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Vinyl Media: Strategic Hiring
Vinyl Media has promoted Natasha Lee to editor of Mediaweek and Nama Winston to senior writer, while bringing in Rachel Choy as editor at Refinery29 and Hameda Nafiz as branded content editor. This represents a significant editorial restructuring and talent consolidation across the publishing group.
Source: GN — ASX:VNL Vinyl
- What happened
- Vinyl Media has promoted Natasha Lee to editor of Mediaweek and Nama Winston to senior writer, while bringing in Rachel Choy as editor at Refinery29 and Hameda Nafiz as branded content editor. This represents a significant editorial restructuring and talent consolidation across the publishing group.
- Who
- Vinyl Media · Australia & New Zealand
- When
- 2026-08-20
- Source
- GN — ASX:VNL Vinyl
- So what
- A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Vinyl Media's next phase in the sector.
The leadership read
A deliberate hiring build-out is a statement of intent about Vinyl Media's next phase in the sector. It points to deepening executive bench strength over the coming quarters, clustered around the capabilities being bet on. Across Oceania, the seniority and function of the hires map where the company thinks it is headed.
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 122.7 (Hot) (up 17.8 month-on-month), Oceania is at easing (-24.9pts) on signal share.
Vinyl Media: 1 signal in the last 90 days.
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Where this lands in our work
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