70-516: Are Media is an Australian media company. It was formed after the 2020 purchase of the assets of Bauer Media Australia , which had in turn acquired the assets of Pacific Magazines , AP Magazines and Australian Consolidated Press ( ACP ) during the 2010s. It is owned by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital . Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of The Daily Telegraph and Frank Packer 's Australian Women's Weekly . It
140-721: A joint venture with Channel 4 . In the UK Bauer Media is the sister company of H Bauer Publishing, who publish titles including Take a Break. Q began as a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Originally it was to be called Cue (named after the act of cueing a record to play). However the name was changed so that it would not be mistaken for a snooker magazine. The Q music brand has expanded to Radio and Television, with Q Radio and Q TV being music entertainment that specialises in indie, rock and alternative. Q also holds annual music awards in
210-690: A Break . H Bauer also has a sister title, that's life! that launched in 1995. The H Bauer Publishing brand also includes puzzle magazines that carry the Take a Break name. In 1991, Bauer launched its first TV listings publishing with the launch of TV Quick magazine. (Prior to the de-regulation of TV listings in March 1991, BBC listings had been restricted by law to Radio Times and ITV/Channel 4 listings to TV Times .) TV Quick ceased publication in July 2010. In 1999 H Bauer launched TV Choice at
280-451: A cadet journalist at The Daily Telegraph and its sister newspaper Sunday Telegraph before taking over as women's editor at the age of 23. Buttrose would go on to become the first female Editor-in-Chief of these two newspapers and the first woman appointed to the board position with News Limited . Her arguably most well known role began in 1972, as the founding editor of Cleo magazine where she achieved such great success that it led to
350-506: A long-time supporter. After her career as a magazine editor, Wilkinson established her own media consultancy business and hosted breakfast talk show Today on the Nine Network, with Karl Stefanovic , before joining A Current Affair's program The Project on Network Ten . Deborah Thomas' career in magazine publishing started at Cleo magazine as Beauty and Lifestyle editor in 1987. She became deputy editor at Cleo in 1990, and
420-537: A much lower price point than other titles on the market. TV Choice overtook its main competitor in the February 2008 audited ABCs and has been the number one weekly newsstand magazine in the UK since. In September 2003, H Bauer launched Total TV Guide to cover the increasing number of programmes available on Freeview and satellite or cable services. Bauer Media is a multi-platform media group, with locations across
490-415: A newspaper in 1955. The brand now has an online presence and is a digital business, with sub-brands including MCN compare, a motorcycle insurance comparison service and MCN classified Bikes for Sale. MCN covers news on all major motorcycle sporting events as well as bike and equipment tests. Parker's Car Guide is a monthly magazine and, more recently, a website listing prices for new and used cars in
560-526: A number of big Hollywood roles. Wilson was awarded A$ 4,567,472. The award consisted of $ 650,000 in general damages and $ 3,917,472 in special damages. Wilson's lawyer Richard Leder, said "Today's verdict is a significant record — it's about four times the highest previous verdict in a defamation case in Australia". While the guilty defamation decision stands the amount of payment was later appealed and reduced. Wilson announced in July 2018 she will be taking
630-485: A part of women's everyday lives and of their identity. Ita Buttrose and her staff were committed to many of the ideas of women's and sexual liberation. However, it is important to note that Cleo' s editorial agenda was that of liberal rather than radical feminism. In her first editorial letter, Buttrose described who she thought the Cleo reader was: "You're an intelligent woman who's interested in everything that's going on,
700-423: A personal one." Wilkinson believes that it will take "somebody who is an incredibly smart magazine editor and someone who understands the subtle but very important differences that are going to have to exist between those two magazines" to ensure the survival of both Dolly and Cleo magazines. It appears that Bauer's changes did not improve the continuing drop in circulation of Cleo magazine. Cleo suffered
