Mark Hollands in PANPA hot seat

Media and tech industry veteran Mark Hollands is the new PANPA chief executive. SMH story here.

For those unfamiliar with PANPA, it’s the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association – think of any newspaper in the country and there’s a very good chance it’s a PANPA member.

Mark is of course well known for his roles at News Ltd., Gartner and Dow Jones. But of course, we all know the one that made him most famous was regular appearances on The Scoop. Right? Heh.

One of the biggest challenges facing Mark, and PANPA, is the Big Story in the media business – navigating a way through the disruption caused by a boom in online media spending.

But Mark’s seen the media business from just about every angle so he’s an inspired choice. And I’m not just saying that cos we’re mates either .