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Closing time at the Zoo

We have entered a new prudish, illiberal era

17 October 2015

9:00 AM

17 October 2015

9:00 AM

In August, outraged online-feminist group Collective Shout successfully petitioned to have the laddish ZOO Weekly banned from Coles supermarkets. Within days of that decision Bauer Media, ZOO’s publisher, decided to cancel the publication, citing difficult retail conditions. This week, nine years after the first issue, there will be no weekly ZOO.

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