Magazine industry finally set for unified awards

Tim Burrowes

November 15, 2010 7:44

Australia looks set for the first time have a united awards to represent all aspects of magazine publishing following last week’s announcement of an alliance between specialist organisation Publishers Australia and consumer body Magazine Publishers of Australia.

The announcement was made at the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards on Friday afternoon.

Chariman Geoff Hird told Mumbrella that the agreement will be ratified in February next year, at which point further details will be thrashed out of whether MPA members – including magazine behemoths such as ACP, Pacific Magazines and News Magazines will be able to enter what was previously the Publishers Australia Awards.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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Old Timey Boxing 15 Nov 10

The obituaries segment (to now deceased mags) will grow to a the point where the entire ceremony is taken up with “:And we also bid a fond farewell to…”

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