Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic

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Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic
Media Kit 2018
Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic
Brand Statement
                                     Australian Geographic has been the nation’s     MAGAZINE
                                     foremost geographical destination magazine      A bi-monthly quality magazine that celebrates the very best of Australia’s nature, culture,
                                     for 30 years. It captures the essence and       people and places. The magazine is predominantly subscriber-based and many have subscribed
                                     spirit of Australia through its meticulously    from the first edition in 1986. The magazine is renowned for its photography, maps and stories
                                     crafted and beautifully presented stories       that cover Australian rural life, natural history, adventure, science, culture, innovation and travel.
                                     and photography. The highly respected,
                                     authoritative and much-loved brand seeks        HERITAGE
                                     to inspire, educate and entertain, connecting   Dick Smith formed Australian Geographic in 1986, and it has been going strong for 30 years.
                                     readers to Australian landscapes, plants and    The brand has over 60 retail stores, documentaries, a digital platform and its own charity – the
                                                                                     Australian Geographic Society, which financially supports adventure, conservation and
       “At Australian Geographic,    animals, science, industry and people. The
                                                                                     scientific research.
 we’re passionate about sharing      brand supports conservation, adventure and
  the very best of Australia, and
                                     community projects through its foundation,
we’re committed to seeking out                                                       EDITORIAL FEATURE SECTIONS
    fresh and original stories and   the Australian Geographic Society. It’s
                                                                                     Each month the following content provides multiple entry points for advertisers:
bringing them to our subscribers     readers are loyal and over 85% are
                                                                                     • Geobuzz covers topics from Australian innovation, technology, nature, science and culture.
  through the highest standards      subscribers and have been for many years.       • Extended features that cover destinations, natural history, geology, culture and history.
          of writing, photography,
   illustration and cartography.”    Editor-in-Chief, Chrissie Goldrick              • Wild Australia features essential wildlife highlights that can’t be missed.
                                                                                     • Walkabout has travel, visit, listen, view, read and download sections.

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Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic
SOLUS
                                                                                                    27,400     E- NEWSLETTER
                                                                                                               SUBSCRIBERS
                                                                  PAGE VIEWS                                   33,400
                                                                 641,260
                                           READERSHIP                                                          UNIQUE
   Australian                              543,000                                                            AUDIENCE
  Geographic                                                                                                  282,620
   magazine

  TV, documentary and content production
                                             The very best of Australia’s nature,
                                                 culture, people and places
                                                                                     100k         437,525 13.9k
                                                                                    FOLLOWERS     FOLLOWERS   FOLLOWERS
  EX PLOR E S

Retail stores
                                 Australian Geographic Expeditions                              Commercial and education

                                                                                                              AG Society
                                                                                                              and Events
Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic
Editorial Pillars
PEOPLE                                              TRAVEL                                                 EXPEDITIONS
We have been covering the extraordinary lives of    We know Australia backwards and love to share          We partner with our travel advertisers to create
ordinary Australians for more than 31 years. We     our knowledge of the best places to enjoy the          unique adventures that we believe will appeal
travel the length and breadth of the continent      rich, natural heritage that we are so lucky to be      strongly to our readership, and then use these
to uncover original stories of real people.         surrounded by here in Australia.                       expeditions as means of raising funds for our
                                                                                                           charity, The Australian Geographic Society.

PLACES                                              ADVENTURE
Beautiful photography is one of the defining        Adventure is in our DNA, whether it’s getting out of
features of Australian Geographic. We celebrate     our own comfort zones and out into nature, or hear-
the amazing Australian landscape in every edition   ing the inspiring stories of our brightest and best
with well written and thoroughly researched         explorers and adventurers whose epic projects we
stories and detailed maps.                          support through the Australian Geographic Society.

NATURE                                              DOCUMENTARIES
We focus on Australia’s unique native fauna both    We create travel documentaries for tv in
in the pages of the magazine and through the        partnership with domestic and international
fundraising efforts of the Australian Geographic    tourism bodies and travel partners.
Society to help our native wildlife in trouble.

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Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic
2018 Editorial Calendar
                       ON SALE
                      1/03/2018
   ON SALE             GREAT
  4/01/2018           RAILWAY
   GREAT             JOURNEYS                ON SALE                ON SALE               ON SALE               ON SALE
  BARRIER               OF                  3/05/2018             28/06/2018            30/08/2018             1/11/2018
    REEF             AUSTRALIA                FOOD               INNOVATION            ROAD TRIP               ISLANDS

 JAN/FEB             MAR/APR              MAY/JUN                 JUL/AUG               SEP/OCT               NOV/DEC

MAIN THEME          MAIN THEME          MAIN THEME               MAIN THEME          MAIN THEME             MAIN THEME
 FEATURE:            FEATURE:            FEATURE:                 FEATURE:            FEATURE:               FEATURE:
A day in the life    Indian Pacific        History of the        Aussie innovation    Either Cape York/    Recherche Islands WA
  of the GBR                          Australian wine industry                       Canning Stock Route
                                                                                       or Madigan Line

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Key Properties
Australian Geographic subscribers        AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY AWARDS
automatically become members of          Every year the Australian Geographic Society honours Australia’s brightest and best
the Australian Geographic Society, the   adventurers and conservationists. Past winners have included Bob Brown, Bindi Irwin, Jessica
magazine’s not-for-profit arm, which     Watson, Tim Jarvis and Cas and Jonesy. Sponsorship of individual awards are available.

proudly supports scientific research,
                                         SOCIETY EXPEDITIONS
adventure, wilderness and wildlife
                                         The Australian Geographic Society partners with selected travel companies to promote
protection and community projects.       unique destinations in Australia and across the world to our members. The expeditions usually
Advertising in the magazine or           include an expert in the Australian Geographic family who will contribute to the expedition
taking part in sponsorship initiatives   and host the group with the travel partner. Opportunities exist to partner with the Society
below, contributes to the Australian     in 2016 and beyond for these expeditions. Brand licensing opportunities are available.

