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# Future scraps APC's print edition after 46 years
- URL: https://www.promptthemarket.com/apc-future-ends-australian-print-46-years/
- Published: 2026-10-25T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-25T19:29:59.000Z
- Description: Ben Mansill said "the broader media business isn't what it once was" as the UK publisher shuts local hard-copy production across Australian Hi-Fi, Sound + Image, Australian Camera and ProPhoto.
- Author: Editor News
- Tags: Media, Australia, Future, #author-james-dore

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By **James Dore** · 2026-10-22

TLDR

APC, Australia's longest-running technology magazine, is ending its print run after 46 years as UK publisher Future closes its Australian print operation. Australian Hi-Fi, Sound + Image, Australian Camera and ProPhoto stop printing too.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

01APC was first published in May 1980 as Australian Personal Computer.

02Future is closing its Australian print operation in a restructure started in the UK.

03Australian Hi-Fi, Sound + Image, Australian Camera and ProPhoto also end their print runs.

04Editor Ben Mansill: 'the broader media business isn't what it once was.'

05No closure date, circulation or staff numbers have been given.

## The end of a 46-year print run

APC, Australia's longest-running technology magazine, is ending its print edition. Its publisher, UK-based Future, is closing its Australian print operation, Mumbrella reported, after the news was first reported by Influencing.[\[1\]](https://mumbrella.com.au/apc-to-close-after-46-year-run-as-future-exits-australian-print-942137?ref=promptthemarket.com) The magazine was first published in May 1980 as Australian Personal Computer.[\[1\]](https://mumbrella.com.au/apc-to-close-after-46-year-run-as-future-exits-australian-print-942137?ref=promptthemarket.com)

APC is not going alone. The same UK-initiated restructure also stops printing Australian Hi-Fi, Sound + Image, Australian Camera and ProPhoto.[\[1\]](https://mumbrella.com.au/apc-to-close-after-46-year-run-as-future-exits-australian-print-942137?ref=promptthemarket.com) No closure date, circulation figures or staff numbers have been given.[\[1\]](https://mumbrella.com.au/apc-to-close-after-46-year-run-as-future-exits-australian-print-942137?ref=promptthemarket.com)

## "Not the end of my era"

Editor Ben Mansill, who moved from Next Media to Future in 2018, confirmed the news. "The world is changing so quickly, and the broader media business isn't what it once was," he said. "It's not the end of my era, though."[\[1\]](https://mumbrella.com.au/apc-to-close-after-46-year-run-as-future-exits-australian-print-942137?ref=promptthemarket.com)

Six years ago the tone was different. Marking APC's 40th birthday issue in May 2020, Future Publishing Australia managing director Neville Daniels called it "the biggest selling technology magazine in Australia".[\[2\]](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/apc-celebrates-milestone-with-40th-birthday-issue/?ref=promptthemarket.com)

## A long consolidation

APC has absorbed its rivals over the past decade. PC & Tech Authority was folded into it in 2018, and sister title TechLife, formerly PC User, followed in 2022.[\[3\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APC%5F%28magazine%29?ref=promptthemarket.com) Each merger left fewer Australian computing mastheads on the newsstand; this one leaves none from Future in print.

## What it means for advertisers

Specialist print has been shrinking for years, and Future's exit removes five titles at once from the Australian newsstand. Technology, audio and camera brands that bought pages in these magazines lose those print placements. Future has not said what, if anything, replaces them locally.

SOURCES & CITATIONS

1. [APC to close after 46-year run as Future exits Australian print, Mumbrella](https://mumbrella.com.au/apc-to-close-after-46-year-run-as-future-exits-australian-print-942137?ref=promptthemarket.com)
2. [APC celebrates milestone with 40th birthday issue, Mediaweek](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/apc-celebrates-milestone-with-40th-birthday-issue/?ref=promptthemarket.com)
3. [APC (magazine), Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APC%5F%28magazine%29?ref=promptthemarket.com)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Is APC magazine closing?

Its print edition is ending after 46 years as Future closes its Australian print operation. No closure date has been given.

Which other magazines are affected?

Australian Hi-Fi, Sound + Image, Australian Camera and ProPhoto also end their print runs in the same restructure.

When did APC start?

APC was first published in May 1980 as Australian Personal Computer.

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James Dore is founder and editor of Prompt the Market and Strategy Director at Bushnote, a Sydney strategy, SEO and AI search agency. He has a background in strategy, media and financial services, and led consumer product marketing at MONEYME. He writes on AI search, answer engines, technology policy and media economics.