http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/erica-bartle/ Erica Bartle is editor of the popular media blog site Girl With A Satchel (http://girlwithasatchel.blogspot.com), a sort of Top Gear meets Media Watch for the glossy magazine industry. In her editorials, Bartle attempts to put a positive spin on the oft-maligned business of gloss, while keeping magazines accountable for dubious editorial practises and tracking industry trends. Bartle has written for Cosmopolitan, Cleo, Marie Claire, Girlfriend (where she acted as deputy editor) and The Walkley Magazine, and can be heard discussing the glossies on Mediaweek’s regular magazine podcasts. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Boomers-are-back-in-fashion-but-kids-still-rule-the-cash/ Last month, Woodstock Festival – the event that’s come to represent Baby Boomer youth culture in our collective consciousness – turned 40. Given the Boomers spawned the crazy consumer consumption habits that sent us crashing towards the GFC, it was only fitting for promoters to get the talent off the couch, jab them with Botox and organise the requisite merchandising and exorbitant ticket pricing. Ka-ching! Meanwhile, the media and marketers have been celebrating ageing while concurrently exploring ways to delay its visible signs in order to appeal to the cash-cow that is the Boomers’ retirement fund (albeit one reduced by the GFC). feedback@thepunch.com.au (Erica Bartle) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Boomers-are-back-in-fashion-but-kids-still-rule-the-cash/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Boomers-are-back-in-fashion-but-kids-still-rule-the-cash/#item1095 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:50:48 +0000 Erica Bartle | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Thereses-glossy-reign/ While Kevin Rudd has never been media-shy (quite the opposite, what with his Twittering, website and blog), it seems his wife, Therese Rein, is finally ready for her close-up. Back in May, I wrote ‘Rein Priming for Mag cover?’, suggesting that the likelihood of Rein appearing on the cover of an Aussie glossy was “about as likely as Susan Boyle landing the cover of British Vogue”. In the glossy media world, a picture of perfection sounds louder than a CV full of personal achievements, after all. At the time, the media was going bananas over Rein’s apparent weight loss, which culminated in Woman’s Day bringing her down to gossip magazine level, publishing unflattering and unauthorised pictures of her exercising in her gym gear after the magazine was reportedly refused an interview. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Erica Bartle) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Thereses-glossy-reign/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Thereses-glossy-reign/#item680 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:42:57 +0000 Erica Bartle | Author bios | The Punch