770-651: A promotion in 1975, editing the Packers' flagship magazine at the time, the Australian Women's Weekly . She subsequently became editor-in-chief of both publications. Buttrose played an important role in shaping women's identity in the 1970s through the pages of Cleo . She had the talent and conviction to take advantage of this period of social and political change, with new ideas about sexual freedom, female independence and gender equality heavily promoted in her magazine. Despite scepticism from Sir Frank Packer ,
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#1732802286014840-839: A social media research company. In Touch Weekly , a celebrity/entertainment weekly magazine, was introduced in the U.S. in November 2002. It was the first launch of a new celebrity magazine in the U.S. in more than a decade and ranks in the top 10 magazines sold at retail in the country, according to the Alliance for Audited Media . The company debuted Life & Style Weekly , a celebrity and fashion weekly, in 2004. Adding its third celebrity weekly in October 2013, Bauer Media introduced an American edition of Closer Weekly , geared towards women 40+. All three entertainment titles were awarded with Media Industry Newsletter's "Hottest Launch of
910-506: A steady decline in circulation due to changes in the way media was consumed and the failure of publishers in the 1990s and 2000s (decade) to follow their readers online. Statistics showed Cleo suffered a 28.2% drop between September 2013 and September 2014, with a readership size of 173,000 in September 2014. Bauer Media however argued that it experienced a 100% increase in "social media growth" in that time period, suggesting that indeed
980-467: A women's magazine. Alliance for Audited Media reports that Woman's World and First for Women are the #1 and #2 selling magazines at retail, respectively. The company's popular teen brands include Twist , launched in 1997; J-14 , launched in 1999; M , launched in 2000; Girls' World ; launched in 2013, and Animal Tales , launched in 2014. J-14 ranks in the top five media brands for social media presence among all publishers according to Shareablee,
1050-553: A workforce of approximately 11,000 in 17 countries. Bauer Verlagsgruppe has been managed by five generations of the Bauer family. In November 2010, Heinz Heinrich's daughter Yvonne Bauer became CEO and 85% owner of the Bauer Media Group after joining the family business in 2005. In February 2021, Bauer Media Group announced it was to acquire Ireland's Communicorp Group , subject to regulatory approval. The acquisition
1120-471: Is a brand that specialises in rock music. It was originally a magazine with Kerrang! Radio being launched in 2004. Bauer acquired the Kerrang! brand in 2008, which also included music channel Kerrang! TV (existing as part of The Box Plus Network ). As of 2005, all of Kerrang! TV's programme content is music videos, the majority of which is open scheduled for text requests from their playlist. In April 2017,
1190-402: Is known as Bauer Media (Bauer Consumer Media Ltd) with CEO Paul Keenan. Titles include women's weekly and TV listings magazines Bella , Take a Break , that's life! , TV Choice and Total TVGuide along with a number of puzzle magazines. In 1987, Bella was H Bauer's first venture into publishing in the UK. In 1990, H Bauer launched a weekly women's magazine named Take
1260-613: The COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand . This led to the suspension of several titles including Woman's Day , New Zealand Woman's Weekly , the New Zealand Listener , The Australian Women's Weekly , North & South , Next , Metro , Air New Zealand 's inflight magazine Kia Ora , and Your Home & Garden , leaving about 200 former employees unemployed. While Broadcasting Minister Kris Faafoi said that
1330-711: The New Zealand Listener called "Listener.co.nz." The website is hosted on The New Zealand Herald 's website and features exclusive digital content. Bauer Media Group#Bauer Media Australia and New Zealand Heinrich Bauer Publishing ( German : Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG ), trading as Bauer Media Group , is a German multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Hamburg . It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations, as well as print shops, postal, distribution and marketing services. Bauer has
