Macquarie Media’s CEO, Adam Lang, has commenced defamation proceedings against The Daily Telegraph and its editor-at-large Matthew Benns.
Lang claims the article, written by Benns about the departure of 2BG host Chris Smith, implied he is an “incompetent” and “sadistic executive”.
The piece said Lang is “the smiling assassin”, responsible for a series of “management bungles” that cost Macquarie Media millions of dollars.