Former News Corp and Daily Mail editor Luke McIlveen appointed executive editor of Nine newspapers

McIlveen was previously editor-in-chief of news.com.au and founding editor of Daily Mail Australia. He takes on Tory Maguire’s former role at the Age and SMH

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Former News Corp editor Luke McIlveen, who went on to be the founding editor of Daily Mail Australia, has been appointed executive editor of Nine newspapers.

McIlveen will oversee the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald mastheads and the Brisbane Times and WAToday digital news sites, Nine announced on Monday.