IN YOUR INTEREST
It is a well-worn comment, but where did the past 20 years go? I have strong memories of starting Money magazine back in 1999. Channel 9’s Money show was one of Australia’s top rating television shows. My first book, Making Money, was also popular so it made a lot of sense to launch a magazine.
Pam Walkley, a prominent, award-winning journalist and finance expert show team and I was delighted when she agreed to be deputy editor. You never quite know how a magazine launch will go and given I hadn’t been involved in one before, I had absolutely no idea. But the magazine proved to be really popular: the first issue sold like hotcakes. It was a major panic for the team when newsagents around the country ran out of issues and reprints were needed.
