Mag publishers finally set for united awards as Magazine Week gets underway

Tim Burrowes

November 7, 2011 1:24

Australia’s magazine companies will for the first time hold a united industry-owned awards when the country’s major publishers participate in The Publishers Australia Excellence Awards on Friday.

The event is the culmination of Magazine Week, which began today.

Publishers Australia had previously been made up of Australia’s smaller publishers, with the organisation’s annual Bell Awards (now rebadged as the Excellence Awards) the longest established magazine awards in Australia.

The MPA – whose members are ACP, Pacific Magazines, News Magazines, Lovatts and Reader’s Digest – has previously held its own seperate awards. But last year the MPA joined the board of Publishers Australia, opening the way for its members to enter The Excellence Awards for the first time.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.