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Former Nine/Fairfax execs to launch VC-backed subscription news business Scire

March 20, 2023 4:25

Former Nine and Fairfax publishing heavyweights, Chris Janz and David Eisman are launching a new subscription news platform named Scire, Mumbrella can reveal.

After it was reported last month that the pair had received funding from Sydney-based private equity firm, Shearwater Capital, for a ‘mystery Start-up’, it can now be revealed to be a news service.

Chris Janz [right] speaking at Mumbrella Publish Conference in 2019

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Calum Jaspan was news editor at Mumbrella, based in Melbourne. He was also the producer and host of the Mumbrellacast. He left Mumbrella in May 2023.

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Chris Janz David Eisman Fairfax Media Nine Nine Publishing
2 COMMENTS
Anonymous 20 Mar 23

He will shake things up

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Anonymous 22 Mar 23

Aren’t Eisman and Janz the Nine execs who wanted to run a legacy media business until Sneesby got the top job?

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