The Saturday Paper

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The Saturday Paper
The Saturday Paper Front Page Issue 337.jpg
Front page of The Saturday Paper, Issue #337, February 20, 2021
TypeWeekly newspaper
Format Compact
Owner(s) Schwartz Publishing
PublisherMorry Schwartz
Editor-in-chiefErik Jensen
EditorEmily Barrett
Deputy editorCindy MacDonald
Associate editorMartin McKenzie-Murray
Managing editorEmily Barrett
Managing editor, designLauren Stephens
Founded1 March 2014;10 years ago (2014-03-01)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters Collingwood, Melbourne
CountryAustralia
Circulation 285,000
ISSN 2203-3092
OCLC number 1043663027
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Saturday Paper is an Australian weekly newspaper, launched on 1 March 2014 in hard copy, as an online newspaper and in mobile news format. [1] [2] The paper is circulated throughout Australian capital cities and major regional centres. Since its launch The Saturday Paper has maintained a focus on long-form journalism and in-depth coverage of current affairs, arts and Australian politics. [3]

Contents

Publication

The Saturday Paper is published by Morry Schwartz via Schwartz Media, which also publishes books via Black Inc, the magazine The Monthly [2] and the Quarterly Essay . [4] Upon its launch, Schwartz stated he expected The Saturday Paper to be profitable within several years, and the paper should sell "between 60,000 and 80,000 copies a week". [4] Another early projection put that figure at 80,000 to 100,000 copies a week. [5] Ultimately, circulation grew to 900,000 by December 2021.

Editors

Author Erik Jensen was the paper's editor from its founding until June 2018, when Vice Media features editor Maddison Connaughton was appointed to the position. Jensen became the paper's editor-in-chief. [6] He was the paper's representative on the judging panel for the annual Horne Prize since its inception in 2016 until it went defunct in 2023. Jensen replaced Connaughton as editor in June 2021 before moving to become editor-in-chief of the newspaper's publisher, Schwartz Media. [7] Since April 2022 The Saturday Paper has been edited by former Bloomberg News editor Emily Barrett. [8]

Contributors

Regular contributors include journalists Paul Bongiorno, Karen Middleton, Mike Seccombe, Rick Morton, John Hewson and cartoonist Jon Kudelka.

Other contributors include writers Karen Barlow, Behrouz Boochani, Fiona McGregor, David Marr, Christos Tsiolkas, Margaret Simons, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Richard Flanagan, Kate Holden, Maddee Clark, Martin McKenzie-Murray, Clem Bastow, Shaad D'Souza, Sarah Krasnostein; economist Richard Denniss; television presenter and journalist Leigh Sales; journalists Nakkiah Lui and Michael West; musician and The Whitlams frontman Tim Freedman; and former Federal MPs Tony Windsor, Kevin Rudd, and Rob Oakeshott. In 2020, poet, playwright and novelist Alison Croggon became the paper's arts editor. In March 2024, Stan Grant started producing fortnightly commentary pieces.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "New weekly newspaper, The Saturday Paper, hits stands in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra". ABC News (Australia) . 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
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  4. 1 2 Heffernan, Madeleine (28 February 2014). "'Right time' for The Saturday Paper, says publisher Morry Schwartz". The Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2014. Mr Schwartz said he expects The Saturday Paper to be profitable within several years, and the paper should sell between 60,000 and 80,000 a week.
  5. Christensen, Nic (15 November 2013). "Schwartz to launch a new weekend newspaper The Saturday Paper". Mumbrella . Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2022. Its projected circulation at launch will be 80,000-100,000 across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.
  6. Samios, Zoe (15 June 2018). "Vice's Maddison Connaughton named new editor of The Saturday Paper". Mumbrella . Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  7. Meade, Amanda (18 June 2021). "The winner is … John B Fairfax as the Walkley donor's Nine quip leads to nervous laughs". Guardian Australia . Connaughton out. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. "New editorial appointments for Schwartz Media continue The Saturday Paper's dedication to narrative journalism". Schwartz Media (Press release). Schwartz Publishing. 10 May 2022. Archived from the original on 13 October 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024. Emily Barrett will work closely with Schwartz Media's editor-in-chief, Erik Jensen, editing and commissioning for The Saturday Paper. Following decades as a journalist in London and covering financial markets in New York, Barrett brings a wealth of editorial experience to The Saturday Paper.

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