Elissa Ratliff returns to Mamamia as head of podcasts
Elissa Ratliff has returned to Mamamia after leaving the publisher last year to join Pacific Magazines.
Ratliff has taken on the title of head of podcasts, after leaving in October as managing producer of podcasts. She was head of audio at Pacific, working across the publisher’s growing suite of podcasts.
Ratliff has a long history with Mamamia, having begun her career there as an intern in 2012. Founder Mia Freedman celebrated her return on Instagram, calling it a ‘proud day’ for Ratliff’s family, Mamamia and ‘for every young woman with a dream to work in media’.
Ratliff’s move to Pacific Magazines came as the publisher announced its merger with Bauer Media. The coming together of the two media businesses resulted in around 200 redundancies. More have followed under private equity fund Mercury Capital, which purchased Bauer’s ANZ assets from its German owner earlier this year.
Mamamia’s previous head of podcasts, Rachel Corbett, resigned in March. The role was filled by assistant head of podcasts Bridget Northeast. Northeast appears to have left the business, with Freedman thanking her for her time in the role.
“How lucky we are to have [Ratliff] leading such a capable team that has been led previously by so many extraordinary women including @moniquebowley [Monique Bowley], @_rachelcorbett [Corbett] and @bridgetnortheast [Northeast]. Working with women and watching them fly is the best part of working at Mamamia,” she said on Instagram.
So deserved – well done Lize (and awesome decision Mia and team).
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Great for Elissa. Another example of major digital talent lost from mag world thanks to the criminal stupidity and blindness of Bauer and their awful management class.
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