MX launches redesign following restructure and redundancies on afternoon commuter paper

Afternoon commuter newspaper MX has undergone a redesign just weeks after a major shake up saw the three editions brought under one editor in chief along with some redundancies.

Mumbrella understands there have been at least three redundancies at MX since a February restructure, which saw Melbourne editor Craig Herbert being promoted to editor-in-chief of the paper, with Melbourne editor Emma Wardill moved to digital MX editor, and Sydney MX editor Melissa Matheson transfer the Sunday Telegraph in “senior writing role” that will see her continue to write her weekly column for The Daily Telegraph.

Asked about redundancies at MX a News Corp Australia spokesman refused to comment on the number of individuals impacted but said: “Our MX publications in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have re-aligned their formats and implemented a minor organisational restructure. As a result a small number of roles have been impacted.

“We have successfully redeployed the majority of the individuals affected to new roles within the company and are currently working through redeployment options with the others.”