Paul Whittaker named as new editor-in-chief of The Australian as Chris Mitchell retires

New boss: Paul Whittaker

New boss: Paul Whittaker

Daily Telegraph editor Paul Whittaker has been named as the new editor-in-chief of News Corp’s national broadsheet The Australian with longstanding boss Chris Mitchell confirming his retirement.

The move sees Courier-Mail editor Chris Dore move to Sydney to replace Whittaker, nicknamed ‘Boris’, with the moves set to come into effect on December 11 when Mitchell officially retires.

Mitchell has been in the top job at the last remaining national broadsheet newspaper since 2002, while Whittaker had a stint as editor of the paper between 2007-2011.

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