New automotive magazine on sale

New automotive magazine on sale

JAKARTA: German-based automotive magazine Auto Bild in
association with local publisher Gramedia-Majalah group
introduced Auto Bild Indonesia at the Auto Mall in the Sudirman
Central Business District (SCBD) in South Jakarta on Tuesday.

The magazine will be published in Indonesia by Gramedia-
Majalah group in cooperation with Axel Springer Verlag, which
publishes Auto Bild in Germany. The Auto Bild franchise is
available in 14 countries with various names.

"The presence of licensed media is unavoidable as the market
demands such media," Gramedia-Majalah director Widi Krastawan
said in a media statement made available to The Jakarta Post on
Friday.

The biweekly, 80-page, full-color magazine will be sold at the
introductory price of Rp 10,000 (US$1.17) and will cover both
international and local automotive news.

"With 15 countries now in the syndication, it will be easier
to swap information to appease the readers' demands on the latest
automotive information," chief editor Hendra Noor Saleh said.
--JP