Whittaker to take over SKY News
By Jonas Lopez in Media News on Monday, 08th October 2018 at 1:03pmThe Australian’s editor-in-chief Paul Whittaker will succeed Angelos Frangoupolos as SKY News’ CEO.
News Corp Australia announced that Whittaker is taking the reins at North Ryde effective October 15, 2018. He had been in charge at The Australian for almost three years this December, and had served with the paper several years beforehand.
Frangopoulos was recently appointed to the CEO posting at SKY News Arabia in Dubai, UAE.
Some editorial adjustments were also announced alongside Whittaker’s promotion. The Daily Telegraph editor Chris Dore is taking charge at The Australian and turn over operations to Ben English.
English, meanwhile, after a year as the Gold Coast Bulletin’s editor, will transition the paper to Rachel Hancock, who will wrap up as The Courier...
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