How Fashion Quarterly came back from the brink

How Fashion Quarterly came back from the brink
FQ's editor-in-chief Sarah Murray. (Image: NZME)
Daniel Dunkley
At the height of the covid pandemic, staff at Fashion Quarterly magazine watched the infamous ‘Zoom of doom’ as owner Bauer Media announced its immediate exit from New Zealand. Nearly four years on and two ownership changes later, the title has proven to be one of NZ’s more resilient consumer magazines, surviving to grow its 40-year-old brand.Four months after Bauer’s controversial decision to exit NZ, which left many household names to their fate, Fashion Quarterly and Home magazine were snapped up by independent publis...

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