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nextmedia

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Australian media company

Nextmedia Pty Limited (styled as nextmedia) is an Australian media company which publishes special interest magazines in the sport, humor, and hobby (among others). The company is headquartered in Sydney and owned by The Forum Media Group, a German-based B2B and B2C publisher. Nextmedia is Australia's foremost special interest digital and print media publisher, and has become the country's fourth-largest magazine publishing group.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded1

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Nextmedia Pty Limited (styled as nextmedia) is an Australian media company which publishes special interest magazines in the sport, humor, and hobby (among others). The company is headquartered in Sydney and owned by The Forum Media Group, a German-based B2B and B2C publisher.2

Corporate structure

nextmedia is part of a group headed by Forum Media Group. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Nextmedia was founded in 2007 by acquiring the publishing assets of four companies:

Horwitz Publications (founded 1960)

Next Publishing (founded 1987)

Chevron Publishing Group (founded 1988)

Bluewater Publishing (founded 2006)

In 2013, Nextmedia itself was acquired by the Forum Media Group. Shortly thereafter, Nextmedia acquired the assets of Haymarket Media Pty Ltd.

In 2018, consumer computing and tech assets (including Atomic, Hyper, PC PowerPlay, and PC Tech & Authority) were sold to Future plc. Future subsequently acquired more consumer titles of Nextmedia including Australian Camera, Australian Guitar, Australian Hi-Fi, ProPhoto, and Sound+Image.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nextmedia, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • magazine

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2007Founded Founded1

Sources

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