Bruce Guthrie Explained

Bruce Guthrie is an Australian journalist and former newspaper editor.^[1]

In November 2008 he was sacked as editor-in-chief of Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper. He sued his employer, Rupert Murdoch's News Ltd, and won. The court battle and some of Guthrie's earlier career is reported in his 2010 book Man Bites Murdoch: Four Decades in Print, Six Days in Court.^{[2] [3]}

Early life

Guthrie grew up in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows. He briefly attended university and was a public servant before starting as a copy boy on The Herald in 1972.

Career

Guthrie has been editor of The Sunday Age, The Age, the Herald Sun, Who Weekly, The Weekend Australian Magazine and a senior editor at People Magazine in New York.^[4]

The New Daily

In 2013, Guthrie was the founding editor of the online newspaper The New Daily. As of June 2019, he was the publication's editorial director.^[5]

Court case

Guthrie sued News Ltd in the Supreme Court of Victoria in April 2010 for $2.7 million and after a six-day trial was awarded $580,808.^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Web site: Media Watch: Web extra - A decade of living dangerously (24/11/2014). www.abc.net.au.
2. Web site: Guthrie v News. 12 October 2010. Radio National.
3. Web site: Man Bites Murdoch. 12 October 2010.
4. Web site: Guthrie 'told he was best candidate'. 27 April 2010.
5. Web site: Contact. The New Daily. en-US. 2019-06-07.
6. Web site: Sacked editor awarded $580,808. 14 May 2010.
7. Guthrie v News Ltd (2010) 27 VR 196.