| Ralph | |
|---|---|
| Acting Editor | Santi Pintado |
| Categories | Men's magazines |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | August 1997 |
| Company | Australian Consolidated Press |
| Country |  Australia |
| Language | English |
| Website | Ralph @ NineMSN |
Ralph is a monthly Australian magazine published by ACP Magazines, a division of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. ACP Magazines (ACP a member of the PBL Media group is an Australian media company that was founded in 1933 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. ACP Magazines (ACP a member of the PBL Media group is an Australian media company that was founded in 1933 Publishing and Broadcasting Limited ( PBL) was one of Australia's largest companies with interests primarily in media and gaming It was first published in August 1997.
Ralph is known as a men's mag, in the vein of other publications such as Maxim and Loaded. This is a list of Magazines primarily marketed to Men. The list has been split into subcategories according to the target audience of the magazines Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its revealing pictorials featuring popular Actresses Loaded, first published by IPC in 1994, is a British magazine for men that is considered to be the "original lads' mag "
Similar to its rivals FHM and Zoo Weekly, it publishes photos of scantily-clad models and female celebrities, without revealing their genitals or breasts. FHM or For Him Magazine is an international monthly Men's Lifestyle magazine. ZOO is a weekly lads' mag in the United Kingdom. It was launched on January 29 2004 as the second weekly men's magazine in the UK (the first being the A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined is any of the anatomical parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute The breast is the upper Ventral region of an animal’s Torso, particularly that of Mammals including Human beings. This allows for the magazine to be sold in the lifestyle sections of newsagencies, and in other retailers such as department stores and supermarkets. News agency (alternative A news agency is an organization of Journalists established to supply News reports to organizations in the News trade A department store is a Retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good
It describes itself this way:
"Whether it is adventure, sport, fashion, travel, music, boys toys, beautiful women or life's essential how tos, Ralph provides an environment that is purely Australian . . . Ralph readers compare it to being like a conversation with one of their mates. "
Ralph features photo shoots of Australian celebrities as well as international stars. Often the international photos are brought in from magazines such as Maxim. The magazine is often cross-promoted on other ACP and PBL properties, such as promotional parties held in conjunction with Cosmopolitan, and as a sponsor of home viewer competitions during the Fox Network's rugby league coverage. Cosmopolitan is the best-selling young women's magazine in the world History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games
It contains the same kinds of articles published in similar titles, and runs its own poll to find the "world's sexiest woman". The results are published in an attachment to the regular magazine each year. Unlike FHM, it features 200 women instead of FHM's 100, but Ralph's polling only takes in Australia and New Zealand (where a separate edition is produced), whereas FHM's poll is worldwide. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
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Circulation
Ralph and FHM have been locked in a battle to be the number one men's magazine in Australia. As of March 2006, Ralph circulated 108,000 copies slightly behind FHM's 111,000 (Source: AdViews)
Ralph TV
Ralph TV is a weekly television series based on Ralph magazine which airs on the Nine Network. The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian television network based in Willoughby, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney It is hosted by Craig "Lowie" Lowe and features a trio known as "the girls of Ralph TV", newcomers Brooke Sheehan, Candice Manning and Angela Tsun[1]
The show airs footage of the various features and pictorals from the current monthly Ralph magazine.
The premiere episode aired on 7 June 2007 and each episode is repeated on Fox8. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. FOX8 is an Australian Cable and Satellite channel available on Foxtel, Austar and Optus Television's subscription platforms The series is produced by Endemol Southern Star[2]. Endemol Southern Star, sometimes referred to and previously known as Southern Star Endemol, is an Australian television production company made up of a joint venture between
References
- ^ Sex toned down for Ralph TV Sydney Morning Herald - TV & Radio section 27 May 2007
- ^ Ralph TV - ebroadcast. The Sydney Morning Herald ( SMH) is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia com. au, 29 May 2007
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