Christopher Dore has been appointed editor-in-chief of West Australian Newspapers and The Nightly after serving as acting editor-in-chief for the past three months.
Dore stepped down as editor in chief of The Australian in November 2022 and joined the Seven West Media-owned title in February of this year.
Sarah-Jane Tasker has been appointed editor of West Australian Newspapers, continuing as editor of The Nightly until a successor has been appointed.
In other movies, Jessica Page has been appointed as The West Australian’s new state political editor, joining from 7NEWS Perth where she was a senior reporter, while Adrian Lowe has been appointed editor of The Sunday Times.
Seven West Media WA CEO Maryna Fewster, said Dole is without doubt Australia’s most accomplished editor-in-chief with unrivalled experience in digital and print publishing, having worked across the country as a journalist and in many senior newsroom and executive roles.
“He is universally recognised as a leader in our industry, and has an exceptional record for driving standout, groundbreaking journalism and producing incredible newspapers," she said.
“Sarah-Jane is a brilliant Editor. She is a trailblazer, becoming the first female Editor of The West Australian, which is such a great achievement. She has done a magnificent job launching The Nightly, no easy task to build such an incredible product from scratch and has led the team to exceptional results in its first sixth months,” she said.
The Nightly, the national news website that features a digital-only newspaper, jumped by 14% in July, added an extra 322,000 readers for the month, data from Ipsos iris shows.
The Nightly reached an audience of 2.62 million for the month, compared to 2.3 million in June. The Nightly also recorded a significant increase in page views, with 6.6 million for the month of July, a 32% increase on June.
The West Australian’s weekday readership grew by 10.5% in the June quarter, while the Saturday edition increased its audience by 11.5%m and over the same period, The Sunday Times grew 26.2%, according to new Roy Morgan Research data.
Cross-platform readership, combining print and digital audiences over a four-week period, is now over 3.91 million for West Australian Newspapers, up 4.7%, growing faster than any other major news outlet in Australia over the past year according to the Roy Morgan figures.
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