John Allan to leave The Australian

Tim Burrowes

June 18, 2012 12:55

John Allan, chief operating officer of News Limited’s The Australian is to leave the company at the end of next week. He spent the last year leading the newspaper’s push into digital subscriptions after the departure of Brett Clegg to the Australian Financial Review.

In an email to staff, Jerry Harris, MD of group newspapers and digital products said that Allan had resigned.

The memo:

Dear colleagues

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Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.