‘It was blatantly obvious’: Ex-Nine chief and Capital Brief CEO slams network’s ‘toxic culture’
Chief executive officer of news publication Capital Brief, and former chief digital and publishing officer at Nine, Chris Janz, has weighed in on the workplace culture of his former employer.
Speaking on a panel at SXSW Sydney on Friday, the long-time journalism and media figure claimed that the “biggest challenge in [his] career” was navigating Nine’s toxic culture.
“I joined Nine as a result of a takeover of the business. I was working in Fairfax when Nine effectively took over the business,” Janz said.
I was also a member of Fairfax who joined Nine during the merger and left due to the toxic culture and bullying. Think a lot of great people were lost during that time through the same treatment.
Feel vindicated from this report – but for some it will just be too little too late.
I think if you are in a senior position with the chance to effect change like Janz was, it’s a lot to sit on a panel years after the event and criticize the culture.
That said, as an ex-employee I am confident he isn’t wrong, but it’s not just the TV business, I saw shocking behaviour in publishing, from the most senior execs and editors in that business unit.