Editor Sido Kitchen Frequency Weekly Year founded 1953 | Categories Women's magazine Publisher Bauer Media Pty Ltd | |
Circulation 320,398 (July – September 2014) | ||
Woman's Day is an Australian women's magazine owned by Bauer Media Group. It is Australia's highest selling weekly magazine.
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History and profile
The magazine was previously part of ACP Magazines, which in turn was owned by Nine Entertainment Co which owns Australian television network Nine Network. Because of this, Woman's Day often featured many stories either based on or in partnership with a Nine Network program, such as A Current Affair. The magazine became part of Bauer Media Group in 2012, after Nine Entertainment Co got into financial difficulties. It is published weekly by Bauer Media Pty Ltd and is headquartered in Sydney.
Aimed at women aged 25 to 54, it primarily features news, gossip and interviews about Australian and international celebrities, as well as some lifestyle and recipes.
Sales figures, readership and advertising revenue have fallen significantly in recent years, down from 405,000 weekly sales in 2010 to 330,000 in March 2014. Readership fell another 14.6% in the year ended 2014.
Controversies
In 2007, the magazine settled out of court with New Zealand television presenter Charlotte Dawson, who had sued the magazine over its coverage of her divorce.
The magazine underwent significant layoffs in 2008.
In November 2013, Woman's Day came under fire from its readers after a story featuring Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, took issue with her appearance by comparing a photo of her before having her baby and after with the headline 'What's happened to Kate?' Criticism suggested that women who have just had a baby often look tired, and she was not wearing makeup in the second image like she was in the first.
In 2014, television presenter Grant Denyer began legal precedings against the magazine after it claimed he and his wife were in a rehab facility in Thailand for meth addiction. Denyer claimed they had visited a rehab facility, but it was not for drug issues, and reaffirmed they did not have a drug addiction. The magazine backed the story saying Denyer's friends were their sources for the story.
Woman's Day was criticised on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Media Watch, in which it was described as "garbage journalism" for the use of sensationalist headlines and content.