1400-539: The New Zealand Woman's Weekly , The Australian Women's Weekly NZ , home category magazine Your Home & Garden , current affairs weekly New Zealand Listener , Air New Zealand 's in-flight magazine Kia Ora , the Property Press , and the websites Now to Love , Homes to Love and Beauty Heaven . However, Mercury Capital closed down several publications including NW and Good Health , and
1470-538: The Nine Network to form Publishing & Broadcasting Limited . In 2000, Australian Consolidated Press was rebranded ACP Magazines. In 1999, PBL acquired Crown Limited , and in 2002, it combined ACP and Nine into a new division, PBL Media . CVC Capital Partners acquired PBL Media in 2007. In 2011, ACP sold its magazines in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to Singapore Press Holdings . Pacific Magazines
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#17328022860141540-538: The Australian editions of Elle , Harper's Bazaar , InStyle , Men's Health , OK! , Women's Health . In addition, Mercury Capital sold the New Zealand titles Metro to independent publisher Simon Chesterman and North & South to independent publishers Konstantin Richter and Verena Friederike Hasel respectively. In late September 2020, Bauer Media Australia was rebranded as Are Media. As part of
1610-483: The Government could have provided financial relief through a wage subsidy scheme or the business finance guarantee, the company had not sought it. Many of the magazines previously owned by Bauer publish articles on the website Noted (noted.co.nz). In June 2020, Bauer Media Australia was sold to Mercury Capital . In September 2020, Bauer Media Australia was rebranded as Are Media . In 2017, Bauer Media Group
1680-406: The March issue of Cleo would be its last Australian edition. In the early 1970s, journalist and editor, Ita Buttrose, and Kerry Packer , heir to what was then Australia's most influential publishing house, Australian Consolidated Press (ACP), created a new and bold Australian women's magazine which would become an instant sensation. Cleo was modelled in a large part on Cosmopolitan after
1750-484: The Packers lost the rights to the latter title to rivals Fairfax. The first issue was launched in November 1972, the same month that Gough Whitlam came to power in Australia. In the original promotional video for Cleo , Buttrose observes "the rapidly changing personality of the Australian woman." In an era when hopes for social and political change were high, Cleo was a fitting and welcome addition for women aged between 20 and 40 who were looking for something more than
1820-659: The Portuguese market. Bauer Media Group held a 50% stake in the British television company The Box Plus Network until the other owner, British broadcaster Channel Four Television Corporation, bought the whole stake in January 2019. In September 2012, Bauer Media bought ACP Magazines (formerly Australian Consolidated Press ) from London-based private equity firm, CVC Capital Partners and Australian media company Nine Entertainment for an estimated A$ 500 million, completing
1890-488: The Publisher, Buttrose's hunch that Cleo would appeal to modern Australian women proved to be right, with the magazine becoming the top selling monthly women's title and elevating Buttrose to the status of a feminist icon and magazine queen. Andrew Cowell, the art director on the debut edition of Cleo said: "Ita's always had a talent to tap into a real need. She's always been a forward thinker, which keeps her ahead of
1960-412: The UK, known as Q Awards . In spring 2010, Bauer attempted to unilaterally impose a new contract on all photographers and writers, which was set to take away their copyright and off-load liability for libel or copyright infringement from the publisher onto the contributor. 200 photographers and writers from Q and Bauer's other music magazines, Kerrang! and Mojo , were reported as refusing to work under
2030-547: The UK. Following their purchase of Emap in 2007, The Bauer Media Group acquired a collection of media brands. This includes heat and Grazia as well as a radio portfolio of national radio brands such as KISS FM UK and Magic , and regional radio brands across major UK cities. In 2013, Bauer Media also acquired the Absolute Radio Group from the publishers of The Times of India . Bauer Media also formerly broadcast TV music channels including The Box TV, in
