John Hartigan touted as Leckie replacement

Tim Burrowes

June 14, 2012 9:19

Former News Limited boss John Hartigan has been linked to the top job at Seven West Media in speculation published in The Australian today.

The newspaper reports on the continuing absence of David Leckie from the helm of Seven West, whose assets include the Seven Network, Pacific Magazines, The West Australian and Yahoo!7.

Seven West Media’s major shareholder is Kerry Stokes. According to The Australian:

“Stokes is known to have reached out to former News Limited boss John Hartigan when Hartigan left News in November last year.

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Tim Burrowes

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.