Pacific Magazine
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Pacific Magazine was a regional news
and current affairs
magazine
and online news agency
specializing in the coverage of the Pacific Islands
region, including Melanesia
, Micronesia
and Polynesia
. Pacific Magazine was headquartered and published in Honolulu, Hawaii
.
Pacific Magazine was published bi-monthly from 1976 until July 2008, when it transitioned to a completely online magazine
. Pacific Magazine remained the oldest continuously published regional magazine in the Pacific Islands region at the time of its suspension of publication on January 1, 2009. The magazine's readership grew to include subscribers outside of the Pacific Islands region, including Asia
, Australia
, Europe
, North America
and the Middle East
.
The magazine was purchased by TransOceanic Media, a subsidiary
of the AIO Group, from its former publisher, Bruce Jensen, in May 2000. Pacific Magazine distributed approximately 7,500 copies throughout the Northern Pacific region, and an additional 7,500 copies through a former competitor based in Fiji
as of July 2001.
TransOceanic Media expanded Pacific Magazine's monthly readership to a circulation of more than 35,000 following its acquisition. TransOceanic Media also launched Pacific Magazine's web-based news service. The Pacific Magazine site took news stories from across the Pacific Islands and Asia-Pacific region
. The site published stories from other Pacific news services, such as Tahitipresse
and Oceania Flash, as well as from regional or national newspapers from across the Pacific.
Pacific Magazine published its last print edition
to date in July 2008. The magazine's editors and staff began to focus exclusively on its web site, which included an archive of past stories and an almanac
of important Pacific Island people. Giff Johnson, the magazine's foreign correspondent
based in Majuro
, Marshall Islands
, was named the interim
managing editor
in 2008 to supervise Pacific Magazine's transition from print to a strictly online magazine
. The Pacific Magazine web site continued to draw over 50,000 unique visitors per month in 2008.
On October 1, 2008, Fijian journalist Ulamila Kurai Wragg
was appointed the new managing editor of Pacific Magazine. She replaced interim editor, Giff Johnson. Wragg, who was previously the Cook Islands
correspondent for Pacific Magazine, worked as the managing editor from her home base in Rarotonga
. (Pacific Magazine's main offices are in Honolulu).
As part of the 2008 editorial leadership shake-up, Pacific Magazine publisher Floyd Takeuchi became the magazine's "Publisher-Editor," working in conjunction with Wragg to develop the magazine's new editorial
direction. The senior management team which Wragg joined also included Florence Betham, the magazine's associate publisher who hailed from Tafuna, American Samoa
.
Still, the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, which hit hardest towards the end of the 2008, apparently continued to decrease the advertising revenue
collected by Pacific Magazine.
s and journalist
s, who are based throughout the Pacific Islands region, were informed of the magazine's planned suspension in early December 2008. The suspension of operations left open the possibility that Pacific Magazine could be relaunched in the future once economic conditions improve.
News
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and current affairs
Current affairs (news format)
Current Affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of news stories that have recently occurred or are ongoing at the time of broadcast....
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
and online news agency
News agency
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to news organizations: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. Such an agency may also be referred to as a wire service, newswire or news service.-History:The oldest news agency is Agence...
specializing in the coverage of the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands
The Pacific Islands comprise 20,000 to 30,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean. The islands are also sometimes collectively called Oceania, although Oceania is sometimes defined as also including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago....
region, including Melanesia
Melanesia
Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia...
, Micronesia
Micronesia
Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It is distinct from Melanesia to the south, and Polynesia to the east. The Philippines lie to the west, and Indonesia to the southwest....
and Polynesia
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean. The indigenous people who inhabit the islands of Polynesia are termed Polynesians and they share many similar traits including language, culture and beliefs...
. Pacific Magazine was headquartered and published in Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
.
Pacific Magazine was published bi-monthly from 1976 until July 2008, when it transitioned to a completely online magazine
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
. Pacific Magazine remained the oldest continuously published regional magazine in the Pacific Islands region at the time of its suspension of publication on January 1, 2009. The magazine's readership grew to include subscribers outside of the Pacific Islands region, including Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
.
