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ACP Research offers its corporate partners unrivalled intelligence on consumer behaviour.
Our exclusive research tools and specially commissioned reports allow us to read Australia like no other publisher.

Key Contacts

Research Director - Women's Lifestyle
Justin Stone
Research Director - Men's & Specialist Titles
Janis Carter

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ACP Magazines is Australia's leading magazine publisher and the magazine arm of PBL Media, Australia's leading media and entertainment company. ACP Magazines accounts for more than half the total magazine copies sold in Jun – Dec 09 with market share* of 51.6%.

ACP Magazines’ 60+ titles sell over 104 million copies over the year and include some of Australia’s best loved mast heads including the number-one monthly magazine in the country, The Australian Women’s Weekly, and the number-one weekly magazine, Woman’s Day.

The power of ACP Magazines titles is confirmed by the fact that in the last year more than 90%** of all Australians (14+) have read an ACP title. Effectively 3.4 ACP Magazines titles were sold every second!

The latest Audit Bureau of Circulation results showcase ACP Magazines’ strength across most major magazines categories***, with ACP the number one publisher across the following categories:

  • Motoring (87% share)
  • Music (81% share)
  • Women’s Lifestyle (74% share)
  • Computer & Gaming (74% share)
  • Fashion (64% share)
  • Mass Women’s (56% share)
  • Major Weeklies (55% share)
  • Celebrity Weeklies (50% share)
  • Younger Women’s (58% share)
  • Men’s Lifestyle (55% share)
  • Source: ABC July - December 2009 (monthly titles); ABC January – March 2010 (weekly titles).

    *Market share does not include newspaper inserted magazines

    **Roy Morgan Readership Survey January – December 2009.

    ***Women’s Lifestyle (Cosmopolitan, CLEO, madison, marie claire, English Women’s Weekly); Fashion (Harper’s Bazaar, Shop Til You Drop, Grazia, Vogue Australia, InStyle); Mass (The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes & Gardens); Major Weeklies (Woman’s Day, New Idea); Celebrity Weeklies (NW, OK!, Famous, Who); Younger Women’s (Dolly, Girlfriend); Computer & Gaming (APC, Australian Net Guide, PC User, Australian PC Authority, PC Powerplay); Men’s Lifestyle (FHM, Ralph, Zoo Weekly, Alpha, Men’s Health, Australian Men’s Fitness); Motoring (Australian Auto Action, Motor, Street Machine, Wheels, Top Gear, Caravan & MotorHomes, Hot 4s and Performance Cars, Street Commodores, Street Fords); Music (Empire, Rolling Stone, Limelight).

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