2100-430: The UK. It was founded in 1972 and is the longest-running print price guide in the UK. The website was launched in 1999 and it provides news, advice information as well as cars for sale and additional services such as insurance, to car buyers. AM (Automotive Management) , together with its online counterpart has been a source of news, insight and analysis for the UK automotive industry since 1990. Pregnancy & Birth
2170-612: The Women's Liberation Movement itself, with writers for and against". Ordinary, every-day women gained knowledge and understanding of feminism through the pages of Cleo . The magazine helped create the feminist public sphere, opening doors for discussions about new ideas which modern women treat as mainstream today. Cleo pushed boundaries in mainstream publishing with candid articles on topics ranging from sex toys, fantasies and orgasms, to lesbianism and contraception. "We wrote about sex as if we had discovered it", recalls Buttrose. Cleo
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2240-580: The Year award. In June 2020, Cleo was acquired by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital . Launched in November 1972 under the direction of Ita Buttrose , the magazine's founding editor, Cleo became one of Australia's most iconic titles due to its mix of seemingly controversial content, including the first nude male centerfold (following American Cosmopolitan's nude centerfold of Burt Reynolds six months' earlier) and detailed sex advice. According to
2310-520: The Year" award in their respective launch years. Closer Weekly tied for the title with Dr. Oz The Good Life in the 2014 ceremony. Bauer Media US launched Bauer Xcel Media, a digital division, in August 2014. In 2018, Bauer sold all but its women's magazines and iD to American Media, Inc. It sold its remaining American titles ( Woman's World , First for Women , Soaps in Depth ) in 2022 to
2380-417: The boundaries." Mia Freedman: "Like most Australian women, Dolly and Cleo in particular were my lifeblood growing up and sparked my love of women's media back in the 80s and 90s. [I'm] frustrated and disappointed at the lack of business foresight that has brought those titles to this point. One of the reasons I left magazines was because I was so tired of trying to get my bosses to understand that Armageddon
2450-640: The company announced it was about to buy Mediatakojat Oy in Finland (owner of Radio Pori 89.4 and Radio City Mikkeli) and moved into the Irish market by buying Denis O'Brien's Communicorp group. In February 2022, Media Capital Group in Portugal announced that it had come to an agreement with the Bauer Group to sell all their radio stations for around 70 million Euros, marking the entry of the Bauer Group into
2520-419: The company now known as A360media . Cleo (magazine) Cleo is an Australian monthly women's magazine. The magazine was founded in 1972 in Australia; the Australia and New Zealand editions were discontinued in February 2016. Aimed at an older audience than the teenage-focused Australian magazine Dolly , Cleo was published by Bauer Media Group in Sydney and was known for its Cleo Bachelor of
2590-536: The curve and able to make instinctive decisions. If Ita had a gut feeling for something, you were best to go with it." Since 2011, Buttrose has been National President of Alzheimer's Australia and is also Vice-President of Arthritis Australia. In 2013, she was named Australian of the Year . Buttrose uses her high-profile to champion social issues such as women's education and raise awareness of breast cancer and HIV/AIDS . Lisa Wilkinson 's career in magazine publishing started at age 19 with no university education, as
2660-403: The enthusiastic secretary/editorial assistant/Girl Friday at Dolly magazine. After rising to the editorship of Dolly in only 5 years, Wilkinson took over the position of Cleo magazine editor in 1984, and reigned there for ten years. Later she became Cleo' s International Editor-in-Chief, running editions in New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Under Wilkinson, Cleo magazine became
2730-486: The final issue being March, on sale 22 February. Cleo magazine's final cover, for the March edition, would feature Jesinta Campbell . In June 2020, Cleo was acquired by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital as part of its acquisition of several of Bauer Media's former Australian and New Zealand titles. Ita Buttrose started as a copy girl at the Australian Women's Weekly , she quickly became
