News Corp announces end of more than 100 Australian print newspapers in huge shift to digital

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 disappear entirely, and there will be a significant number of job losses.The executive chairman of News Corp Australasia, Michael Miller, thanked the departing employees for their “professionalism, dedication and contribution”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-05-27 23:38:41 UTC ]

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Independent looks to the US to drive digital-only future

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