GQ


GQ apologises for fashion faux pas

The Australian edition of GQ has celebrated its tenth anniversary edition by admitting it has dished out some pretty “silly” fashion advice over the years, like “shorter-than-short shorts, nipple-revealing singlets and the triumph of tartan.”

Guy Rundle: NUBO is wearing pretty thin

US President Barack Obama is not helping us get the phrase “Never Underestimate Barack Obama” into general circulation. The latest incident — calling Kanye West a “jackass” — is just another setback.

Censorship and cowardice at Conde Nast

Publisher Conde Nast has buried a story from GQ on possible connections between Vladimir Putin, the KGB and a series of 1999 bombings officially blamed on Chechen terrorists, keeping the piece off the web and out of Russia, for fear of reprisals.

Media says “Nyet!” to self-censorship

While magazine publisher Conde Nast’s attempts — and initial success — in censoring a story in GQ magazine are troubling, but it’s at least reassuring that GQ’s editors didn’t take it lying down, says Julian Sanchez.

Gawker translate censored story into Russian

Outraged at revelations that GQ buried a story linking Vladimir Putin to a series of 1999 bombings to keep it out of Russia, Gawker has rallied its readership to translate the article into Russian and spread it online.