This explosive first-hand account, written by one of Australia’s feistiest and most controversial editors—Bruce Guthrie—follows the journalist through his 40 years in the news business, including his brutal dismissal from the Herald Sun and the celebrated court case that exposed the inner workings of the world's biggest media company and the treachery of its most senior executives. From Guthrie’s battle with tuberculosis to his clash with media magnate Rupert Murdoch, this memoir not only reveals the power plays that helped shape modern media in Australia, but also conveys the inspiring story of one man's victory over formidable foes.
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4 `Hi, I'm Rupert Murdoch ...' |
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Part II Widford Street to Spencer Street |
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14 Not your everyday newspaper |
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16 `If the boss rings, can you get his name?' |
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Part III Sixth Avenue to Southbank |
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22 `An opportunity has come up ...' |
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Part IV Trials and tribulations |
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28 Guthrie v News Limited |
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Bruce Guthrie began his media career as a copyboy at The Herald in Melbourne in 1971. After completing a cadetship, he worked in a variety of reporting roles for the paper until 1985, when he was appointed the Herald and Weekly Times Los Angeles correspondent. In 1987 he returned to Australia and became deputy editor of The Herald, leaving two years later to help launch the Sunday Age as Deputy Editor. He was appointed editor of that paper in 1992 and editor of The Age in 1995. He joined Time Inc as a senior editor at People magazine in New York in 1998, and became editor of Who Weekly a year later. By 2003 he was editorial director of Time Inc Magazines Australia. In 2004, he returned to News Limited as editor of The Weekend Australian Magazine and was also editor in chief of Wish Magazine since October 2005. He was appointed Editor In Chief of the Herald Sun, Australias largest selling daily newspaper, in February 2007a role he filled until his sensational exit in November 2008.
