20 July 2006
Unlimited Future For Unlimited And Actv8 Magazines
Auckland, 20 July 2006: Infego Communications Ltd announced today that it has purchased New Zealand's top business
magazine, the multi-award winning title UNLIMITED, along with its youth-oriented sibling publication ACTV8, from IDG
Communications Ltd.
Publishing veteran Julie Gill is the CEO and owner of the newly formed Infego Communications Ltd. Gill says "UNLIMITED's
award-winning editorial team, Fiona Rotherham, Mark Revington and Caitlin Sykes will continue in their current roles
with the magazine. It is their skills, their attitude and their determination that has made UNLIMITED what it is today.
We are delighted to have such a talented and dedicated editorial team.
ACTV8, which has the support of the government-funded HiGrowth Project, was launched with much fanfare late last year
and launched a new website this June. Aimed at students aged 12-16, ACTV8 is designed to excite and inspire New
Zealand's youth about careers in high-tech industries, by exposing them to the wide variety of roles available."
"Magazines need to constantly evolve and we see a bright future for UNLIMITED and ACTV8 at Infego, I have over 15 years
experience in publishing across the UK and Europe, and more recently here in New Zealand, as managing director of IDG
NZ. In that time I have seen many changes, in particular the dramatic increase in multi-media capabilities as a result
of technology developments. I don't think there has ever been a more exciting time than there is now to be in
publishing. Which is another reason why we are so delighted with the acquisition of UNLIMITED and ACTV8," Gill says.
Don Kennedy, managing director of IDG Australia/New Zealand, says he is very pleased with the successful sale of the
magazines to Infego Communications. "I genuinely believe that UNLIMITED is one of the highest-quality magazines in the
world. Every issue bears the mark of a team that is dedicated, creative and talented. As we continue to explore new
business models in New Zealand, I am delighted that Julie and the Infego team can continue the proud tradition they
started with IDG," Kennedy says.
"Infego is one of a new breed of true cross-media publishing houses. It is no longer about one type of media versus
another, but rather how the different forms of media co-exist and work to support each other. Dan Gillmor, the
well-known US-based journalist and media commentator, put it best when he said that it was not about one media versus
another. Rather it is about making information available in a variety of forms, so that people can choose the media type
that best suits their location and preference at any given time," Gill says
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