Australian editor-in-chief Mitchell: AFR boss Gill is wrong about our finances

The Australian’s editor-in-chief Chris Mitchell has swung back at claims by Financial Review boss Michael Gill that the national broadsheet is losing $70m a year.

Gill made the statement in a video interview when he was asked by Mumbrella editor Tim Burrowes about rumours that his job had been offered to a member of staff on The Australian – understood to be deputy CEO Brett Clegg.

Gill responded by saying: “It seems to me that kind of proposition is pretty interesting because the person they are talking about appears to have taken a number two job running The Australian which loses $70 million a year, rather than take, on his account, a job with a business that’s pretty healthy.’’

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