Her appointment comes four months after her predecessor went on leave following an alcohol-fuelled outburst and ahead of a legal dispute with Lachlan Murdoch.
, four months after her predecessor went on leave following an alcohol-fuelled outburst at the Walkley journalism awards.
Black, a former senior editor at the company, returns to Private Media as it prepares to defend itself against defamation claims brought against Crikey by News Corp co-chairman Lachlan Murdoch. The website’s current news editor, Gina Rushton, will becomeBlack will replace Peter Fray, a formereditor-in-chief. He had been at Private Media since January 2020 and was also the managing editor of.
The leadership change comes amid the legal stoush with Mr Murdoch. The high-profile matter is expected in court later this year and will be heavily scrutinised as aFray’s exit is awkward for the company, because the former editor-in-chief is among the named individuals that Mr Murdoch is suing over a publication linking him to the January 6 Capitol riots.
“The country is facing down momentous questions this year,” Black said in a statement. “Gina and I are ready to get stuck in to ensurecontinues to call out Canberra, corporations and the media to scrutinise the gap between what they say and what they do.”Private Media, majority owned by Eric Beecher, owns a portfolio of digital media brands including
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