Title: Media Kit
1Media Kit
2Sunday Magazine
- Sunday Magazine is positioned as the weekly must
read lifestyle magazine that keeps readers in
the know, while delivering a refreshing and
entertaining Sunday read. - Glossy, gorgeous and engaging Sunday Magazine is
an integral part of the newspaper, essential to
the Sunday reading experience for over 3.2
million readers weekly. - It is the pop culture, fashion, beauty and
lifestyle specialist designed to entertain,
inspire and inform.
3A Quality Environment
- Sunday has the immediacy and reach of a weekly
title in an editorial environment equivalent to
that of a glossy, monthly newsstand magazine ie
photography, design, reproduction. - Uplifting, entertaining and informative reads
provide a positive advertising environment. - Exclusive celebrity one on one interviews, give
readers an insiders view into the lives of world
class celebrities without the gossip angle. - High quality gloss stock provides advertisers
with an environment to utilise advertising
creative that will inspire and excite readers.
4The Evolution of sunday magazine
- Launched in 1997
- Newsprint paper stock
- Average book size 40 pages
- Regular features
- Fashion, Beauty, Body Report, Donna Hay, Eating
out Stars - Relaunched March 2004
- 6 million dollar investment
- Larger glossy paper stock
- Increased book sizes
- Feature stories
- celebrities, pop culture, human interest
- Pop Tart, Sunday Roast, Sunday Best, Fashion,
Beauty, Donna Hay, Expats, Star Cant Live
Without - Refreshed Feb 2007
- New fonts, more food, more fashion, new
columnist, more flexibility, bigger stars,
newsworthy stories, conversation starters, more
marketable content, themed issues, more impact
5The Value of Sunday
Circulation National 1,286,000 NSW 666,000 VIC
620,000 Source ABC, Jun 2007 (Host
Data) Readership National 3,270,000 NSW 1,756
,000 VIC 1,515,000 Source Roy Morgan Sept 2007
(Host Data)
- Our readers love their Sunday read with an
overwhelming 91 of readers reading both the host
newspaper and the magazine every week. - Sunday is a day of relaxation when readers take
time out for themselves, away from the hectic
nature of their daily lives to catch up on what
is important to them. - Sunday Magazine is an integral part of this
weekend escape and reaches people at a time when
theyre relaxed and are more open to an
advertising message Sunday mindset. (62 of
readers read the magazine for relaxation) - Reach a new and exclusive audience not previously
reached via Good Weekend on a Saturday - 83 of
Sunday Magazine readers dont read Good
Weekend. - Reader Survey June 06
- Roy Morgan Sept 07
6sunday magazine Our Reader
- Circulation 1,286,000
- Readership 3,271,000
- Its part of the Sunday Telegraph in NSW and the
Sun Herald Sun in VIC. - 54 NSW and 46 VIC split
- Core reader is female and male 25-49 ABC
- Female skew on AB , white collar urban dwellers
- Readership is 52.4 female and 47.6 male split
- Average age 47
- 63 are married / de facto
- 64 live with partner or partner and children
- 75 (2,586,000) own or are paying off their home
(43 or 1,418,000 own their home outright) - 37.4 (1,236,000 are professional / managers or
white collar workers - 59.2 are upper to middle socios (ABCD)
Source Roy Morgan Jun 2007 ABC Audit Jun 2007
7The Value of Sunday
- Sunday Magazine is valued by our loyal readers
- 36 of sunday magazine readers are subscription
based - Average number of issues read in the last 4 weeks
3.8 copies - Average time spent reading SM 1 ½ -2 hours
- Average number of days the magazine is kept is 4
- 68 live in metro areas and 32 in regional areas
compared to GW - Source Reader Survey June 2006
8Competitive Set
Lifestyle
Entertaining
Q Weekend
sunday magazine
Sunday Life
Good Weekend TWAM
Secondary competitive set AWW, WD, NI
Serious
9Sunday Magazine Exclusivity
- 80.5 (2,655,000) of SM readers DO NOT read
Sunday Life - 84 (2,762,000) of SM readers DO NOT read Good
Weekend - 97.5 (3,216,000) of SM readers DO NOT read The
Weekend Australian Magazine - 80 (2,630,000) of SM readers DO NOT read
Australian Womans Weekly - 79.5 (2,624,000) of SM readers DO NOT read
Womens Day - 82.4 (2,720,000) of SM readers DO NOT read New
Idea - 95 (3,139,000) of SM readers DO NOT read NW
- 94 (3,096,000) of SM readers DO NOT read Who
Source RMR Dec 06 (Host Data)
10The Power of Sunday magazine
- Big numbers immediate reach
- Best of both worlds
- Beautiful glossy quality feature stories
- Weekly format
- Branding
- Retail driven campaigns
- Move product fast
- Grey market
- Power of editorial
- Positive environment
- Testimonials
- Eastern seaboard buy
- Cross selling opportunities
- Special themed issues