Bruce Guthrie began his media career as a copyboy at "The Herald" in Melbourne in 1971. After completing a cadetship, he worked in a variety of reporting roles for the paper until 1985, when he was appointed the Herald and Weekly Times Los Angeles correspondent. In 1987 he returned to Australia and became deputy editor of "The Herald", leaving two years later to help launch the "Sunday Age" as Deputy Editor. He was appointed editor of that paper in 1992 and editor of "The Age" in 1995. He joined Time Inc as a senior editor at "People" magazine in New York in 1998, and became editor of "Who Weekly" a year later. By 2003 he was editorial director of Time Inc Magazines Australia. In 2004, he returned to News Limited as editor of "The Weekend Australian" Magazine and was also editor in chief of "Wish" Magazine since October 2005. He was appointed Editor In Chief of the "Herald Sun", Australia's largest selling daily newspaper, in February 2007 - a role he filled until his sensational exit in November 2008.