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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Australian Good Food will be officially launched today at an industry event in Sydney attended by Gordon Ramsay.

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Gordon Ramsay will be an ongoing contributing editor for ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Australian Good Food, the second masthead to launch under the new publishing partnership between ACP Magazines and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Magazines.

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The first issue will hit newsstands in the third quarter of 2008 and will be supported by a marketing spend in excess of $2 million dollars.

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Sophie Knox has been appointed as editor of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Australian Good Food, with Neale Whitaker as editor-in-chief.

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Neale was the launch editor of the Australian edition of ABC delicious and of Waitrose Food Illustrated in the UK and has also been editorial director of Vogue Entertaining & Travel. Neale remains editor-in-chief of ACP Magazines' interior design bible, Belle.

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The magazine's leading editorial line-up will also include Kylie Kwong, Lyndey Milan, Ross Dobson, Suzanne Gibbs, Nino Zoccali, Sophie Hansen, Teresa Cutter, Lucy Nunes and Karen Kingham.

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Phil Scott, Group Publisher Men's & Specialist Titles, ACP Magazines and General Manager of the new publishing partnership, said: "With a unique approach to food and lifestyle content, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Australian Good Food will create a new publishing category that bridges the gap between mass and premium.

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"With some of Australia's – and the world;s – most in-demand talent on board, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Australian Good Food is poised to set a new standard in the market," added Scott.

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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Australian Good Food will be based on the UK's market-leading food magazine. Launched in 1989, the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Good Food brand is now recognised globally, with several European and Middle-Eastern editions, and has been responsible for launching and nurturing the careers of some of the world’s bestknown food celebrities.

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Ashley Munday, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Magazines’ International Director, said: "³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Good Food has already proved to be phenomenally successful in a number of territories beyond the UK – and we anticipate the title will be every bit as successful in Australia."

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Louise Alley

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Notes to Editors:

About ACP Magazines
ACP Magazines is Australia's leading magazine publisher. The company is the magazine arm of leading Australian media and entertainment company, PBL Media.

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ACP Magazines publishes over 85 titles in Australia which sell nearly 114 million individual copies each year. They include some of the longestrunning and most successful mastheads such as The Australian Women's Weekly, Woman's Day, Dolly,
NW, TV Week, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, Madison, Australian House & Garden, Zoo Weekly, Wheels and Ralph.

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ACP Magazines has expanded into nine other countries, including New Zealand and countries in Asia. It now has a stable of more than 70 international magazines.

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Integral to the company's success are vibrant, information-packed reader websites.

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About ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Magazines
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Magazines is the publishing arm of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Worldwide. It is the UK's third largest publisher and has a portfolio of over 50 regular titles, including Top Gear, Good Food, Gardeners' World, Good ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖs, Radio Times and 21 children's titles.

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Internationally, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Magazines licenses 48 titles to publishers in over 55 territories.