Eight Australian magazines closed permanently

Eight Australian magazines – including Men’s and Women’s Health, Harper’s BAZAAR and ELLE – will be shut down, with their owner blaming an “unrelenting economic downturn” for the decision.

New Idea, Woman's Day publisher sells up

Australia’s biggest magazine publisher has been sold to a Sydney-based private equity firm.

The Women's Day cover at the centre of Press Council ruling. Image: Women's Day

It's apparently ok to lie, if you're a gossip magazine

The Press Council has ruled that a Women’s Day article was “blatantly misleading”, but also said people who buy gossip mags for entertainment don’t necessarily expect the stories to be strictly true. It’s a bizarre finding given the reality of defamation laws, argues Andrew Dodd.