About Us
Ian Brooks – Director
Ian Brooks is a Chartered Accountant with over twenty years experience in business and finance. For the past fifteen years Ian has worked in magazine publishing, firstly with Time Inc. Magazines as Controller of its distribution business and then Murdoch Magazines as group financial controller. For the last seven years Ian has headed Paragon Media after purchasing the rights to publish Family Circle in Australia from Murdoch Magazines. During Paragon’s ownership of Family Circle the magazine was turned from a significant loss maker into a successful business. Family Circle was sold in June 2003 to Pacific Publications.
Ian has since partnered with Todd Cole to publish magazines under the company structures of Odysseus Publishing, Revolution Media and Paragon Media.
Todd Cole – Director
Todd is a writer and publishing professional with over 15 years’ experience. Formally the editor of Men’s Health Australia, Todd doubled the circulation in three years and set the brand on the track to success. Todd successfully launched Contact Media, a boutique PR and marketing agency that boasts CanTeen, Suunto, Aqua Lung, Fosters Beer and the AGSM -- Australia’s premier post-graduate business school -- as some of its clients.
Todd brings a broad range of experience to The Odysseus Group (including Paragon Media), from publisher to feature writer and marketer. He is currently the editor of Australian Men’s Fitness, Australia’s newest lifestyle magazine for active men. www.mensfitnessmagazine.com.au
