MASS MEDIA – AUSTRALIA

Ten baulks at Wilkinson’s $1.8m claim for costs

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Original article by Ellie Dudley
The Australian – Page: 3 : 28-May-24

Presenter Lisa Wilkinson is seeking over $1.8 million from the Ten Network to pay her legal costs in the aftermath of their defamation case against Bruce Lehrmann, with the Federal Court being told by her lawyers on Monday that Ten was showing an "ongoing reluctance" to pay her costs. The dispute between Wilkinson and Ten over her legal costs arose as a result of her deciding to seek separate representation for the defamation case, with Ten arguing that she should pay for all aspects of the case where it was not necessary for her to have separate representation.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Readership of magazines is up from a year ago with increases for nine out of 16 magazine categories

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 22-May-24

The Roy Morgan Australian Readership report for the 12 months to March 2024 shows that 11.6 million Australians aged 14+ (52.3%) now read print magazines, up 1.4 per cent on a year ago. This market broadens to more than 15 million Australians aged 14+ (67.6%) who read magazines in print or online either via the web or an app, which is up 0.1% on a year ago. The increases in readership were widespread over the last year, with a majority of magazine categories (nine in total) increasing their readership. Six of the top 10 most widely read magazines increased their print readership over the last year and, looking more broadly, a majority of 14 of the top 25 have higher print readership than a year ago. Better Homes & Gardens is still Australia’s most widely read paid magazine, with print readership of 1,800,000 (up 0.4 per cent on a year ago), ahead of The Australian Women’s Weekly on 1,266,000. These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 64,597 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to March 2024.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED

The Australian’s contest of ideas a winner

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Original article by James Madden
The Australian – Page: 19 : 20-May-24

The latest readership data from Roy Morgan shows that The Australian’s weekday readership increased by 9.7 per cent in the six months to 31 March. The weekend edition of the national masthead recorded a 15,000-strong increase in readership during the period. Editor-in-chief Michelle Gunn says The Australian’s continued growth reflects its commitment to high-quality journalism across print and digital. The readership figures shows that on average, News Corp Australia’s newspapers now reach more than four in five Australians each month. Meanwhile, readership of the weekday edition of Seven West Media’s The West Australian has fallen by 2.4 per cent, while the weekend edition’s readership is down 7.4 per cent.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM

Financial Review print, digital readership jumps

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Original article by Nick Bonyhady
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 20-May-24

Total news readership data from Roy Morgan shows that The Australian Financial Review boasted 3.5 million readers across print and digital in March. The weekday print edition of the AFR now has an average readership of 262,000 per day, while the weekend edition has an average of 179,000 readers. The AFR’s editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury notes that the Nine Entertainment flagship’s digital-only audience is growing by 2.4 per cent a year, and the AFR now has the biggest digital audience of any national newspaper brand. Nine’s broader publishing stable reached 16 million Australians in March across its titles, according to the Roy Morgan data.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

Written news maintains staggering 97 per cent reach and delivers deep, frequent audience engagement

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-May-24

Readership figures from Roy Morgan show that written news reaches 97% of Australians aged 14+ (21.5 million) each month. The figure reflects the evolving and deepening landscape of news media titles and readership behaviours across print and digital formats, and demonstrates to advertisers the breadth of audience accessible via news media. The Roy Morgan figures also show that readers across all demographics are actively leaning into news, with 67 million interactions per week. Australian news readers are also consistently engaged across multiple sources of written news to satisfy diverse interests, with three in five news audiences reading three or more categories in addition to general, breaking news. Further analysis reveals that state and territory mastheads enjoy large readership numbers outside their local markets, due to digital accessibility. Roy Morgan produces the Total News data on behalf of ThinkNewsBrands.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, THINKNEWSBRANDS

The Australian’s contest of ideas a winner

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Original article by James Madden
The Australian – Page: 19 : 20-May-24

The latest readership data from Roy Morgan shows that The Australian’s weekday readership increased by 9.7 per cent in the six months to 31 March. The weekend edition of the national masthead recorded a 15,000-strong increase in readership during the period. Editor-in-chief Michelle Gunn says The Australian’s continued growth reflects its commitment to high-quality journalism across print and digital. The readership figures shows that on average, News Corp Australia’s newspapers now reach more than four in five Australians each month. Meanwhile, readership of the weekday edition of Seven West Media’s The West Australian has fallen by 2.4 per cent, while the weekend edition’s readership is down 7.4 per cent.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM

Financial Review print, digital readership jumps

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Original article by Nick Bonyhady
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 20-May-24

Total news readership data from Roy Morgan shows that The Australian Financial Review boasted 3.5 million readers across print and digital in March. The weekday print edition of the AFR now has an average readership of 262,000 per day, while the weekend edition has an average of 179,000 readers. The AFR’s editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury notes that the Nine Entertainment flagship’s digital-only audience is growing by 2.4 per cent a year, and the AFR now has the biggest digital audience of any national newspaper brand. Nine’s broader publishing stable reached 16 million Australians in March across its titles, according to the Roy Morgan data.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

Written news maintains staggering 97 per cent reach and delivers deep, frequent audience engagement

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 20-May-24

Readership figures from Roy Morgan show that written news reaches 97% of Australians aged 14+ (21.5 million) each month. The figure reflects the evolving and deepening landscape of news media titles and readership behaviours across print and digital formats, and demonstrates to advertisers the breadth of audience accessible via news media. The Roy Morgan figures also show that readers across all demographics are actively leaning into news, with 67 million interactions per week. Australian news readers are also consistently engaged across multiple sources of written news to satisfy diverse interests, with three in five news audiences reading three or more categories in addition to general, breaking news. Further analysis reveals that state and territory mastheads enjoy large readership numbers outside their local markets, due to digital accessibility. Roy Morgan produces the Total News data on behalf of ThinkNewsBrands.

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ROY MORGAN LIMITED, THINKNEWSBRANDS

Free TV networks push for anti-siphoning laws to include streaming services

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Original article by Parker McKenzie
The New Daily – Page: Online : 14-May-24

Australia’s free-to-air networks have joined forces to launch the ‘Free for Everyone’ advertising campaign. The networks are urging the federal government to update the nation’s anti-siphoning laws to specifically include streaming services. They argue that the existing laws only guarantee that major sporting events are broadcast on linear TV rather than the streaming platforms of FTA networks, and at present there is nothing to prevent companies such as Netflix from buying the exclusive digital broadcasting rights to flagship events. The networks note that many consumers now watch broadcast TV via the internet rather than using a traditional aerial.

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NETFLIX INCORPORATED

Network 10 is in total turmoil and may not survive as Australia’s third commercial broadcaster

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Original article by Shannon Molloy
News.com.au – Page: Online : 8-May-24

Professor Amanda Lotz from the Queensland University of Technology believes that one of Australia’s three commercial free-to-air TV networks will not survive until the end of this decade. She says the sector is in a "death spiral" and it possible that just one network will be viable in the long-term. The three networks had combined advertising revenue of $7.7bn in 2006, but this had fallen to $3.8bn in 2020-21. The Ten Network’s future in particular is uncertain, given that it may not be very appealing to potential buyers of parent company Paramount Global. Media commentator James Manning says a private equity firm seeking a "bargain buy" might be the most likely buyer of Ten.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED, PARAMOUNT GLOBAL, QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY