Yaffa Media proprietor David Yaffa passes
Yaffa Media proprietor, David Yaffa, has died.
According to AdNews, the former publisher began running the business at just 21, less than ten years after the death of his father and founder of Yaffa, David Yaffa Senior.
Yaffa retired from his role in 2012, when his daughter, Tracy Yaffa, became managing director and rebranded the business as Yaffa Media.
Yaffa Media is the publisher of more than 30 magazines, including B2B titles AdNews, Australian Defence Magazine, Ragtrader, and MarineBusiness, as well as consumer titles Bacon Busters, Australian Photography, Fishing World and Guns Australia.
AdNews will today undergo a content blackout in memory of Yaffa. There will also be a company-wide closure this Friday.
Today @AdNews is honouring the legacy of Yaffa Media proprietor David Yaffa with a content blackout. We'll be back tomorrow. Today, all you need to read from us is this: https://t.co/S1k8aLu5nQ
— Lindsay Bennett (@lindsaybennett) October 7, 2018
In a tribute on the AdNews website, Jeremy Light, former publisher of Yaffa Media, described Yaffa as an “intensely private person”, with an “ultra-hands-on” style.
“David Yaffa was single-minded and demanding, but not the stereotypical, ruthless media proprietor. He was polite and fair, and would treat his staff with respect if they did their job well. You couldn’t ask for much more from your boss,” Light wrote.
Why use a euphemism……..it’s died, not passed. Vale David Yaffa.
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RIP, one of the first publishers I wrote for in the 80s along with ACP and IDG. All pioneers in the “microcomputer era” but I believe David was the first “independent” in that genre.
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