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Rebel told me lies, journalist tells court

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Original article by Tessa Akerman
The Australian – Page: 3 : 6-Jun-17

The Victorian Supreme Court is continuing to hear a defamation case brought by actress Rebel Wilson against Bauer Media. Wilson contends that her career in Hollywood was tarnished as a result of articles about her in Bauer’s magazines in mid-2015 that alleged she had lied about her age and other parts of her life. Caroline Overington, who wrote a magazine story about Wilson that was published in January 2015, told the court that she based her story on what Wilson had told her, and that she was "shocked" to subsequently learn that much of it was untrue.

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BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA

ACCC expresses initial concerns about PMP and IPMG proposed merger

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The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission – Page: online : 22-Dec-16

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) is concerned that the proposed merger between PMP and IPMG may "substantially lessen" competition in the supply of heatset web offset printing. The ACCC expressed its concerns in a Statement of Issues, released on 22 December 2016. ACCC chairman Rod Sims notes that the merger would result in a reduction in the number of significant suppliers in the sector of catalogue and magazine printing from three to two. The final decision is expected to be made on 23 February 2017.

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AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, PMP LIMITED – ASX PMP, THE INDEPENDENT PRINT MEDIA GROUP PTY LTD, IVE GROUP LIMITED – ASX IGL, THE FRANKLIN PRESS PTY LTD, AIW PRINTING PTY LTD

Importance of using Roy Morgan’s Cross-Platform Audience measurement proven by Bauer and News Corp’s decisions to pull out of AMAA

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B&T – Page: online : 19-Dec-16

In the past week both Bauer Media and now News Corp’s magazines division have made the decision to withdraw from the Audited Media Association of Australia (AMAA) magazine circulation measurement system (as reported in B&T’s article "Is This The End For The AMAA as News Corp Follows Bauer And Pulls The Audit Pin?"). Both magazine publishers have argued that the AMAA doesn’t properly capture the new reality by measuring digital readership of titles properly. The Roy Morgan Cross-Platform Audience figures which measure across print, website and app are the most accurate way to properly measure the breadth of readership of a title – whether a magazine or a newspaper. Advertisers are increasingly relying on the average issue readership figures provided by the Roy Morgan Cross-Platform Audience metric to buy their print advertising to target the correct audience.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, AUDITED MEDIA ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED

ACCC to look at online rivals if magazines join

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 30-Nov-16

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission could be expected to closely scrutinise any move by Bauer Media to acquire Pacific Magazines. ACCC chairman Rod Sims says that as yet neither group has sought advice from the regulator with regard to competition issues. Sims adds that the ACCC would consider factors such as competition from online magazines in deciding to approve a merger between the nation’s two largest magazine publishers.

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BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, ACP MAGAZINES LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

Bauer taps Seven over Pac Mags

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 28-Nov-16

Bauer Media Australia is said to have made an unsolicited offer earlier in 2016 to acquire the Pacific Magazines division of Seven West Media. However, the two groups are not believed to be discussing a potential deal at present. Pacific Magazines has discontinued or sold several magazine titles in 2016, while Bauer has discontinued a number of titles since it acquired ACP Magazines in 2013. Bauer Media CEO Nick Chan has previously been CEO of Pacific Magazines.

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BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BAUER MEDIA KG, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, WEST AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS HOLDINGS LIMITED, YAHOO! INCORPORATED, SMI MEDIA INCORPORATED, NEXTMEDIA PTY LTD, NOVA ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL

HWT appoints Zavecz

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 21 : 25-Aug-16

Pacific Magazines CEO Peter Zavecz will leave the Seven West Media-owned publisher on 30 September 2016, to take up the role of managing director, commercial at News Corp Australia’s Herald & Weekly Times subsidiary. Meanwhile, HWT’s executive general manager Peter Clark will join the newly-created News Digital Networks Australia division.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, HERALD AND WEEKLY TIMES LIMITED, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NEWS DIGITAL NETWORK AUSTRALIA, NEWS LIFE MEDIA PTY LTD

Fairfax advised to exit regionals

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 26 : 13-Jun-16

Australian businessman Alex Waislitz holds around two per cent of Fairfax Media’s shares via Thorney Investment Group and the listed Thorney Opportunities fund. He has suggested that Fairfax could divest its regional newspapers division, which could include merging it with the regional newspapers arm of rival News Corp Australia. Waislitz also says Fairfax should not seek to acquire or merge with a free-to-air TV network, arguing that the group should focus on growth businesses such as Domain.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, THORNEY INVESTMENT GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, THORNEY OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED – ASX TOP, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, DOMAIN.COM.AU, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN, NEW ZEALAND. COMMERCE COMMISSION, FETCH PLUS, AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL MEDIA

Rich-Lister calls on $100m Fairfax buyback

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Original article by John Stensholt
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 28 : 10-Jun-16

Australian businessman Alex Waislitz holds around two per cent of Fairfax Media’s shares via Thorney Investment Group and the listed Thorney Opportunities fund. He says Fairfax could improve value for shareholders by repurchasing an additional $A100m worth of its shares, while he also advocates offloading non-core assets. However, Waislitz says Fairfax should invest more capital in real estate listings business Domain rather than selling it.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, THORNEY INVESTMENT GROUP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, THORNEY OPPORTUNITIES LIMITED – ASX TOP, DOMAIN.COM.AU, APN NEWS AND MEDIA LIMITED – ASX APN

Bauer urged to expand under new boss Chan

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 : 8-Apr-16

Former Pacific Magazines CEO and COO Nick Chan will succeed David Goodchild as CEO of magazine publisher Bauer Media Australia. Chan is also a former COO of Bauer when it was known as ACP Magazines. Dentsu Aegis Australia CEO Simon Ryan says Bauer could become a "powerful" media group in Australia under Chan, but he will need the support of its board to make acquisitions. There has been speculation that Bauer could expand into radio broadcasting.

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BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BAUER MEDIA KG, PACIFIC MAGAZINES PTY LTD, ACP MAGAZINES LIMITED, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, NOVA ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, COMMERCIAL RADIO AUSTRALIA LIMITED, THE TEXT MEDIA GROUP LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, PHD CREATIVE PTY LTD

‘Great adventure’ runs its course as BRW is absorbed into AFR

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Original article by Michael Bailey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 30 : 7-Mar-16

Australian media industry veterans Stuart Simson and Robert Gottliebsen say Fairfax Media’s decision to discontinue the "BRW" masthead was expected. The print edition ceased publication in 2013, and Fairfax will incorporate its online content into "The Australian Financial Review". Simson, a former editor of "BRW", says the growth of programmatic media buying has made it difficult for media groups to keep publishing multiple business mastheads. Gottliebsen, the founding editor of "BRW", made several offers to buy the masthead over a number of years.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, SWITCH GROUP, BUSINESS SPECTATOR PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, HSBC AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD