Crux and RugbyPass founders in talks to launch Regional News Network

Crux and RugbyPass founders in talks to launch Regional News Network
Tim Martin is expected to invest in RNN and become chief executive. (Image: NZME)
Daniel Dunkley
The founder of Queenstown’s Crux Publishing has joined forces with the creator of RugbyPass to launch a regional news network.Veteran journalist Peter Newport and RugbyPass founder Tim Martin, the former chief executive of the National Business Review, are in talks to set up Regional News Network, a collection of news hubs that would operate under a new parent group and brand, RNN.The duo is hatching an ambitious plan to raise “millions of dollars” from regional investors to back the launch, Martin told BusinessDesk. RNN has a...

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