The Alternative Media Group publishes three publications. The weekly inner-city local newspaper The City News, the monthly local newspaper The Bondi View, and the monthly Sydney street paper The Sydney City Hub.
THE CITY NEWS
The City News is delivered free each week to the local residents in the CBD, Millers Point, Glebe, Forest Lodge. Pyrmont, Ultimo, Broadway, Wooloomooloo, Potts Point, Surry Hills, East Sydney, Elizabeth Bay, Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, Rushcutters Bay, Chippendale, Darlington, Camperdown and Newtown.
Copies are delivered to over 100 security buildings by special arrangement with the building management. The City News is also available at cafes, convenience stores, serviced apartments and hotels throughout the City of Sydney.
Growing Population:
Nearly 73 000 people live in the City of Sydney – and the number is growing.
The City News
• The publication exclusively for city residents.
• The guide to the city for people who live there.
• Full of news, issues, what’s on, restaurants, real estate, community services, and more.
Readers
According to the Sydney City Council city residents are:
• Working Adults – 73% aged between 20 and 54.
• High Earners – the average weekly income of city residents is 37% higher than the metropolitan average. 24% of households earn more than $78 000 a year.
• Educated – city residents are better educated than other metropolitan residents with a third holding bachelor degrees or higher.
• Work and Play Locally – 21% of households walk to their place of work or study, 34% catch public transport and 38% of households do not own a car.
Key Facts
Frequency: Now Weekly!
Circulation: 32 500
THE BONDI VIEW
The Bondi View is delivered free each month to residences in Bondi, Bondi Junction, Waverley, Bronte, Rose Bay, Dover Heights and Tamarrama. It is also bulk dropped in cafes, convenience stores, pubs, medical centres, community centres and businesses throughout Rose Bay, Randwick, Clovelly, Coogee and Maroubra.
The Bondi View is the only independent newspaper to be letter box dropped from Rose Bay to Bondi to the cliffs of Clovelly.
The Bondi View
• The publication exclusively for eastern beach residents.
• The guide to the eastern beaches for people who live there.
• Full of news, issues, what’s on, restaurants, real estate, community services, and more.
No one else covers Bondi quite like The Bondi View. No one even tries.
Readers
• 60,675 live in the Waverley Council area.
• 39.8% of the population in Waverley is between the ages of 25 and 44.
• 20.5% are between the ages of 45 and 65.
Key Facts
Frequency: Monthly
Circulation: 32 500
THE SYDNEY CITY HUB
The Sydney City Hub is available in over 800 outlets, from the off-beat theatres of Newtown to the trendy Darlinghurst cafes, from the pubs of Surry Hills to the juice bars and gyms of Bondi, from the spiritually enlightened arcades of Balmain to the pulsing all-night beat of Kings Cross.
No one else covers Sydney like the City Hub.
No one even tries.
The City Hub
• The alternative publication for urban readers.
• The quintessential guide to non-mainstream entertainment.
• Thriving with political issues, fringe theatre and underground funk.
Readers
According to a recent poll:
• 65% of Hub readers are between the ages of 16 and 45 with 52% between 25 to 44 years old.
• Educated – 80% are tertiary educated and 20% have studied at post-graduate level.
• Active – in the last 90 days 79% of all readers have dined out, 75% have been to the cinema, 46% have been to a live music event and 29% have been to the theatre.
