NetGuide

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Netguide's cover
Netguide's cover

NetGuide is a monthly New Zealand technology magazine.

It was launched in September 1996[1] by an independent Auckland-based publisher and acquired by the Australia-based Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in mid-2003. Originally entirely internet-focused, it developed to cover wider computer and technology issues.

The magazine claims to be New Zealand's biggest-selling technology magazine with an audited net sale of 31,543 copies and a readership of 170,000.[2] The magazine competes with IDG's New Zealand PC World [1]

The magazine also runs the annual People’s Choice NetGuide Web Awards.[2]

Contents

[edit] Australian edition

The magazine launched a version for the Australian market, Australian NetGuide, in 1998. This has a circulation of 38,086 and a readership of 126,000[3] It competes with NineMSN's apc [2] and IDG's Australian PC World title [3]

[edit] Special editions

NetGuide has also produced special usually one-off edition magazines aimed at specific sections of the computer-using audience, including NetGuide for Parents, NetGuide for Beginners, and NetGuide for Seniors.

[edit] References

  1. ^ NetGuideWeb "About us", accessed 3 August 2006
  2. ^ a b NetGuideWeb "Readership and circulation", accessed 3 August 2006
  3. ^ ACP Magazines "publication specifications", accessed 3 August 2006

[edit] External links