Eric Beecher

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Eric Beecher is an Australian journalist, editor and media proprietor. He was editor of the Sydney Morning Herald for four years and for three years was editor-in-chief of the Herald and Weekly Times group. [1]

Career

In 1990, he founded Text Publishing, which he sold to Fairfax Media in 2003 for $66 million. [2] He purchased Crikey in 2005 for $1 million from its founder Stephen Mayne, a former Liberal staffer, now a local council politician. He is a shareholder in Australian Independent Business Media, publisher of the online magazines Business Spectator [3] and Eureka Report. [4] In 2007, he received a Walkley Award for journalistic leadership. [5]

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References

  1. "Eric Beecher". Melbourne Writers Festival. Retrieved 23 December 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Fairfax makes friendly bid for Text Media
  3. Jackson, Sally (24 August 2009). "Fairfax accuses website of plagiarism". The Australian. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  4. "About Eureka". Eureka Report. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  5. "Past Winners - Eric Beecher". The Walkley Foundation. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2011.