Sky News UK host calls former Australian PM a ‘homophobic misogynist’. Plus: David Gonski’s remarkable revelation about Rupert Murdoch They may share a name but there is nothing similar about Sky News UK and Sky News Australia, at least where Tony Abbott is concerned.The Australian Sky is wholly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-04 01:09:29 UTC ]
Family allege they were defamed by News Corp columnist retweeting material that suggested bullied nine-year-old was an adult actorThe News Corp columnist Miranda Devine has been “unusually silent” in response to a defamation claim brought by bullied nine-year-old Quaden Bayles, a court has been... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-08-20 05:55:10 UTC ]
News Corp columnist argues Victoria’s Covid-19 restrictions are stopping elderly from ‘dying a few months earlier’. Plus: ABC tweets paywalled Greg Sheridan pieceAndrew Bolt has doubled down on his argument that Covid-19 restrictions should be lifted because they are destroying the economy “to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-08-07 01:07:39 UTC ]
In September 2016, Salena Zito, who was then covering voters in The Heartland, wrote of the then-candidate Donald Trump, in a column for The Atlantic: “the press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally.” The phrase quickly slipped into... Continue reading >> [ Source: Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-08-03 12:05:46 UTC ]
Analysis: Murdoch was considered a dissenting voice at the rightwing company. Now his brother Lachlan could see his influence growJames Murdoch’s resignation from the board of News Corp confirms divisive splits in the publishing arm of his family’s media empire and removes a powerful dissenting... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-08-01 18:24:26 UTC ]
James Murdoch, son of News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch, is resigning from the family-controlled newspaper publisher’s board Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2020-07-31 22:55:44 UTC ]
Covid-19 has hit publishers especially hard, from lost revenue due to keyword blocking and changing consumer news preferences. News Corp has been deeply affected, suffering a net loss of $1 billion in the third quarter of 2020. Stephanie Layser, vp of advertising technology at News Corp, spoke... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-07-15 19:21:32 UTC ]
Australian Associated Press customers will be prevented from signing a deal with News Corp Australia’s newswire for six months under Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-30 19:00:13 UTC ]
AAP chief Bruce Davidson said in an all-staff email on Monday night that the ‘new’ newswire will retain 85 editorial staff and relaunch on 1 August Newswire Australian Associated Press (AAP) has been sold in an 11th-hour bid by a philanthropic investment consortium helmed by former News Corp... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-29 11:53:06 UTC ]
Scores of jobs lost across Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun and the Australian. Plus, Nine corrects record on slaveryThe Australian had the scoop about a major restructure at News Corp in an exclusive interview on Monday with Peter Blunden, former Herald Sun editor and chairman of the News editorial... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-12 01:17:54 UTC ]
News Corp has made more job cuts, this time to its metropolitan mastheads, as the company again signals it is Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-09 21:44:49 UTC ]
Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph and Australian newsrooms to be reshaped as the company moves away from print to focus on digitalNews Corp has made more job cuts, this time to its metropolitan mastheads, as the company again signals it is moving away from print to become “much more focused on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-09 09:47:40 UTC ]
A consortium of investors led by former News Corp CEO Peter Tonagh will buy the Australian Associated Press saving up to 95 jobsThe Australian Associated Press Newswire has been saved at the 11th hour by a consortium of investors and philanthropists led by former News Corp chief executive Peter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-05 06:33:42 UTC ]
News Corp columnist accuses Australian Press Council of sabotaging debate and doubles down by repeating slurs about Thunberg’s autism Andrew Bolt’s mocking column about Greta Thunberg, which referred to the young climate campaigner as “deeply disturbed” and “freakishly influential”, breached... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-06-04 03:24:39 UTC ]
Of the 112 printed newspapers shut down by News Corp this week, 76 will survive as digital-only publications but the Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-05-29 21:38:27 UTC ]
Suburban and regional papers won’t have standalone websites. Plus: ABC reposts tweet after backlashOf the 112 printed newspapers shut down by News Corp this week, 76 will survive as digital-only publications but the devil is in the detail.The suburban and regional papers – such as the Inner West... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-29 01:07:11 UTC ]
Readers and former staff decry a terrible day for journalism and express grief at job cutsDevoted readers and former staff of Australia’s local newspapers have expressed their grief at News Corp Australia’s announcement of significant job cuts and the print closure of more than 100 local and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-28 03:36:58 UTC ]
Australia’s largest newspaper publisher says most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the country will become digital-only next month Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2020-05-28 03:22:47 UTC ]
Print editions of dozens of regional newspapers to finish, with sweeping job cuts feared‘Gutting’: News Corp Australia’s newspaper print closures will leave ‘thousands of stories’ untoldNews Corp Australia has confirmed that more than 100 local and regional newspapers will become digital only or... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-05-27 23:38:41 UTC ]
News Corp Australia is poised to cut hundreds of jobs as it moves towards digital-only publishing for many of its Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2020-05-27 14:51:01 UTC ]