Business Spectator - Breaking Business News, Commentary & All Day Analysis
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Business Spectator is a real-time, 24-hours-a-day business news and commentary website based in Australia. Established in 2007, Business Spectator provides timely and indispensable information for people in business, finance, government, the professions as well as investors. It is free to users and is funded by advertising revenue.
Business Spectator is published by Australian Independent Business Media Pty Ltd, which also publishes Eureka Report, a subscription-based online newsletter for thoughtful investors. The major shareholders of the company are Alan Kohler, Eric Beecher, Mark Carnegie, John Wylie, Stephen Bartholomeusz, Robert Gottliebsen and James Kirby. The board comprises Eric Beecher (chairman) and Alan Kohler.
OUR TEAM
Alan Kohler/Editor in Chief: Former editor of The Australian Financial Review and The Age, former business editor of ABC TV’s 7.30 Report, former Chanticleer columnist for The Australian Financial Review and a former columnist for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is currently finance presenter on ABC Television News, host of Inside Business on ABC TV, publisher and founder of Eureka Report and Business Spectator.
Eric Beecher/Chairman: Former editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and editor in chief of the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper group. Founder and CEO of the Text Media Group, he is currently co-owner of Crikey, Smart Company, Eureka Report and a founder of Business Spectator.
Stephen Bartholomeusz/Associate Editor: Former finance correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and senior investment writer for The Age. In 1987 he started writing a daily business analysis column for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, which continued uninterrupted until he joined Business Spectator as a commentator and part-owner.
Robert Gottliebsen/Associate Editor: Founder and launch editor of The Australian Financial Review’s Chanticleer column, founder and launch editor of BRW magazine, former host of the Business Daily on Sky News, former business columnist in the Fairfax newspapers and, until he joined Business Spectator, was national business commentator for The Australian.
