Julian Smith (publisher)

Julian Stanley Smith KNZM OBE (born 29 October 1943) is a New Zealand businessman and one-time publisher of the Otago Daily Times (ODT) and director of Allied Press.[1][2][3] Smith is the fifth generation of his family to run the paper.[4]

Sir Julian Smith

KNZM OBE
Smith in 2013
Born
Julian Stanley Smith

(1943-10-29) 29 October 1943
Dunedin, New Zealand
OccupationPublisher

Born in Dunedin on 29 October 1943, Smith was educated at John McGlashan College followed by the University of Otago.[5] In 1974, he joined the board of the Evening Star Company Limited, and in 1986, Smith and other management bought the company, leading to the ODT being the only locally owned daily paper in New Zealand.[6][7] In 2016, Smith announced his retirement from the day-to-day running of the ODT.[8]

Smith has had the Smith Gallery at Toitū Otago Settlers Museum named after him.[9]

In the 1994 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smith was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to business management and the community.[10] In the 2013 New Year Honours, he was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to business.[1]

References
  1. "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. "Sir Julian Smith KNZM | The Governor-General of New Zealand". gg.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. "New Year Honours: Sir Julian Smith". 30 December 2012. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. Noted. "Interview: Sir Julian Smith – The Listener". Noted. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. Taylor, Alister, ed. (2001). New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001. Auckland: Alister Taylor Publishers. p. 817. ISSN 1172-9813.
  6. Editor, The (7 January 2013). "'ODT' chief knighted". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 16 January 2019.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  7. Murphy, Tim (15 March 2016). "Watch this space: ODT takes the paywall plunge". The Spinoff. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  8. "Sir Julian stands down, McKenzie appointed CEO". Otago Daily Times Online News. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  9. "Excited crowds greet Royals in Dunedin". Otago Daily Times Online News. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  10. "No. 53697". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 11 June 1994. p. 34.
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