Pacific Magazine
Pacific Magazine was founded in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1976.The magazine was purchased by TransOceanic Media, a subsidiary
Subsidiary
A subsidiary company, subsidiary, or daughter company is a company that is completely or partly owned and wholly controlled by another company that owns more than half of the subsidiary's stock. The subsidiary can be a company, corporation, or limited liability company. In some cases it is a...
of the AIO Group, from its former publisher, Bruce Jensen, in May 2000. Pacific Magazine distributed approximately 7,500 copies throughout the Northern Pacific region, and an additional 7,500 copies through a former competitor based in Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
as of July 2001.
TransOceanic Media expanded Pacific Magazine's monthly readership to a circulation of more than 35,000 following its acquisition. TransOceanic Media also launched Pacific Magazine's web-based news service. The Pacific Magazine site took news stories from across the Pacific Islands and Asia-Pacific region
Asia-Pacific region
Asia-Pacific region may refer to:*Asia-Pacific, a geographic designation*Asia-Pacific Scout Region *Pacific Rim, countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean...
. The site published stories from other Pacific news services, such as Tahitipresse
Tahitipresse
Tahitipresse is the online press agency of the Agence Tahitienne de Presse , which is also known as the Tahiti Press Agency. The bilingual news agency, which publishes in both French and English, is headquartered in Tahiti and covers the news and current events of French Polynesia.-External links:**...
and Oceania Flash, as well as from regional or national newspapers from across the Pacific.
Pacific Magazine published its last print edition
Edition
In printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This is the meaning covered by this article...
to date in July 2008. The magazine's editors and staff began to focus exclusively on its web site, which included an archive of past stories and an almanac
Almanac
An almanac is an annual publication that includes information such as weather forecasts, farmers' planting dates, and tide tables, containing tabular information in a particular field or fields often arranged according to the calendar etc...
of important Pacific Island people. Giff Johnson, the magazine's foreign correspondent
Foreign correspondent
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based in Majuro
Majuro
Majuro , is a large coral atoll of 64 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands. The atoll itself has a land area of and encloses a lagoon of...
, Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
, was named the interim
Interim
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managing editor
Managing editor
A managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
in 2008 to supervise Pacific Magazine's transition from print to a strictly online magazine
Online magazine
An online magazine shares some features with a blog and also with online newspapers, but can usually be distinguished by its approach to editorial control...
. The Pacific Magazine web site continued to draw over 50,000 unique visitors per month in 2008.
On October 1, 2008, Fijian journalist Ulamila Kurai Wragg
Ulamila Kurai Wragg
Ulamila Kurai Wragg born 18th June 1968 is a Fijian journalist currently based in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.- Personal life :Wragg is a Fijian citizen, she is the daughter of the late Fijian Chief Ratu Tevita Vakalalabure and is the younger sister of Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure. Her mother was born in...
was appointed the new managing editor of Pacific Magazine. She replaced interim editor, Giff Johnson. Wragg, who was previously the Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
correspondent for Pacific Magazine, worked as the managing editor from her home base in Rarotonga
Rarotonga
Rarotonga is the most populous island of the Cook Islands, with a population of 14,153 , out of the country's total population of 19,569.The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings and international airport are on Rarotonga...
. (Pacific Magazine's main offices are in Honolulu).
As part of the 2008 editorial leadership shake-up, Pacific Magazine publisher Floyd Takeuchi became the magazine's "Publisher-Editor," working in conjunction with Wragg to develop the magazine's new editorial
Editorial
An opinion piece is an article, published in a newspaper or magazine, that mainly reflects the author's opinion about the subject. Opinion pieces are featured in many periodicals.-Editorials:...
direction. The senior management team which Wragg joined also included Florence Betham, the magazine's associate publisher who hailed from Tafuna, American Samoa
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
.
Still, the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, which hit hardest towards the end of the 2008, apparently continued to decrease the advertising revenue
Revenue
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collected by Pacific Magazine.
Suspension of publication
Pacific Magazine suspended all operations on January 1, 2009 after 32 years of continuous publication, either in print or online. The magazine's publisher, Floyd Takeuchi, cited the ongoing global financial crisis for the suspension. Takeuchi stated that he expected the financial crisis to continue for the foreseeable future, making the company unable to continue publication "at the same level of quality." Pacific Magazine's correspondentCorrespondent
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s and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
s, who are based throughout the Pacific Islands region, were informed of the magazine's planned suspension in early December 2008. The suspension of operations left open the possibility that Pacific Magazine could be relaunched in the future once economic conditions improve.