Media industry stalwart Lyn Holloway passes on at 90

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A librarian by training, he helped shape journalism in Singapore as the managing director of Times Publishing and The Straits Times Press in 1961

tweet Photo: Facebook screengrab from Singapore Heritage Society SINGAPORE – An eteemed personality in Singapore’s media circles, Mr Lyn Holloway, died on Saturday at the age of 90. He was the former chief executive of Singapore Press Holdings and also became CEO of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. Colleague and long-time friend and former Straits Times editor-in-chief Peter Lim said Mr.

Holloway proceeded with infusing the necessary investments in the editorial department believing that these infusions were imperative to attaining quality publishing. When others scrimped, Holloway raised salaries, hired more staff and supervised the establishment of foreign bureaus. He was also a skilled negotiator, Mr. Lim added. Mr. Holloway is survived by his wife, Anne Wong-Holloway, sister Hazel Mariot and sister-in-law Suzanne Holloway.

 

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