Archant London has appointed Archant Dialogue MD and former Norwich Evening News editor Bob Crawley to a new position as its editorial director to help underpin expansion plans for its portfolio of 29 weekly newspapers and around 30 local community websites.
Author: News Desk
Posted on: 10 March 2010 23:48
Archant Lifestyle MD, Johnny Hustler, said he is very sad to see Bob go after three great years: “Bob Crawley (pictured) has done a fantastic job and we have seen Dialogue successfully grow and consolidate its position as a customer services agency of the highest quality, with a loyal 
client base including Harley Davidson, Saab and British Eventing.
“Dialogue’s Norwich based team are highly skilled and specialise in delighting customers. We will be forever appreciative of the work Bob has done to establish Dialogue as a consistently profitable and strategically important part of Archant,” he said.
Bob will be moving back to the local news environment, where he has previously held a number of senior roles, editing a number of weekly titles, two evening newspapers - Archant Norfolk’s Norwich Evening News and the Peterborough Evening Telegraph - and launching EDP24 and Pinkun.com.
“Leading the team at Archant Dialogue has been a real joy and a highlight of my career, but the challenge of getting back into a hands-on local news editorial role within Archant at a time of great change within the newspaper industry proved irresistible,” said Bob.
Enzo Testa, Archant London MD, said “We are delighted that Bob is joining the Archant London team, his wealth of experience in newspapers, magazines and digital, will underpin the expansion plans we have for London.”
A process is under way to identify and appoint Bob’s successor at Dialogue and he will remain in post as MD until a handover period has been completed with the new appointment.