Eric Beecher

Eric Beecher was born around 1951. ==Career==

Beecher began working as a journalist on The Age in Melbourne, later moving to London to work on The Sunday Times and The Observer. He subsequently worked on The Washington Post in the US. In 1990, Beecher founded Text Publishing, becoming CEO and major shareholder of the company. He purchased Crikey in 2005 for $1 million from its founder Stephen Mayne, a former Liberal staffer. Beecher is founding chair and shareholder in Australian Independent Business Media, publisher of the online magazines Business Spectator (later sold to News Limited) and Eureka Report. ==Other activities==

From 2008 until 2017, Beecher was chair of The Wheeler Centre. He delivered the annual Andrew Olle Media Lecture in 2008. ==Awards==

In 2007, he received a Walkley Award for journalistic leadership. ==References==