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Zoo Weekly
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| ZOO Weekly Magazine | |
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| Editor | Ben Todds |
| Categories | Men's magazines |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| First issue | 2004 |
| Company | EMAP |
| Country |  United Kingdom Australia South Africa |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.zooweekly.co.uk www.zooweekly.com.au www.zooweekly.co.za |
ZOO is a weekly lads' mag in the United Kingdom. It was launched in 2004, as the second weekly men's magazine in the UK (the first being the similar, rival, magazine; Nuts). ZOO is published by EMAP Consumer Media.
ZOO consists of a mix of sports commentary (mostly football), girls, jokes (of the Pub Joke style), a TV guide, and comical pictures sent in by readers.
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ZOO is a weekly news magazine aimed at young men, also including articles on sport, TV, fashion and grooming. The magazine is currently price at £1.50.
The launch edition was free, to compete with Nuts also launching their first edition free.
There is no age restriction on the magazine, how ever some stores such as ASDA and Londis (local) have signed a volunteery code not to sell to under 16's. But other places such as WH Smith and Local Newsagents (excluding Londis as stated above) will sell Zoo to any age.[citation needed]
Most readers are actually 13+, with the majority being 18-30.[citation needed]
An Australian edition of ZOO was introduced on February 13, 2006 with a special promotional issue that was free of charge. The first official issue came out a week later on February 20, 2006. It features Krystal Forscutt and David Boon as columnists, and much the same features as its British counterpart, except the sport commentary is mainly rugby league and Australian rules football.
The current spokesperson/models used regularly in Zoo Weekly are former Big Brother Australia contestants Krystal Forscutt, Emma Cornell and Susannah Murray.[1]
The current issue price is $4.25 (AUD).
In May 2006, the Australian model Lara Bingle took legal action against EMAP Australia, claiming defamation by the magazine when it allegedly published photographs of the model without her permission in the March 27, 2006 issue.
On September 16, 2007, it was reported that the professional golfer Nikki Garrett had instructed her lawyers to begin an action against Zoo Weekly in the Australian Federal Court.
The matter related to the January 29, 2007, edition of Zoo Weekly in which a photo of Garrett - taken for a charity fund-raiser - was reproduced in the magazine accompanied by an allegedly salacious caption. [2]
Following the successes of ZOO Weekly in the United Kingdom and Australia, the South African edition launched on 6 October 2006 under a joint venture between UK publisher EMAP Consumer Media and South African media giant Media24. The magazine is the only men’s weekly in South Africa. Another first is that the magazine is published in both English, as ZOO Weekly, and Afrikaans, as ZOO Weekliks. ZOO Weekly/Weekliks South Africa features an entertaining blend of girls, sports, cars, gigs, jokes and gizmos. ZOO Weekly/Weekliks is published by UCM (Uppercase Media), which also publishes the South African editions of FHM and heat magazine. ZOO Weekly/Weekliks is edited by Margot Bertelsmann.
Columnists include local model and actress Tanya van Graan and retired Springboks rugby player James Small.
- ^ BB girl runs off with housemate - The Daily Telegraph, 19 July 2007
- ^ Golf star sues, The Age, September 16, 2007[1]