News Limited makes senior editorial changes on key titles
Melvin Mansell
Sam Weir
News Limited has announced a number of editorial appointments on Adelaide’s The Advertiser, Perth’s The Sunday Times and Sydney’s The Sunday Telegraph.
Melvin Mansell takes on a newly created position as state editorial director for News Limited after 13 years as editor of The Advertiser. His new role covers The Advertiser, Sunday Mail and Messenger community titles, The Sunday Times and the NT News in Darwin.
Sam Weir, editor of The Sunday Times, has taken on the editorship of The Advertiser. He returns to Adelaide after five years editing The Sunday Times.
Christopher Dore
Claire Harvey
The deputy of editor of The Sunday Telegraph Christopher Dore has been appointed editor of The Sunday Times after three years in his former role.
Claire Harvey, currently features editor and columnist for The Sunday Telegraph, has been appointed deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph.
News Limited chief executive Kim Williams said in a statement: “Our focus must be on delivering the highest quality journalism that connects and engages with our consumers across all platforms. These changes herald the wider transformation ahead for our business. Melvin, Sam and Christopher have the creative and innovative thinking that, in collaboration with the masthead teams, will drive change and deliver editorial excellence.”
Is Fairfax alive these days? Go NEWS. Seems Linnell has done zilch.
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The talent at Fairfax resides in Digital.
Watch for a mass exodus soon…lotta unhappy digi peeps as Mathews and Linnell focus on propping up print.
Agree, NEWS all over Fairfax.
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Hi Tim,
Are you going to check if both the above comments came from News? And yes FYI this is comment is being lodged through a FFX IP address.
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i guess the Fairfax journos are too busy breaking stories to have time to anonymously sledge News on media and marketing blogs
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This is true. And no matter the editorial changes, it’s still NEWS rubbish content.
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Ruperts’ Agenda = News Content
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