2800-431: The gaze". The naked man was a reminder that women could, and should, enjoy sex, and reaffirmed their right to talk about sex. In 2013, new editor Sharri Markson announced there would be no mention of sex on the cover of Cleo . More than 40 years after revamping women's magazines with male centrefolds, it was the first time that sex had not been used as a selling point. The move came as a result of research conducted by
2870-608: The highest selling women's magazine per capita in the world. A significant change made by Wilkinson at Cleo was the replacement of the Cleo centerfold with the Bachelor of the Year competition in 1985. Cleo magazine presents an annual round up of the 50 most eligible bachelors in Australia, and encourages readers to vote for their favourite eligible bachelor. Wilkinson also mentored numerous high-profile women in Australian media today. Nicole Kidman , Miranda Kerr , Deborah Thomas , Paula Joye and Mia Freedman all credit her as
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2940-498: The lack of literary content in modern glossy magazines, Buttrose ran a short story by Norman Mailer , a prominent author at the time. This trend continued in subsequent issues. In two days, 105,000 copies of the first issue were sold and by the end of its first year circulation reached 200,000. When the magazine conducted the first national readership survey in 1974, figures revealed that 30 percent of women aged between 13 and 24 read Cleo every month. Through Cleo , feminism became
3010-561: The magazine successfully established its brand online. In addition, Beauty Bites, Cleo' s digital app, offered an interactive component to technologically minded Gen Y readers, including how-to video tutorials, expert advice and reader-generated content. Cleo Singapore was launched in 1994, Cleo Malaysia in 1995, and Cleo Indonesia was launched in 2007 as an international license under the Femina Group. Cleo Thailand operated sometime before 2014. Bauer announced on 20 January 2016 that
3080-450: The magazine was sold to Mixmag's publisher Wasted Talent with Kerrang! TV/The Box Plus Network coming under the full ownership of Channel 4 in January 2019. Mother and Baby is parenting website and set of awards aimed at helping parents with advice and product reviews that help them buy well. The Debrief was an online magazine aimed at ABC1 women in their 20s launched in 2014 in competition with Mail Online and Stylist . It
3150-399: The magazine which revealed a conservative streak among Generation Y readers – Cleo' s largest audience demographic – most of whom still live at home. As Markson explained: "They are embarrassed to be sitting at home with their parents reading a magazine which has the word 'orgasm' in bold print on the cover". In the pages of Cleo , all the racy content of the earlier, more progressive era
3220-480: The magazine's editorial philosophy, "Cleo gets women, and it also strikes the perfect balance, offers a bright, light-hearted tone and aesthetic without shying away from the more serious issues that are important to their readers." . Audited circulation in June 2014 was 53,221 copies monthly. Readership numbers for September 2014 are estimated to be 173,000. With a strong online presence of 300,000+ visitors monthly,
3290-485: The matter further to a higher court in Australia. Bauer Media Group entered the US market in 1981 with the launch of Woman's World magazine. Bauer Media Group USA had a portfolio of 13 magazines, five special interest publications and 16 websites across several distinct consumer segments: celebrity/entertainment, women's, teen and science/technology. In 1989, the company introduced its second publication, First for Women ,
3360-581: The motoring and trader lifestyle categories. Some New Zealand brands acquired by Mercury Capital included the New Zealand Woman's Weekly , the New Zealand Listener , and North and South . Notable Australian assets acquired by the company include Woman's Day , The Australian Women's Weekly , Rolling Stone Australia , Cleo , Dolly , and Pacific Magazines . In mid-July 2020, Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing several former Bauer titles including Woman's Day ,
3430-411: The new terms. In 2020, Q magazine was scrapped alongside sister publication Planet Rock (joining real-life publication Simply You , Practical Photography and car magazine Modern Classics as titles closed by Bauer) as a buyer could not be found to continue the publication beyond issue Q415, with Kelsey Media deciding to buy Sea Angler , Car Mechanics and Your Horse instead. Kerrang!
