News Corp head of commercial innovation Nic Hodges departs

Tim Burrowes

December 23, 2016 12:34

Nic Hodges, head of commercial innovation at News Corp, has left the company after a 19-month stint.

Hodges: Back to the world of technology

Hodges joined News Corp in May last year with a brief to help the company explore new technological initiatives with advertisers. He initially reported in to national sales director Sharb Farjami, who departed the company earlier this year.

Hodges told Mumbrella that he had chosen to leave because he missed working with startups, and would be reviving his emerging technology consultancy Blonde3.

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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.