12:18 PM |
Title – 7036 FIJI: New publisher and chairman named for Fiji Times
Date – 22 September 2010
Byline – Stanley Simpson
Origin – Pacific Media Watch
Source – Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, 22/09/10
Copyright – FBC
Status – Unabridged
----------------------------
* Pacific Media Watch Online - check the website for archive and links:
www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz
* Post a comment on this story at PMW Right of Reply:
www.pacificmediacentre.blogspot.com
pmediawa@aut.ac.nz
* Pacific Media Centre on Twitter - http://twitter.com/pacmedcentre
NEW PUBLISHER AND CHAIRMAN FOR FIJI TIMES
http://www.radiofiji.com.fj/fullstory.php?id=30990
By Stanley Simpson
SUVA (Fiji Broadcasting Corporation/Pacific Media Watch): Dallas Swinstead, the publisher of the Fiji Times from 1976 to 1980, has been appointed as new publisher of the Fiji Times – as the Motibhai Group officially took over ownership of the newspaper today.
Motibhai Group chairman Mahendra Patel, who is also the new Fiji Times board chairman, told FBC News that Swinstead - an Australian - would run the newspaper independently with his management team.
"Fiji Times will operate as an independent separate unit. Dallas Swinstead and his staff are the people that will fashion the editorial content of the paper. We will not interfere with that. The staff are empowered to operate and run independently – of course we will be there to guide, but we will not interfere. "
Swinstead has an extensive and distinguished record in the publishing field and has been a journalist, editor and managing director of many major Australian newspapers including the Herald Weekly, The Age, the Sunday Press and Qantas inflight magazine.
Patel also told FBC News that the former board members have resigned and the new Fiji Times board is currently made up of Motibhai executives with him as chairman.
Patel spoke to Fiji Times staff today and assured them that the Motibhai Group consider their staff as the most important asset of the company.
He also confirmed that Netani Rika would remain as editor but any changes would be made on the recommendation of Swinstead.
On whether the Fiji Times would fully recognise the new government and now refer to Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama as Prime Minister – this is what Patel had to say: "You will find out in due course. Let any changes that happen, happen slowly. We will embrace and change in the fullness of time."
Earlier today, the former owners, News Ltd – represented by chairman John Hartigan – officially signed over ownership of the newspaper to the Motibhai Group.
* Stanley Simpson is news director of the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation.
* Comment on this item pmediawa@aut.ac.nz
+++niuswire
PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH ONLINE
www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz
PACIFIC MEDIA WATCH is a media and educational resource compiled by the AUT Pacific Media Centre for the Pacific region.
(c)1996-2010 Creative Commons
http://creativecommons.org
Items are provided solely for review purposes as a non-profit educational service. Copyright remains the property of the original producers as indicated in the header. Recipients should seek permission
from the copyright owner for any publishing. Copyright owners not wishing their materials to be posted by PMW please contact us. The views expressed in material listed by PMW are not necessarily the views
of PMW or the Pacific Media Centre.
For further information or joining the Pacific Media Watch listserve, visit:
http://lists.apc.org.au/listinfo.cgi/pacific_media_watch?apc.org.au
Email:
pmc@aut.ac.nz
Fax: (+649) 921 9987
SnailMail: Pacific Media Centre, School of Communication Studies, AUT
University, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Website: www.pacmediawatch.aut.ac.nz
_______________________________________________
Pacific_media_watch mailing list
Pacific_media_watch@lists.apc.org.au
_______________________________________________
Pacific_media_watch mailing list
Pacific_media_watch@lists.apc.org.au
--
----------------------------------------
pacific islands media association
pima.nius@gmail.com
aotearoa, new zealand
----------------------------------------
The pima.nius googlegroup is a facility for discussion and distributing information. Content sent by this googlegroup are forwarded from various networks and media publications.
DISCLAIMER: These emails are unedited and discussions made through this googlegroup are unmoderated. Announcements made through this googlegroup do not constitute endorsement for the organisations, individuals or opinions featured. Please check the integrity of organisations and individuals before exchanging personal information with them.
- - - - - - - - -
comment here:
http://groups.google.com/group/pima-nius/topics?hl=en
send an email comment here:
pima-nius@googlegroups.com
unsubscribe:
pima-nius+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
more options
http://groups.google.com/group/pima-nius?hl=en?hl=en
- - - - - - - - -
0 comments:
Post a Comment