BBC Australian Good Food magazine to close
BBC Worldwide and ACP’s joint venture BBC Australian Good Food magazine is to close because of a lack of advertising. The title was produced by Park Publishing as a joint venture between the two publishers.
The axing of the four year old monthly comes less than a month since NewsLifeMedia announced that it was closing Masterchef magazine.
The magazine’s last audited circulation was 68,155. The title was edited by former Australian Home & Garden deputy editor Betty Baboujon with Neale Whitaker as editor-in-chef.
The December/ January edition will be its last.
Interesting, one wonders how many more closures we will see in the wake of tomorrow’s circulation numbers? And how many more ACP magazines will face the Bauer axe, with the December or January issue being the last?
I just bought a subscription!! Do I get to move that subscription across I wonder??
Argh, I am sure ACP will offer an equivalent-priced subscription to another title of your choice for the remainder of the term, that’s standard practice.
Atomic magazine closed today too… A 12yr old legendary Australian-born-and-bred tech magazine that inspired other publications around the world. Vale.
Pity, pity, pity. It was a great mag. Another good one goes under.
That’s a real shame – it’s a great magazine.
Very Disappointing – I love the mag, and bought it from the beginning.
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Sad to see another mag go but that cover is just awful. I’m comparing it to the UK version and it looks amateur. I certainly wouldn’t want to cook that recipe.
Wow Gwen, I’m sure they will be thrilled to hear your kind feedback…
Gwen, will have to disagree – I have the UK version and for the most part, the Australian cover is usually better, then again the old adage, “never judge a book by it’s cover” definitely holds true. I’ve only recently subscribed but have purchased previous digital editions through the APC app in iTunes. If they looked at other forms of digital subscriptions services like Zinio, I am sure they will be able to increase their readership base. 310,000 subscriptions and 68,000 from general sales is not a number to be sneezed at considering another mag Master Chef is around 65,000 subscription mark. That said I am sad to see GoodFood go, it’s a fantastic magazine which our household has come to love in the past half year.
Very sorry to see this magazine go. I have brought every issue since it started & will realy miss it.
Gwen will have to disagree with you, when I recevied my issue in the mail I rushed straight out & brought everything I needed to make the cover recpie! Very tasty it was too.
Do you still have your issues? I’m looking for a recipe in November 2009. The carrot cake on the cover- someone ripped my recipe out and I’m desperate to find that recipe 🙂
I have just learned that this mag is no more. I am so sad – living overseas I look forward to receiving it each month as a link to home. I disagree with Gwen – I much prefer the look and recipes of the Aussie Good Food to the UK version.
Really disapointed about the closure.. it was an enjoyable magazine to read and the receipes worked!
This is a tragic loss. I subscribed to the UK version for many years, changing to the Australian one about eighteen months ago – it is far superior in that the recipes are generally more modern, healthier and fun / different. I will really miss it
where would be the best place to buy these books…. they are my absolute favourite, even though I subscribe to several cooking magazines a month…BBC Australian Goodfood still remain my favourite.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards Judy Peak.