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Lisa Wilkinson
Lisa Wilkinson (born 19 December 1959) is an Australian television presenter and journalist. Wilkinson currently narrates '' Ambulance Australia'' and has previously co-hosted the Nine Network's breakfast television program, ''Today,'' with Karl Stefanovic (2007–2017), ''Weekend Sunrise'' on the Seven Network (2005–2007), and '' The Project'' on Network Ten (2018–2022). Career Magazines ''Dolly'' Wilkinson was born in Wollongong, but grew up in Campbelltown, in Sydney's Western Suburbs and attended Campbelltown High School (now Campbelltown Performing Arts High School). She began her career working for the magazine '' Dolly''. At age 21, she was offered the job as its editor. During her time there she became known for discovering young female talent, including a then-unknown Nicole Kidman. ''Cleo'' After tripling the magazine's circulation, she was personally approached by Kerry Packer to become editor of Australian Consolidated Press women's lifestyle magazine, ''Cle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jones Limited
David Jones Pty Limited, trading as David Jones (colloquially DJs), is an Australian High-End department store, owned since 2014 by South African retail group Woolworths Holdings Limited. David Jones was founded in 1838 by David Jones, a Welsh merchant and future politician, after he emigrated to Australia, and is the oldest continuously-operating department store in the world still trading under its original name. In 1980, the Adelaide Steamship Company acquired a substantial interest in David Jones, culminating in a complete takeover. The recession of the early 1990s caused the department store assets to be floated as "David Jones Limited". For the next two decades, the company went through turbulent times, eventually leading to discussions of a merger with Myer, and then, in 2014, a takeover by South African retail group Woolworths Holdings Limited. In 2016, Woolworths sold the iconic 1938 Market Street store and announced the relocation of DJ's head office to Richmond, Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolly (magazine)
''Dolly'' (stylised in all-caps) was an Australian bimonthly teen magazine started in 1970 by Fairfax Ltd. in Australia and New Zealand, and purchased by ACP in 1988. The magazine became an online-only publication, and the print edition ceased, in December 2016. In June 2020, the magazine was purchased from the Bauer Media Group by Mercury Capital. ''Dolly'' was the basis and inspiration for ''Sassy Magazine'' (1987–1996) in the United States. The magazine was aimed at teenage girls (13–17 age group) and covered celebrity news and gossip, fashion and beauty and various feature articles attractive to female teenagers and dealing with issues that are faced by this age group and gender. The magazine produced over 400 issues and as of 2007 had a readership of 505,000. Dolly now exists only as a website containing games, information on upcoming issues, quizzes and downloads. History The magazine was launched by Anne Goldie in 1970. The editor was Josephine Rozenberg-Clarke. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Reason
Chris Reason (born 1 October 1965) is a senior reporter and presenter for ''Seven News'' in Sydney, Australia. He was awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the Lindt Cafe siege in December 2014. Career Reason's career began in 1990, when during his first year at ''Seven News'' he unwittingly covered a segment now infamously known as the Democracy Manifest video, which became an Internet viral video years later. In 2019, ''The Guardian'' called it "perhaps the pre-eminent Australian meme of the past 10 years". In 2002, he was announced as co-host of the re-launched national breakfast program ''Sunrise'' alongside Melissa Doyle. But in September, Reason was diagnosed with cancer and forced to retire from the program while he underwent six months of chemotherapy, surgery and recovery care. He was replaced by David Koch. The cancer was an abdominal metastasis of the testicular cancer he had fought four years earlier. Reason had misse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Armstrong
Duncan John D'Arcy Armstrong (born 7 April 1968) is an Australian former competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Armstrong is best remembered for winning a gold and silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Early years Armstrong was born in the Queensland city of Rockhampton, and began swimming at the age of five. Convinced of his potential as a competitive swimmer, his family moved to Brisbane where he began training with the A.C.I. Lawrence Swimming Club as a teenager under flamboyant coach Laurie Lawrence.John Lohn, Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming'', Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland, p. 3 (2010). Retrieved 7 March 2015. While training with coach Lawrence, Armstrong swam alongside 1984 Olympic gold medallist Jon Sieben; he viewed Sieben as a role model, and emulating Sieben's Olympic success became Armstrong's goal. He attended the selective Brisbane State High School in Brisbane, where he was captain of the school's swim t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It