Publishing
The tell-all memoir Mark Zuckerberg tried to stop you reading
It’s hard to know whether the Facebook boss’s symbolic ways of currying favour with China are more remarkable than Meta’s apparent plan to let the Communist Party snoop on users outside the country.
- Nick Bonyhady
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Guardian political editor exits after months of turmoil
Karen Middleton’s time at the bureau coincided with a period of instability, during which a number of staff left.
- Calum Jaspan
‘Death warrant’: Australian publisher slammed over author AI request
Black Inc. has offered its writers a 50/50 split of net receipts from the deal, which would allow their books to be used to train artificial intelligence.
- Hannah Hammoud
The Age maintains lead over rival in new readership figures
The Age has held its position as the second most-read masthead in the nation, with cross-platform readership of 4.56 million.
- Staff reporter
The Sydney Morning Herald remains the nation’s most-read masthead
New figures from Roy Morgan show The Sydney Morning Herald has a cross-platform readership of 6.9 million.
- Opinion
- Literature
This most despised author’s task may soon vanish. I won’t miss it
Book blurbs have been around for centuries and have long been panned for hyperbole. Happily, at least one major publisher has decided enough’s enough.
- Julia Baird
- Opinion
- Sam Kerr
Poms, put aside your Ouija boards – Australians do have common sense about Sam Kerr
Short of words and desperate for a donut, a mother country scribe has decided to attack this columnist for his piece on the Matildas star.
- John Silvester
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Portland
Reports of the death of country newspapers are distinctly premature
Kristy McDonald’s little newspaper, the Casterton News, was about to close. So she bought it. She is among those determined to keep country newspapers alive.
- Tony Wright
Dungeons, dragons and sex: The new genre that’s slaying publishing
A book about dragons, betrayal and sex has broken publishing records after its first week on shelves. What is it about “romantasy” novels that has readers in a chokehold?
- Nell Geraets
Murdoch’s British tabloids offer rare apology in legal settlement with Prince Harry
The Murdoch-owned tabloids offered a “full and unequivocal apology to the Duke of Sussex” for years of serious intrusion into his private life.
- Brian Melley
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