Maserati-driving Hywood gets West Australian gig

Jul 01, 2020 at 06:06 pm by Staff


With talks with Australian Community Media apparently having led nowhere, Seven West Media has recruited former Fairfax boss Greg Hywood for a review of its West Australian Newspapers business.

Chief executive of the Kerry Stokes-controlled SWM's WA operations Maryna Fewster is reported to be open to considering all options for WAN in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The move follows SWM's sale of Pacific Magazines to Bauer Media, which then spun the expanded business off to Mercury Capital. WAN's flagship is the West Australian, supported by the Sunday Times, acquired from News Corp Australia.

During his term at the former Fairfax Media, Hywood - noted for his Maserati-driving lifestyle - included rationalising print production, with the closure of its Tullamarine (Melbourne) and Chullora (Sydney) print centres, ahead of the sale of the whole business to Nine Entertainment.

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