New editorial positions at MaltaToday, Reno Bugeja to anchor online show
Saviour Balzan relinquishes editorial role to become executive director
11 January 2021, 9:44am
by MaltaToday Staff
MaltaToday founder Saviour Balzan has relinquished his role as managerial editor, to take up his position as executive director of Mediatoday.
Matthew Vella, executive editor of MaltaToday, will retain responsibility for all editorial matters, newsroom management, and news strategy at the newspaper.
“After founding Mediatoday 21 years ago, I feel it is right to focus entirely on business development, and see the company through the next years,” Balzan said.
“My passion remains good journalism, but I have now disengaged from editorial management and its titles. Matthew Vella is the right person at the right time to uphold the ethos of MediaToday’s editorial policy and steward it in this digital age and fast-moving industry.”
MaltaToday in the dock over Melvin Theuma recording leaks
Magistrate orders contempt of court proceedings against editor Matthew Vella and others
9 January 2021, 12:03pm
by Matthew Agius
MaltaToday is being accused of contempt of court over a story in which it revealed police questioning of Edwin Brincat, known as il-Gojja (left) having coached Theuma on what to say whilst recording his conversations
MaltaToday executive editor Matthew Vella and assistant editor Karl Azzopardi, and executive director Saviour Balzan, have been summoned to appear as defendants in a contempt of court case filed over the publication of extracts of phone recordings made by Melvyn Theuma.