3500-682: The purchase the following month. This purchase included the Australian Women's Weekly , Cleo , Cosmo , Harper's Bazaar , Women's Day , and Zoo magazines. As a result, ACP Magazines was rebranded as Bauer Media. In March 2020, Bauer bought Pacific Magazines from Seven West Media ; acquiring New Idea , Who , Diabetic Living , Men's Health , Women's Health , Better Homes & Gardens and Girlfriend . On 2 April 2020, Bauer Media Group announced that it would wind up its New Zealand magazine titles in direct response to magazines having been stopped from being published under New Zealand's Level 4 restrictions in response to
3570-479: The reason why readership figures fell was due to the movement from print media to the online world of blogs, forums and Facebook. They also stated that the best that Bauer Media could do to ensure the continuation of Australian magazines like Cleo was to minimise its production costs and hope that it can catch up with digital media. On 20 January 2016, Bauer Media Group confirmed that Cleo magazine would close in Australia after more than 40 years of publication, with
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#17328022860143640-418: The rebrand and relaunch, the company's CEO Brendon Hill confirmed that Are Media would be relaunching several titles including the New Zealand Woman's Weekly , New Zealand Listener , Woman's Day , The Australian Women's Weekly , Your Home and Garden , and Air New Zealand's inflight magazine Kia Ora . In late June 2023, Are Media partnered with New Zealand media company NZME to launch an online version of
3710-471: The recipes, knitting tips and coverage of royal births and weddings that the Australian Women's Weekly focused on at the time. Cleo was politically provocative (but not aggressive) with its journalism. Alongside articles on group sex, contraception, "happy hookers" and Jack Thompson as the first nude "Mate of the Month", the launch issue featured tips on "How to be a sexy housekeeper." In stark contrast to
3780-474: The sale completed on 1 October 2012. ACP was rebranded as Bauer Media Australia. The publisher had many tie-ins with other Nine Entertainment Co. companies, such as Nine Network programs ( Burke's Backyard and Good Medicine ) and the Magshop web service, which is now operated by Bauer Media Group. In October 2019, Bauer agreed terms to purchase Pacific Magazines from Seven West Media . The transaction
3850-490: The same generalised market. Where Dolly targets teenage girls, Cleo focuses on an older group, women in their twenties and thirties. Bauer Media also now uses "content translated from Bauer's youth titles Joy and Bravo which the publishing house produce in Germany", reducing the amount of original Australian content across the magazines, but reducing the cost of producing issues across their titles. In 2014, Lucy Cousins
3920-423: The staff and readers of Cleo magazine. A primary cost-cutting measure taken by Bauer was to merge the editorial staff of Dolly and Cleo magazines, reducing the staff size by half and appointing a single Editor-in-Chief for both magazines. This was presented as a move to unite the two magazines under a "young women's lifestyles division". Observers argue that these two magazines are in fact not directed at
3990-594: The type of person who wants a great deal more out of life. Like us, certain aspects of Women's Lib appeal to you but you're not aggressive about it." (1972). The feminist tone and ideas proliferated on the pages of Cleo throughout the 1970s. Every month, there were feature articles covering issues including: the work/life balance, the pressure to get married and raise a family, abortion, contraception, women's education, domestic violence and rape. "The celebrities Cleo chose to interview were women who had succeeded in politics, business and culture. There were also discussions of
4060-573: Was a British magazine aimed at pregnant women . It was part of the Bauer Media Group. It gave out information about pregnancy, products for pregnant women, and it shares other women's stories of childbirth experiences. Between January and June 2011, Pregnancy & Birth had a circulation of 26,775 copies. Bauer Media currently has radio operations in the UK, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway. It operates over 150 radio brands, including Absolute Radio, KISS, Hits Radio Network, Magic, RMF, and Mix Megapol. In 2021,
4130-565: Was a magazine publisher operating in Australia, owned by Seven West Media . 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. In September 2012, Nine Entertainment announced that it had agreed to sell ACP Magazines to the German multinational publishing company Bauer Media for an estimated A$ 500 million, with
