Esquire Australia is set to make its return with Nick Kyrgios on the cover, under Switzer Media & Publishing this Thursday.
The publication will have a digital offering – esquire.com.au – and return to newsstands with a 140-page print edition that will have a run of just four issues this year.
Alex Switzer, head of Media and Publishing at Switzer Media, negotiated with publishing Hearst to add the men’s magazine to their titles alongside Harper’s Bazaar, which was relaunched in 2021.
Esquire Australia’s return was made back in March.
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Switzer said: “We are so excited to bring Esquire to the Australian market and have assembled what we believe to be an experienced team to bring the title to life for our readers.
Switzer also announced the appointment of Christopher Riley as editor-in-chief, who was previously deputy editor for GQ Australia.
Riley said that he promises to deliver three things for his vision of Esquire Australia.
“First off, excitement. When you open the pages of Esquire Australia, or visit our website, you’ll read the sort of stories that made us all fall in love with reading in the first place: deep, immersive journalism that makes you feel like you’re right there in the story.
“Secondly, the voices you will hear from will represent Australia in all its wonderful diversity. Because a range of perspectives is always a good thing,” he said.
Riley added: “Finally, my team and I will create content that challenges: not just our readers, but our subjects and ourselves. We may not always get it right, but we’ll learn from our mistakes and adapt.”
Riley noted that was why he wanted to launch the magazine with Nick Kyrgios on the cover.
“You won’t find a more exciting representation of Australia right now than the mercurial tennis star from Canberra.
“His story may be a complicated one but it’s impossible to ignore. Which is exactly the storytelling we’re about. We’ve also got writers like Tim Winton in the first issue continuing the legacy of literary icons within Esquire, like Ernest Hemingway and F Scott Fitzgerald before him,” he said.
“We’re finding a balance between the classical and the rebellious because it’s within that tension where exciting things happen,” Riley added.
This comes after Switzer Media & Publishing announced the appointment of Eugenie Kelly as editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar, alongside Jillian Davison as creative director in 2021.
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See also: Switzer Media appoints Jillian Davison creative director for Harper’s Bazaar Australia
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Top image: Esquire Australia’s inaugural cover with Nick Kyrgios