January 28, 2004
CHANGES AT THE AUSTRALIAN
Word is that columnist Luke Slattery is leaving for Paris, taking with him partner and The Australian's weekend magazine editor Helen Anderson. Replacing Anderson is former Age and Who Weekly editor Bruce Guthrie.
Posted by Tim Blair at January 28, 2004 03:44 PMLuke's been working on that goatee just in case he scored this gig- he will be right at home with all the obnoxious, pretentious and effete psuedo-intellectuals that infest Paris.
Give me a deaf hunch-back anytime.
Posted by: Habib at January 28, 2004 at 03:59 PMAll the best to both of your friends in Paris, Tim but, I have to say I am not a fan of the Australian colour supplement. FInd it pretty bloody boring and a poor effort. Review is better, but that colour mag 3/10.
Posted by: James Hamilton at January 28, 2004 at 06:03 PMThe Australian should have hired me because of my... uhh... ability to, umm... write... stuff.
Posted by: Marty at January 28, 2004 at 07:41 PMWho cares? The only good news in the newspaper business is that Andrew Bolt is back.
Posted by: Mike Hunt at January 28, 2004 at 07:58 PMActually, I think Luke is one of the better writers for the Oz, and I think it will be less of a paper without him.
Posted by: James at January 28, 2004 at 10:58 PMCould someone please translate the significance of this for a not-up-on-the-current-scene American reader?
Does this signal some kind of ideological change, or an attempt to change, like when the NY Times hired David Brooks?
Posted by: KevinV at January 29, 2004 at 01:55 AMNo great significance, Kevin -- just journalist gossip.
Posted by: tim at January 29, 2004 at 05:31 AMperhaps someone could translate one of those Luke Slattery columns.
Posted by: shabbi at January 29, 2004 at 09:22 AMSo Helen's off to Paris, eh? Who said Slattery would get you nowhere?
Posted by: no relation at January 29, 2004 at 09:46 AMI like Slattery's columns, though they're definitely aimed at a high-kulcha audience. He replaced Philip Adams on the back page (Phil got a spot in the magazine)
Posted by: TimT at January 29, 2004 at 01:59 PM"I like Slattery's columns, though they're definitely aimed at a high-kulcha audience. He replaced Philip Adams on the back page"
Oh THAT Luke Slattery! I read his column bagging the prose of Patrick O'Brian a few weeks back. Slattery is a mean and shabby scrub.
Posted by: James Hamilton at January 29, 2004 at 07:18 PM"No great significance, Kevin -- just journalist gossip.
Yep Kevin, despite all Timbo's "voice of blue collar commonsense" posturing, he's part of the whole chattering classes, "liberal-dominated", Sydney Chardonnay sippers media thingy.