Top Gear Australia magazine closed by Bauer Media as BBC looks to focus on global website
Bauer Media is closing car
magazine Top Gear Australia and its website, with the magazine to shutter after its October edition.
David Goodchild, Bauer Media CEO, said in a statement: “Top Gear Australia magazine had entertained and delighted many hundreds of thousands of readers over the years with its irreverent take on the motoring genre, however TopGear’s skew towards international content meant it no longer fitted Bauer Media’s evolving motoring strategy.
“Top Gear is a unique and much loved brand and we’re proud to have been the Australian partner of this global publishing phenomenon.”
The closure of the title follows on from Bauer Media selling three of its motorcycle titles to boutique publisher Citrus Media earlier this month.
There was a time when Australian magazine companies published Australian magazines for local readers. Far too many magazines now are just limp versions of some overseas publication.
Funny that the picture Mumbrella uses is an issue with an obvious bait article on the cover.
Promising a report of a turbo BRZ STI. The picture they used is of a Subaru concept shown at the New York auto show. The car did NOT have a turbo engine, instead running a naturally aspirated racing spec engine. The car was also never intended for production.
But don’t let the facts get in the way of journalism. Rumours and clickbait journalism is ruining auto news.