Third time lucky as News Corp delivers a low drama leadership change

Tim Burrowes

June 19, 2015 11:36

Peter Tonagh and Michael Miller are the low risk, logical choice to lead News Corp, writes Mumbrella’s Tim Burrowes.

The surprising thing about today’s changes in management at News Corp is how unsurprising it all was.

Contrast that with the drama of the Kim Williams firing in 2013 and the end-of-an-era feel to John Hartigan’s exit in 2011.

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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.