Geographic Society initiatives.
                                         AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC NATURE
                                         PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
                                         Australian Geographic is a pillar of excellence in photography. Australian Geographic partners
                                         with the South Australian Museum to present the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer
                                         of the Year competition. The photo competition has grown steadily since it began 10 years
                                         ago, and the new partnership has seen it attract a much larger audience. 2016 now sees
                                         2171 entries.

                                         Contact: Rebecca Cotton - Australian Geographic Society Administrator
                                         ph. 02 9263 9828, or e. RCotton@australiangeographic.com

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Media Kit 2018 - Australian Geographic
Supplying Advertising
Australian Geographic only accepts       QUICKCUT
digital advertising files via digital    Quickcut is a service provider for electronic delivery of digital advertising files and
                                         has proven to be an efficient method of receiving and tracking digital advertising
advertising delivery services            files at Australian Geographic. As Quickcut provides the facility to check your file for
that comply with AG’s technical          errors before it arrives, it is a preferred provider to Australian Geographic.
specifications and that appropriately
                                         For more information regarding Quickcut’s services please contact Quickcut on:
interface with AG’s advertising
                                         +61 2 9467 7500 (reception) or +61 2 9467 7602 (fax)
bookings system. Such services           1300 768 988 (Tech Support) Via the Web - http://visit.adstream.com.au/au/print
include Quickcut and Adsend. Digital
advertising files will not be accepted   ADSEND
                                         Adsend is a web-based delivery system that offers PDF validation that won’t allow
on disk, via email or by any content     the digital advertising file to be sent until it’s fixed, by you or by the system itself.
delivery system that does not comply
with AG’s technical specifications and   For more information please contact:

that does not appropriately interface    Nicola Timm
                                         National Brand & Partnership Manager
with AG’s advertising booking system.
                                         T +61 2 9263 9826
                                         M 0424 257 527
                                         ntimm@australiangeographic.com

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Contacts
Advertising and Sponsorships
Nicola Timm
Mobile 0424 257 527
ntimm@australiangeographic.com

Editor in Chief
Chrissie Goldrick
02 9263 9818
cgoldrick@australiangeographic.com

Managing Director
Jo Runciman
02 8116 9388
jrunciman@australiangeographic.com

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Casual Rates           Positional loading/rate
FULL PAGE    $13,421          IFC   $32,208
      DPS    $24,024          IBC   $15,434
       HP    $7,432          OBC    $16,104
      TVP    $6,886
  2PP INS.   $175
  4PP INS.   $263
  8PP INS.   $369
    12PP     $478
    24PP     $573

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Technical Specifications Print
    INSERTIONS         BLEED (h x w)    TRIM (h x w)    TYPE (h x w)
     Full Page         288 x 220 mm    278 x 210 mm    255 x 190 mm
Double Page Spread     288 x 430 mm    278 x 420 mm    255 x 400 mm
 Half Page Vertical    288 x 115 mm    278 x 105 mm    255 x 85 mm
Half Page Horizontal   149 x 220 mm    139 x 210 mm    119 x 190 mm

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Advertorial               COST
                                                                                       Online Article                 $4,000
                                                                                                       Gallery        $2,000
                                                                                                          Video       $5,000
      Digital Rates
                                                                                                       Native         COST
                      ROS CPM       COST                              Online Native Article                           $5,600
Standard Mrec,LB,Mobile Banner      $39                                               Native Gallery                  $3,500
             Video 15 sec preroll   $60                                                  Native Video                 $7,500
             Video 30 sec preroll   $75                                  Native Competition                           $5,000

    CPM Sponsorship of Sections                                                                EDM Cost               COST
Standard Mrec, LB, Mobile Banner    $75                                                                       Solus   $6,250

     Standalone Mobile Ad Units              Editorial Newsletter includes MREC                                       $4,650

                    Mobile Mrec     $25                                                  Social Media                 COST
                                                                                                 Facebook             $2,500
                                                                                               Instagram              $1,500
                                           NB: All of the above video and digital assets are to be supplied

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                                           by client. Any additional production produced by Australian
                                           Geographic will be costed and quoted individually.
Schedule 2018/19
                                                                    INSERT
                                       CANCELLATION   BOOKING      BOOKING      MATERIAL
ISSUE                 ON SALE DATE       DEADLINE     DEADLINE     DEADLINE     DEADLINE

145: Jul/Aug 2018     28/06/2018       07/05/2018     01/06/2018   01/06/2018   05/06/2018

146: Sept/Oct 2018    30/08/2018       09/07/2018     03/08/2018   03/08/2018   07/08/2018

147: Nov/Dec 2018     01/11/2018       10/09/2018     05/10/2018   05/10/2018   09/10/2018

148: Jan/Feb 2019     27/12/2018       12/11/2018     05/12/2018   05/12/2018   07/12/2018

149: Mar/April 2019   28/02/2019       07/01/2019     01/02/2019   11/02/2019   05/03/2019

150: May/June 2019    02/05/2019       11/03/2019     05/04/2019   15/04/2019   09/04/2019

151: July/Aug 2019    04/07/2019       13/05/2019     07/06/2019   17/06/2019   11/06/2019

152: Sept/Oct 2019    29/08/2019       08/07/2019     06/08/2019   12/08/2019   06/08/2019

153: Nov/Dec 2019     31/10/2019       09/09/2019     04/10/2019   14/10/2019   08/10/2019

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