marked the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the first being in Melbourne, in 1956. Sydney was selected as the host city for the 2000 Games in 1993. Teams from 199 countries participated in the 2000 Games, which were the first to feature at least 300 events in its official sports programme. The Games' cost was estimated to be A$6.6 billion. These were the final Olympic Games under the IOC presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch before the arrival of his successor Jacques Rogge. The 2000 Games were the last of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predominantly English-speaking country fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation (now the present day News Corp; through News Limited, now News Corp Australia) and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively. It shares many features with the Sky service in the UK and Ireland — including the iQ box, the electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History In 1995, a venture between News Corporation (in particular 20th Century Fox Media) and Telstra took place whereby Telstra would transmit a TV signal through its coaxial network and News Corporation would be the basis for offering channel negotiations and connections. Foxtel was formed ("Fox" representing News Corporation's Fox and "Tel" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sydney Morning Herald
''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and "the most widely-read masthead in the country." The newspaper is published in compact print form from Monday to Saturday as ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and on Sunday as its sister newspaper, '' The Sun-Herald'' and digitally as an online site and app, seven days a week. It is considered a newspaper of record for Australia. The print edition of ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' is available for purchase from many retail outlets throughout the Sydney metropolitan area, most parts of regional New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. Overview ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' publishes a variety of supplements, including the magazines ''Good Weekend'' (included in the Saturday edition of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Huffington Post
''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers politics, business, entertainment, environment, technology, popular media, lifestyle, culture, comedy, healthy living, women's interests, and local news featuring columnists. It was created to provide a progressive alternative to the conservative news websites such as the Drudge Report. The site offers content posted directly on the site as well as user-generated content via video blogging, audio, and photo. In 2012, the website became the first commercially run United States digital media enterprise to win a Pulitzer Prize. Founded by Andrew Breitbart, Arianna Huffington, Kenneth Lerer, and Jonah Peretti, the site was launched on May 9, 2005 as a counterpart to the Drudge Report. In March 2011, it was acquired by AOL for US$315& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Thomas
Deborah Thomas is an Australian magazine editor and businesswoman, born in December 1955. Her career in magazine publishing started at ''Cleo'' magazine as beauty and lifestyle editor in 1987. She became deputy editor at ''Cleo'' in 1990, and was editor at ''Mode'' in 1992 (now '' Harper's Bazaar'') followed by ''Elle'' magazine in 1994, until she took over the editorship at ''Cleo'' from 1997 to 1999, where she "revive the magazine's falling circulation and advertising revenue". Following ''Cleo'' magazine, Thomas became editor-in-chief of ''The Australian Women's Weekly'' in 1999 and was awarded Magazine of the Year as well as Editor of the Year in 2002 for her efforts in revitalising the magazine for the new millennium. After nearly 10 years at ''The Weekly'' including a year as Editorial Director, Thomas became the Director of Media, Public Affairs & Brand Development across Bauer Media's portfolio of 70-plus titles. Her role included establishing new revenue streams suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Freedman
Mia Freedman, also known as Mia Lavigne, (born 1 October 1971) is the co-founder of women’s digital media company Mamamia. She was the youngest editor of the Australian edition of ''Cosmopolitan'' in 1996, aged 24. Career Freedman began her career at ''Cleo'', doing work experience at the age of 19. Her first paid job in media was as ''Cleo'''s beauty editor and she stayed at ''Cleo'' for five years working her way up to the position of features editor. She left ''Cleo'' in 1995 and spent several months as a freelance features writer for magazines including ''Marie Claire'', ''New Weekly'' and '' Who Weekly''. In 1996, aged 24 years, she became editor of Australian ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine, the youngest editor of ''Cosmopolitan'''s 58 international editions. Freedman is also the founder, publisher and editorial director of Australian women’s website Mamamia. In 2012, Freedman also launched an Australian edition of parenting website iVillage. This was rebranded as The Moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