4200-444: Was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Bauer's newly merged Dolly and Cleo magazines. Cousins was previously employed as Deputy Editor at Bauer's Women's Fitness magazine. Cousins says of Cleo magazine: "CLEO magazine is and has always been a bible of all things fashion, beauty and celebrity for young Australian women. And now we've added travel, lifestyle, music and the new CLEO man section. We have attitude and aren't afraid to push
4270-402: Was closed in 2018. Empire is a monthly film magazine. Launched in the UK in 1989, it is now also published in the US, Australia, Turkey, Russia and Portugal. Its annual Empire Awards are voted for by its readers. Closer was launched by Bauer Media in 2002. It specialises mainly in celebrity news and gossip, real-life stories and television/entertainment. The UK edition of Grazia
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#17328022860144340-399: Was coming in the form of online. I knew the young women's market was the most vulnerable. But nobody would listen so I left and started Mamamia...Publishers didn't realise they were content producers, they kept acting like magazine makers" Lisa Wilkinson on Twitter: "Very sad to hear news that Dolly & Cleo magazines are merging, with expected losses of half the staff. End of an era. And
4410-556: Was completed in May 2020 after the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission cleared the sale. In April 2020, several titles temporarily ceased publication due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic . In June 2020, the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital purchased Bauer Media's Australian and New Zealand print and digital assets covering women's entertainment and lifestyle; fashion, beauty and health; food; and
4480-488: Was completed on 1 June 2021. Originally a small printing house in Germany, Bauer Media Group entered the UK with the launch of Bella magazine in 1987. Under the name of H Bauer Publishing they became Britain's third largest publisher. Bauer further expanded in the UK with the purchase of Emap Consumer Media and Emap Radio in 2008. In the UK there are two divisions of the Bauer Media Group. The original UK business trades as H Bauer Publishing. Its sister company
4550-462: Was discontinued in 1985, the last being a bare-chested picture of Mel Gibson. University of Sydney media academic Megan Le Masurier interprets the centerfold phenomenon as an incentive for popular feminist desire. The centerfold attempted to reverse the dominant tradition of representing men as viewers, and women as viewed. The representation of the male nude "offered women the chance to imagine themselves as active sexual agents, quite capable of holding
4620-449: Was launched in 2005 as the first glossy woman's weekly magazine in the country. Launched in 1999, heat is a British celebrity weekly. Its main focus is celebrity interviews, gossip, fashion advice and entertainment. Yours is a fortnightly lifestyle magazine and website targeting women aged 50 and over, launched in 1974. It covers issues including health, relevant news, fashion and beauty. Motor Cycle News ( MCN ) launched as
4690-530: Was renamed Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in 1957, and acquired The Bulletin in 1960. The Daily Telegraph was sold to News Limited in 1972; the same year ACP founded Cleo and took over Publishers Holdings (including Australian House & Garden , Wheels , and others). Two years later, Frank Packer died, and his son Kerry took over the company. In 1988, ACP acquired John Fairfax's magazines (including Woman's Day , People , Dolly , and Good Housekeeping ). In 1994, ACP merged with
4760-610: Was replaced with celebrity news and fashion, beauty and fitness tips. Now sexy, according to December 2014 cover girl Taylor Swift is "knowing who you are and not needing to defend yourself." As seen through the pages of Cleo , there was a shift away from sexual liberation to personal gratification and self-improvement, a maxim characteristic of Generation Y. In October 2012, multinational publisher Bauer Media purchased Australian magazine publisher ACP, which controls titles ranging from Cleo magazine to The Australian Women's Weekly This change of ownership meant drastic changes for
4830-518: Was successfully sued by the Australian actor Rebel Wilson for defamation in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia. This was the biggest payout for defamation of its kind in Australian legal history. Bauer Media Group allegedly printed a series of lies and false articles against the actress in an attempt to defame her. This reportedly led to the actress being overlooked for
4900-429: Was the first Australian women's magazine to feature non-frontal nude male centrefolds in 1972, with Jack Thompson, a prominent Australian actor at the time, the magazine's first Mate of the Month. What Buttrose thought would be a light hearted, one-off feature became an essential component of what made Cleo so popular. Other mates were Alby Mangels, Eric Oldfield, Peter Blasina and the band Skyhooks. The centrefold feature
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