It’s Not All Sunshine, Lollipops, And Rainbows Everywhere At Australian Consolidated (De)Press(ed)
Poor ACP. James Packer’s just swanned into their offices and raised the rent. Has he no soul? Does he want some of this country’s finest publications to fold due to financial woes? Just what will little Indigo say when she learns that it was her very own father’s extreme reaction to the current economic situation which led to her missing out on the traditional teenage girl moment of opening up her first ever copy of Dolly Magazine and eagerly flicking through to the mindblowingly informative sealed section, or reading Dolly Doctor aloud to friends and wondering why so many damn girls seem to be suffering from strange discharges?
Wearing a broad smile and with a noticeable bounce in his step, James Packer is said to have strolled casually into the Park St offices of magazine publisher Australian Consolidated Press on Thursday and informed its tenants that the honeymoon is over – he’s putting up the rent, for the second time in a year. Sources at ACP, the tenants in the building, report that they have seldom seen Packer looking happier.
What a sadist!
Speaking of ACP, here’s a small insight into its current woes thanks to an anonymous tipster.
Pacific (publishers of New Idea, Who etc) have hired the PR team from ACP (Women’s Weekly, Womens Day, Zoo et al).
In October, ACP cut their PR and events team from 10 to 2. In November, they sacked the last PR person, giving PR responsibility to the CEO (who, presumably isn’t busy enough figuring out who to sack next).
In addition to this, ACP editors are having to draw up job descriptions to justify the existence of each of their staff.
When will ACP’s pain end?
SENDING OUT POSITIVE ENERGY TO THOSE OF YOU DOING THE HARD YARDS IN THE REAL GROWN UP PUBLISHING WORLD, ACP! DON’T LET JAMES PACKER GET YOU DOWN! HERE’S A SHIT ANIMATED GIF TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER xx
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