Garry Linnell promoted to editorial director at Fairfax

Former Daily Telegraph editor Garry Linnell has been promoted to editorial director of Fairfax’s Metro Media division less than a year after joining the company.

He will report to Fairfax Metro Media boss Jack Matthews.

Linnell is to spearhead the company’s Editorial Review Project and drive what Fairfax calls a ‘fully integrated newsroom’.

An excerpt from an all-staff email from Matthews obtained by Mumbrella reads:

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