In his new book the former Australian PM accuses the company of helping to run the country through deferential leaders like Tony Abbott News Corp operates like a political party, working closely with rightwing politicians to influence policy and elections and to destroy politicians who won’t agree to a partnership with the Murdochs, the former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says.“I wasn’t going to run my government in partnership with Rupert or Lachlan Murdoch or their editors, and I knew [News Corp would] resent that,” Turnbull writes in his memoir, which was leaked by the Australian on Thursday. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2020-04-16 07:19:49 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 at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-29 01:07:11 UTC ]
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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 at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-28 03:36:58 UTC ]
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Australia’s largest newspaper publisher says most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the country will become digital-only next month Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2020-05-28 03:22:47 UTC ]
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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 at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-27 23:38:41 UTC ]
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News Corp Australia is poised to cut hundreds of jobs as it moves towards digital-only publishing for many of its Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-05-27 14:51:01 UTC ]
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Publisher of the Australian, the Daily Telegraph and the Herald Sun is expected to stop publishing as many as 100 titles News Corp Australia is poised to cut hundreds of jobs as it moves towards digital-only publishing for many of its local and regional papers and more copy sharing among its... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-27 10:53:51 UTC ]
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No one will be charged in connection with the leak of plans to extend spying powers, Australian federal police sayThe Australian federal police has ruled out pursuing charges against the News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst or anyone else for her story revealing plans to extend the Australian... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-27 04:33:28 UTC ]
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A Murdoch media exclusive about China covering up the origin of Covid-19 appears to be based on an unclassified US state department reference paper It was touted as a world exclusive – a “bombshell dossier” that exposed China’s “batty science” and backed up Donald Trump and US claims that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-26 09:08:59 UTC ]
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Consortium of investors say saving as many jobs as possible is integral for Australia’s media diversity, as reports circulate that half of journalists could be culledJobs cuts appear likely at a pared-back Australian Associated Press focused on its fundamental newswire service, if a consortium... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-26 07:19:35 UTC ]
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Exclusive: ACCC chair says any ‘inappropriate impediments to sale’ would ‘raise concerns’, as consortium puts in bid for newswire serviceThe chair of the competition and consumer watchdog, Rod Sims, says any attempt by News Corp and Nine to block a potential sale of Australian Associated Press... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-24 03:58:08 UTC ]
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As part of its annual Giving scheme, HarperCollins parent firm News Corp has donated £100,000 to four UK and Irish charities focused on supporting communities struggling during the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 18:51:43 UTC ]
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Leaders of content-to-commerce initiatives at three global news media companies shared in-depth looks at how those projects started and how they are Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-05-18 19:00:36 UTC ]
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Guest Blogger: Prof Katy Shaw, University of Northumbria, Vice-Chair of BACLS – the British Association of Literary Studies – and executive committee member of University English, the national subject association. In recent years there has been a rapid rise in the teaching of English Literature... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2020-05-18 09:30:54 UTC ]
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Gunn, who will remain as editor of the Weekend Australian, began her career as a cadet journalist at the News Corp titleThe weekday Australian has appointed its first female editor in its 56-year history in Michelle Gunn, the editor of the Weekend Australian since 2012.Editor John Lehmann is... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-15 05:41:11 UTC ]
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Global revenues at HarperCollins fell 2% year on year for the three months ending 31st March while parent firm News Corp reported an 8% decline over the same period. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-10 13:25:40 UTC ]
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News Corp is campaigning full-bore for the US president, with reports of a Wuhan lab ‘intelligence’ dossier being seeded across its empireIn liberal democracies, the integrity, impartiality and professionalism of intelligence agencies matters. That’s why it is essential that intelligence... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-08 03:41:08 UTC ]
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Huge losses driven partly by fall in valuation of Australian pay TV service Foxtel and decline in news advertising revenue Rupert Murdoch’s global media empire, News Corp, lost US$1bn in the three months to the end of March and is expecting more financial pain as the economic fallout from the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-05-08 01:49:41 UTC ]
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News Corp announced today the appointment of Almar Latour as the new Chief Executive Officer of Dow Jones and Publisher Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-05-05 16:57:28 UTC ]
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Publisher reaches settlement with Scott Morrison’s adviser Nico Louw. Asked whether senior political figures were among those sent the memoir, CEO says, ‘How senior do you want?’ Some of the biggest names in politics will be drawn into the controversy over pirating of Malcolm Turnbull’s... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-04-22 04:05:30 UTC ]
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In his new book the former Australian PM accuses the company of helping to run the country through deferential leaders like Tony Abbott News Corp operates like a political party, working closely with rightwing politicians to influence policy and elections and to destroy politicians who won’t... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-04-16 07:19:49 UTC ]
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