News Ltd appoints Shane Rodgers to head secret project

Tim Burrowes

April 9, 2009 11:59

News Ltd has moved one of its most senior managers to a mysterious new role geared around preparing the company’s newspapers for the future.

Shane Rodgers, currently general manager of the company’s Queensland Newspapers, has been named as group project director.

In a guarded press release, News Ltd CEO John Hartigan said that the move represented “significant investment in journalism with the aim of improving the quality and reach of our mastheads.”

Rodgers will report in directly to News Ltd’s chief operating officer Peter Macourt.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.