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Year in Review: November – Death of Dolly; Creative departures; News Corp redundancies; Dodgy Facebook metrics

2016 was another year of major change and transformation in the media and marketing world. Mumbrella provides a month-by-month recap of the most read and biggest stories that affected the industry.

Tim Burrowes

December 31, 2016 12:00

It may have come as no great surprise, but the decision by Bauer Media to finally put Dolly magazine out of its misery still created a nostalgic outpouring from former staffers and readers.

Dolly died: The end of one of Australia’s most culturally significant magazines

By the end, the 46-year-old title had seen its circulation decline from more than 90,000 to just 30,000.

And the economic pressure faced by traditional media was an ongoing theme during November, with Australia’s largest publisher, News Corp, among those facing the fact that advertising revenue was continuing to move away from print.

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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.