Brian Crisp re-joins News Corp to head up News Corp Studios Queensland

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News Corp Australia has appointed former News Corp travel editor Brian Crisp as head of content marketing offering News Corp Studios Queensland

News Corp Studios harnesses News Corp’s publishing assets to create, source and distribute content solutions across multiple platforms. The offering was announced at the company’s upfronts styled event Come Together at the end of July.

Crisp previously worked for News Corp for just over five years as travel editor, finishing up in August last year when he joined Flight Centre as editor-in-chief, a role he remained in for just 10 months. 

He has previously worked as editor of The Sunday Times in Perth, deputy editor of The Sunday Mail in Brisbane, night editor of The Courier-Mail also in Brisbane and editor-in-chief of the Cumberland Newspaper Group.

News Corp Australia’s metro sales general manager of Queensland Kris Yule said in a statement: “We’re delighted to have Brian re-join the business, bringing his wealth of experience in storytelling and content creation to help create new platforms for News Corp Australia clients.

“Content is an increasingly important part of a clients’ marketing strategies and the announcement of this role shows that News Queensland is keen to take a leading role in this area.”

Commenting on his appointment Crisp said in a statement: “No one understands the value of content better than News Corp Australia. I’m looking forward to working with our advertisers to uncover their stories and then help share them using the News Corp network of digital and print brands.”

Crisp starts with News Corp Australia this month and will report to Yule.