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SBS’ Feast magazine to close with four job losses

FeastThe next issue of Feast magazine will be the last with four jobs to go with Pacific Magazines CEO Peter Zavecz admitting it is “no longer commercially sustainable to publish”.

Pacific Magazines has produced the publication, which celebrated the broad range of food and culture around Australia, on behalf of SBS for the last four years.

In last week’s Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) figures the magazine dropped  12.9 per cent to 32,290 copies sold from 37,090 for the six months previously.

Leon Coningham, head of distribution at SBS said in a statement the magazine was “integral in building on SBS’s reputation for quality food content” adding “we remain committed to producing even more diverse and engaging food content for our audiences to enjoy”.

“SBS would like to express thanks and gratitude to the talented team who has worked tirelessly to produce an award-winning quality publication over the past four years,” he added.

Zavec added: “The decision to close such a well-regarded magazine was very difficult. Unfortunately, despite the magazine’s loyal following, it had come to a point where it was no longer commercially sustainable to publish.”

The last issue of the magazine is the April edition which goes on sale Monday, March 2, 2015.

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