DR MUMBO’S DIARY: Hoax is good news for Quadrant sales

Tim Burrowes

January 14, 2009 12:40

The story of the hoaxing of Quadrant magazine, which was broken by Crikey’s Margaret Simons, may have been embarrassing for the publication, but it’s been great for sales. Newsagents are reporting that they’ve sold out.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.