Private Media CEO Amanda Gome departs

Tim Burrowes

September 25, 2012 12:10

Amanda Gome has been dismissed as CEO of Crikey’s publisher Private Media.

She told Mumbrella: “It is entirely amicable. I fully understand that it is the board’s right to make that decision. Would I prefer to still be there now though? The answer is yes.”

Gome’s background has been in developing websites for the entreureneurial business sector. She joined Private Media when the company merged its interests with Smart Company, which she founded. She has since led the launch of StartUp Smart.

Recent moves have seen Private Media go in a more consumer-focused direction. Women’s Agenda, focused on career-minded female launched in August. And recent speculation has suggetsed that co-owner Eric Beecher is keen to launch a title in the food sector.

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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.