When I arrived at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1974,I was the square peg that had fallen into a square hole.
When journalist Chris Masters first heard whispers about Ben Roberts-Smith,he didn’t want to believe them. Then he called his colleague Nick McKenzie.
Parker built a national and international rural and regional publishing empire.
When Rupert Murdoch joined the Australian newspaper industry in 1953 after the death of his father,he learnt lessons from two canny and ruthless men.
Peter FitzSimons recreates one of the darkest chapters in Australian history.
Fifty years ago,the News Limited offices in Holt and Kippax Streets,Surry Hills,were evacuated just before a bomb exploded in the toilets on the fourth floor.
30 years ago,former prime ministers Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser came together to fight the sale of the John Fairfax newspaper group to the Tourang syndicate.
Stories of businesspeople bold,colourful,generous and ruthless have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald for 190 years. They’re moguls who would shape the city’s history and,indeed,the history of the Herald itself.
At a time when being a centrist can seem unfashionable,this masthead firmly believes its readers are capable of making up their own minds.
On this,the Herald’s 190th birthday,we reaffirm the newspaper’s founding pledge wholeheartedly. After all,this pact with our readers has stood the test of time.
Media ownership in Australia resides in too few hands and that is unhealthy for any democracy.