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Ellis to The Monthly: show me the money
Another episode in the sad and extraordinary saga of Asian-based freelance journalist Eric Ellis and Melbourne’s intellectual magazine, The Monthly, is about to unfold.
Manne relishes controversy, Warhaft does not
Manne may thrive on public controversies, but I don’t relish them and Sally has hated every second of this one, writes Gideon Haigh.
Gideon Haigh: Why I won’t write for The Monthly again
The now ex-writer for The Monthly steps in to defend sacked editor (and former partner) Sally Warhaft — and explain his perspective of the publishing feud.
The Monthly: detractors shouldn’t hide behind anonymity
Mark Aarons and Alex Miller weigh in on the recent developments at The Monthly.
Robert Manne: the true history of The Monthly bust up
Robert Manne responds to allegations about the editorial bust-up at The Monthly
Guy Rundle: The Monthly’s knife fight in a dinghy
If your principal fund of ideas is coming from the man who is also about to be/actually is the country’s leader, then you’re less a publication of critical commentary than a mouthpiece.
The Monthly gets its Manne after Warhaft exits
According to a long-term observer of Melburnian journalism, it is a simple enough case of “two middle aged bores who can’t stand it when a smart young woman answers them back.”
Tips and rumours
Paul Daley is going from weekly to Monthly. The Bulletin victim is in discussion with Morry Schwartz’s mag. All new MPs go through an induction process run by Ministerial & Parliamentary Services and the Joint House Department where they learn about their entitlements and the Parliament House facilities, like the new child care centre. Recently, […]
And now, a letter from Gerard Henderson …
The Monthly is one of the few journals of opinion in the democratic world which does not run a letters/correspondence page in its printed edition. Hence this note to Crikey, writes Gerard Henderson.
Anthropologist appointed to edit The Monthly
Publisher Morry Schwartz will raise eyebrows in the media world again with his typically unconventional choice of anthropologist and media unknown Sally Warhaft to replace Christian Ryan as editor of The Monthly.
