Critic (magazine)
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| Editor | Lucy Hunter |
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| Technical Editor | Natasha Murachver |
| Categories | Student Magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly - 26 × yearly |
| Circulation | 4,000 (20,000 readers) |
| Publisher | Planet Media Dunedin Ltd. |
| Year founded | 1925 |
| Company | Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Based in | Dunedin, Otago |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.critic.co.nz |
| ISSN | 0111-0365 |
| OCLC number | 173348156 |
Critic is the official magazine of the Otago University Students' Association (OUSA) of the University of Otago. It is freely available around both the university's campus and selected sites in Dunedin city weekly during term time. Critic is New Zealand's longest-running student newspaper, having been established in 1925. Weekly circulation is 4,000 copies, with an estimated readership of approximately 20,000.
Critic's content is primarily targeted to cater for its student demographic and often examines provocative, controversial, taboo and arguably offensive subject matter. Traditionally, critic has had 'themed' issues such as "The Sex Issue" or "The Drugs Issue", however, recent years have seen a movement away from overtly stipulated themes. Although content varies year to year, generally the publication covers a wide variety of local, nation and international news, sport and politics; as well as weekly features, columns, poetry, letters and photography.
The Office of Film and Literature Classification in 2006 banned an issue of the magazine, due to it containing a "how-to-guide" on drug rape. Possession or distribution of this issue was deemed illegal.
In 2010 The Press Council upheld a complaint against Critic over the article 'The Bum at the Bottom of the World', which depicted three people the publication deemed homeless and vagrant.
In 2013 Critic's Editor Callum Fredric received a $35,000 payout after a series of personal disputes with OUSA General Manager Darel Hall. Fredric was suspended by Hall on Friday 3 May, and was trespassed from OUSA buildings by Hall after attending a meeting on Monday 6 May to explain the situation to staff, before being asked to leave by Police. After filing legal proceedings, Fredric accepted a $35,000 settlement package from OUSA on Friday 17 May, and resigned as Editor.
The publication was tabloid in size until 2002, when it went quarterfold (around A4 size). The design of critic is often significantly changed each year as new designers are employed. In 2011 Critic's Art Director, Andrew Jacombs, had the covers of Critic displayed in the 2012 Coverjunkie "Best Of" Publication, alongside some of the world's most leading titles, such as TIME, Esquire, The New Yorker, Vogue, Sports Illustrated and lift-outs from the New York Times and United Kingdom weekly The Sunday Times.
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