Owner of Melbourne and Sydney’s Child magazines, Copeland Publishing, goes into liquidation

The publisher of free parenting publications Sydney’s Child and Melbourne’s Child, Copeland Publishing, has gone into liquidation.

First published in 1989 by founders Joanna Love and Gillian Hund with a circulation of 20,000, the Sydney’s Child concept was expanded into Melbourne in 1993 with Brisbane, Newcastle, Perth and Adelaide following later.

In January Australia’s only childrens’ newspaper, Crinkling News, shut down after a series of fund raising efforts.