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Some of Australia’s oldest and best-known magazine brands – The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens and Woman’s Day – are up for sale after their private equity owner confirmed it had enlisted investment bankers to find a buyer for publisher Are Media. Are Media is owned by Mercury Capital, and has suffered from a broad decline in advertising directed toward traditional magazine brands, with stiff competition from social media platforms, streaming services and rival women’s media groups such as Mia Freedman’s Mamamia.
Are Media is owned by Mercury Capital, and has suffered from a broad decline in advertising directed toward traditional magazine brands, with stiff competition from social media platforms, streaming services and rival women’s media groups such as Mia Freedman’s Mamamia. Some of Australia’s oldest and best-known magazine brands – The Australian Women’s Weekly, Better Homes and Gardens and Woman’s Day – are up for sale after their private equity owner confirmed it had enlisted investment bankers to find a buyer for publisher Are Media. Are Media is owned by Mercury Capital, and has suffered from a broad decline in advertising directed toward traditional magazine brands, with stiff competition from social media platforms, streaming services and rival women’s media groups such as Mia Freedman’s Mamamia.
 
   
   
   
   
       
       
      