamps marieclaire.com.au". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019.
6. ^ Blackiston, Hannah (21 October 2019). "Seven West Media agrees to sell Pacific to Bauer Media for $40m". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
7. ^ SWM completes sale of Pacific Magazines to Bauer Seven West Media 1 May 2020
8. ^ a b Miranda Ward (22 August 2016). "Pacific Magazines ceases publication of Prevention, Dec/Jan issue to be its last". Mumbrella. Archived from the original on 23 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
9. ^ Lindsay Bennett (22 August 2016). "PacMags calls quits on Prevention, closes three magazines". AdNews. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

## External links

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* Pacific Magazines Corporate website

* Children's literature portal

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Seven West Media

Television|

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Seven Network

Stations|

* Sydney
* Melbourne
* Brisbane
* Adelaide
* Perth
* Northern NSW & Gold Coast
* Southern NSW & ACT
* Regional Queensland
* Regional Victoria
* Mildura
* Western Australia
* Tasmania
* Spencer Gulf & Broken Hill
* Seven
* Nine
* 10
* Darwin
* Remote Central & Eastern Australia

Multichannels|

* 7HD
* 7two
* 7mate
* 7Bravo
* 7flix
* Racing.com1
* ishop TV

Joint ventures|

* 10 Central2
* 10 Darwin3
* 10 Tasmania4
* 10 Western Australia4
* OzTAM5

Programs|

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Seven Network local programming (current and upcoming)

Primetime|

* The 1% Club (since 2023)
* Australian Idol (since 2023)
* Better Homes & Gardens (since 1995)
* Border Security: Australia's Front Line (since 2004)
* Dancing with the Stars (since 2004)
* Dream Home (since 2024)
* The Farmer Wants a Wife (since 2020)
* The Great Outdoors (1992–2009, 2012, since 2024)
* Highway Patrol (since 2009)
* Home and Away (since 1988)
* My Kitchen Rules (2010–2020, since 2022)
* RFDS (2021, since 2023)
* Schools Spectacular (since 2016)
* The Voice (since 2021)

Daytime|

* The Chase Australia (since 2015)
* The House of Wellness (since 2017)
* Melbourne Weekender (since 2006)
* Weekender (since 2019)

News|

* Seven News (since 1958)
* Sunrise (since 1991; intermittently)
* The Morning Show (since 2007)
* Weekend Sunrise (since 2005)

Sport|

* Commonwealth Games (2002, 2018, since 2022)
* Hook, Line and Sinker (since 2001)
* Sunday Footy Fest (since 2021)
* Talking Footy (1994–2004, 2013–2020, since 2023)
* The Front Bar (since 2016)

Upcoming|

* First Dates (2016–2020, 2025)
* My Reno Rules (2026)

Defunct|

* 7food network
* C7 Sport
* Seven Guide
* Fresh Ideas TV
* 4ME
* Openshop

* 1joint venture with Racing Victoria
* 250% with Imparja Television
* 350% with Nine Entertainment
* 450% with WIN Corporation
* 533% with Nine Entertainment and Paramount ANZ

Newspapers|

* Kalgoorlie Miner
* The West Australian
* The Sunday Times
* PerthNow
* WA Regional Newspapers (Kimberley Echo)

Online|

* 7plus
* Ausbiz
* Bloomberg Television
* Bloomberg Quicktake
* Dust
* Fuel TV
* Gusto TV
* iwonder
* Love Nature
* The Nightly
* Olympic Channel
* Outdoor Channel
* Pac-12 Network
* PeopleTV
* Qello Concerts by Stingray
* Stingray Classica
* Stingray Djazz
* Stingray Karaoke
* Stingray Naturescape
* Wicked Tuna

Former holdings|

* Australian Associated Press (8%)
* Becker Entertainment
* Community Newspaper Group
* MDV (50%)
* Pacific Magazines
* Presto (50%)
* Red FM
* Spirit Radio Network
* WAFM
* Yahoo7 (50%)

See also|

* Austext
* Australia Plus

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Are Media

Entertainment & lifestyle/health|

* Australian Women's Weekly
* Better Homes and Gardens
* New Idea
* Take 5
* That's Life!
* TV Week
* Who
* Woman's Day

Fashion and beauty|

* Elle
* Girlfriend
* Marie Claire

Homes|

* Belle

Food|

* Gourmet Traveller

Auto|

* Australasian Bus & Coach
* Australasian Transport News
* Motor
* Street Machine
* Wheels

New Zealand|

* Kia Ora: Air New Zealand Inflight magazine
* New Zealand Listener
* New Zealand Woman's Weekly

Related|

* Packer family
* Publishing & Broadcasting Limited
* Australian Consolidated Press
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* Bauer Media Group
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