Nuclear Media acquires K-Zone and Total Girl magazines

December 12, 2025 10:46

K-Zone and Total Girl have a new home: Nuclear Media.

Publisher Nuclear Media has acquired the iconic Australian children’s magazines, Total Girl and K-Zone.

First entering circulation in the early 2000s, K-Zone and Total Girl cover popular culture and entertainment news for young people, with the latter aimed at girls.

The acquisition sees Nuclear Media take over the Total Girl and K-Zone publishing operations from Nextmedia — the media company that bought the titles from Pacific Magazine in 2016.

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Matthew Leong

Matthew is the editorial assistant at Mumbrella. He joined the company at the end of September 2023.