Nine rejects reports of Matt James defection to Yahoo!7

December 2, 2013 10:27

Sources at the Nine Entertainment have dismissed reports that newly promoted group director of the company’s creative division Powered Matt James may defect to run the operations of rival Yahoo!7.

The speculation, in today’s Australian Financial Review, comes after the sudden resignation of Stuart Sayers as CEO of the digital joint venture between Seven West Media and Yahoo!7 earlier this month.

“It’s laughable, Matt James is an excellent executive who was only just promoted,” said a Nine source.

James was previously the managing director of media at Mi9 but was promoted ten days ago to head an expanded creative services division Powered by Nine, where he is to oversee the broader business and help build its digital capacity.

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Nic Christensen

Nic Christensen worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2016, in roles including deputy editor and media & technology editor. He is former media writer for The Australian and has also worked as a reporter for The Daily Telegraph and senior producer for Radio 2GB.

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