 The publisher is also director of Black Inc., which publishes non-fiction books, the political journal "Quarterly Essay", and "The Saturday Paper", a weekly long-form newspaper.With regards to coverage, John van Tiggelen who writes for the magazine has stated that although it is seen as a left-wing magazine, the publisher is extremely right-wing on Israel to the extent there's a glass wall around the topic.Contributors have included Mark Aarons, Waleed Aly, John Birmingham, Peter Conrad, Annabel Crabb, Richard Flanagan, Robert Forster, Anna Funder, Helen Garner,
Anna Goldsworthy, Kerryn Goldsworthy, Ramachandra Guha, Gideon Haigh, M. J. Hyland, Linda Jaivin, Clive James, Kate Jennings, Paul Kelly, Benjamin Law, Amanda Lohrey, Mungo MacCallum, Shane Maloney, Robert Manne, David Marr, Maxine McKew, Drusilla Modjeska, Peter Robb, Kevin Rudd, Margaret Simons, Tim Soutphommasane, Lindsay Tanner, Malcolm Turnbull and Don Watson.