School Road Publishing acquires North & South magazine

School Road Publishing acquires North & South magazine
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Daniel Dunkley
North & South magazine has been sold to School Road Publishing, the title’s second sale since the collapse of Bauer New Zealand in 2020.School Road, part of the Waitapu Group, a media collective owned by advertising industry veteran Greg Partington, completed a deal for the current affairs title on Thursday night, according to market sources.The consumer magazine group, which owns the digital title Woman+, acquired North & South from Konstantin Richter and Verena Friederike Hasel, German writers who rescued the business from the a...

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