Are Media is an Australian media company that was formed after the 2020 purchase of the assets of Bauer Media Australia, which had in turn acquired the assets of

Pacific Magazines 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 purch ...

, AP Magazines and

Australian Consolidated Press Are Media is an Australian media company that 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 during the 201 ...

during the 2010s. It is owned by the Sydney investment firm

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History

Australian Consolidated Press

Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of ''

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'' and

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's ''

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''. It was renamed Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in 1957, and acquired '' The Bulletin'' in 1960. ''The Daily Telegraph'' was sold to

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in 1972; the same year ACP founded ''

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'' and took over Publishers Holdings (including ''Australian House & Garden'', ''

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'', 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Dolly'', and ''

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''). In 1994, ACP merged with the

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to form

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. In 2000, Australian Consolidated Press was rebranded ACP Magazines. In 1999, PBL acquired

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, and in 2002, it combined ACP and Nine into a new division, PBL Media.

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acquired PBL Media in 2007. In 2011, ACP sold its magazines in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia to

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Pacific Magazines

Pacific Magazines was a magazine publisher operating in Australia owned by

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. It was acquired by Bauer Media Australia in April 2020. In June 2020,

acquired Pacific Magazines as part of its purchase of Bauer's former Australian and New Zealand assets.

Bauer Media Australia and New Zealand

In September 2012,

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announced that it had agreed to sell ACP Magazines to the German multinational publishing company

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for an estimated A$500 million, with 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 (''

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'' and '' Good Medicine'') and the Magshop web service which is now operated by Bauer Media Group. In October 2019, Bauer agreed terms to purchase

from

. The transaction was completed in May 2020 after the

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cleared the sale. In April 2020, several titles temporarily ceased publication due to the onset of the

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Mercury Capital

In June 2020, the Sydney investment firm

purchased Bauer Media's Australian and New Zealand print and digital assets covering women's entertainment and lifestyle; fashion, beauty and health; food; and the motoring and trader lifestyle categories. Some New Zealand brands acquired by Mercury Capital included the ''

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'', the ''

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'', and ''North and South''. Notable Australian assets acquired by the company include ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

'', '' Dolly'', and

. In mid-July 2020, Mercury Capital announced that it would resume publishing several former Bauer titles including ''

'', the ''New Zealand Woman's Weekly'', ''The Australian Women's Weekly NZ'', home category magazine '' Your Home & Garden'', current affairs weekly ''New Zealand Listener'',

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's in-flight magazine ''Kia Ora'', the ''

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'', and the websites

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and Beauty Heaven. However, Mercury Capital closed down several publications including '' NW'' and ''Good Health'', and the Australian editions of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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''. 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 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''.

Brands

Entertainment and lifestyle/health

*''

'' * ''Better Homes and Gardens'' **''Better Homes Diabetic Living'' *''Family Circle'' *''

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'' *Now To Love * ''Take 5'' * ''That's Life!'' *

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" * ''Who'' * ''Woman's Day''

Fashion and beauty

*''BEAUTYcrew'' *''beautyheaven'' * ''Elle'' * ''Girlfriend'' *''

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Homes

*''Australian House & Garden'' *'' Belle'' *''The Block'' *''Country Style'' *''Home Beautiful'' *Homes to Love *''Inside Out'' *''Real Living''

Food

*'' Cooking with the Australian Woman's Weekly'' *'' Gourmet Traveller'' *'' New Idea Food''

Parenting

*Bounty *Practical Parenting

Auto

*''4X4 Australia'' *''Australasian Bus & Coach'' (ABC) *''Australasian Transport News'' (ATN) *'' Deals on Wheels'' *'' Earthmovers & Excavators'' *'' Farms & Farm Machinery'' * ''Motor'' *'' Owner Driver'' * ''Street Machine'' *'' Unique Cars'' * ''Wheels'' *''WhichCar''

New Zealand

*'' Kia Ora: Air New Zealand Inflight magazine'' *''

'' New Zealand Edition *''

'' *''

'' *''NEXT magazine/Now To Love'' * ''Woman's Day'' *''Your Home and Garden''

References

External links

Are Media official websiteAre Media New Zealand website
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