Ian Law dies

Former PBL CEO Ian Law has died after a battle with cancer, it has been announced.

The announcement to the ASX came from carsales.com, where Law was a board member.

Carsales.com’s MD Greg Roebuck said: “He was incredibly knowledgeable, supportive and able to deal with issues with wonderful empathy and humour.”

Law was a former boss of PBL Media’s ACP Magazines, which were later sold to Bauer Media, before taking on the entire group, which also included the Nine Network and a half share in nineMSN.  PBL is now known as Nine Entertainment Co and headed by David Gyngell.

Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the founder of Mumbrella. At various points he's been editor, content director and editor-at-large of Mumbrella. He's written about media and marketing in Australia, the Middle East and the UK.

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Comments: 3

Peter Webster 2 Oct 13

Ian Law demonstrated the very best attributes of a media boss.
He was knowledgeable,courteous and and reliable in his commitments.
His involvement and contribution to Client media strategy and business objectives were always valued. A very likeable man who would be missed by those who knew him.

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Big Fella 2 Oct 13

Sad day. Good man. Great loss to the industry. RIP

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Sarah 6 Oct 13

Very sad to hear this. Lawsy was a formidable but fair boss, and I always learnt something from him every time I spoke to him.

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