Hugh Marks is the new managing director of the ABC. Is he the right person for the job?
- Written by Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Aspects of Hugh Marks’s record as chief executive of the Nine Entertainment Company raise questions about his suitability for the position of managing director of the ABC, to which he has just been appointed.
Those aspects concern political independence, internal culture and news leadership, all issues of pressing concern at the ABC.
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