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How newsrooms are adapting to report the COVID-19 crisis

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Original article by Max Mason, Natasha Gillezeau
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 33 : 23-Mar-20

Australia’s media industry has responded to the coronavirus pandemic by implementing measures to protect staff and reduce the infection’s spread. This includes working from home, splitting staff into several rotating teams and using technologies such as video conferencing. Meanwhile, consumers are turning to trusted sources of information about the virus, with news and current affairs shows dominating the list of the 20 highest-rating TV programs in the last week. The websites of traditional newspaper publishers have also experienced a spike in traffic, while Guardian Australia editor Lenore Taylor says the online-only publisher’s site had record traffic every day during the last week.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA, JUNKEE MEDIA PTY LTD

News vow: we won’t miss an edition

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Original article by Leo Shanahan
The Australian – Page: 21 : 23-Mar-20

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted a surge in sales and subscriptions for print and digital newspapers are consumers seek trusted sources of information in an era of ‘fake news’. News Corp Australasia’s executive chairman Michael Miller says the media group’s mastheads will continue to be published during the crisis, and none will miss any editions. Miller has held talks with more than 60 business leaders and advertisers in Australia over the last week, giving assurances that News Corp will continue to support them during the crisis.

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Guardian journalist unpaid for five weeks

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Original article by David Ross
The Australian – Page: 3 : 12-Mar-20

The Australian arm of news publisher The Guardian has provided extensive coverage of the wage underpayments scandal in recent months. However, freelance journalist Russell Jackson has claimed that The Guardian itself has not paid him for five articles that he wrote in January. The Guardian’s Australian editor, Lenore Taylor, has described this as "unacceptable" and said she will ensure that the matter is resolved. Jackson has previously been the news publisher’s deputy sports editor.

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First full year since Nine purchase of Fairfax sees audience increases for SMH, The Age and Australian Financial Review

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 7-Feb-20

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers, for the 12 months to December 2019. Now 15.5 million Australians aged 14+ (74.6%) read or access newspapers in an average seven-day period via print or online; this audience increases to 16.6 million (79.7%) when one considers news portals such as news.com.au and the Huffington Post. The standout performer over the past year is again ‘The Australian Financial Review’, which increased its total cross-platform readership by 14.1 per cent to 1,642,000; this was driven by a substantial increase in its digital audience (up 19.9 per cent to 1,402,000). ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,303,000, which is up 4.1 per cent on a year ago. Meanwhile, ‘Good Weekend’ remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 819,000 (down 21.6 per cent over the last year). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 50,422 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to December 2019.

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News Corp bolsters its social media firepower

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Original article by Lilly Vitorovich
The Australian – Page: 15 : 16-Dec-19

News Corp Australia has secured an exclusive deal to use the social display technology of US-based Polar. The technology will allow advertisers to run social media ads across the group’s news, entertainment and food websites. The technology will also be combined with the company’s own News Connect data platform. News Corp’s MD for digital solutions, Neil Robinson, says the company’s publications offer a safe environment for brands, which cannot be guaranteed on social media.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, POLAR, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, INSTAGRAM LLC

Online journos second-class no longer after win

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Original article by Ewin Hannan
The Australian – Page: 6 : 22-Nov-19

The Fair Work Commission has ruled that journalists who work for online-only news publications are covered by the media industry award. The FWC found that minimum employment conditions of these journalists are ‘significantly inferior’ to those of their print peers. Daily Mail Australia has warned that extending the coverage of the Journalists Published Media Award to digital media workers will result in higher wage costs, and its existing operating model may need to be revised if it has to pay weekend penalty rates.

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15.4 million Australians read newspapers in print or online

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 1-Nov-19

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers, for the 12 months to September 2019. Now 15.4 million Australians aged 14+ (74%) read or access newspapers in an average seven-day period via print or online, a fall of 3.7 per cent from a year ago. The standout performer over the past year is again ‘The Australian Financial Review’, which increased its total cross-platform readership by 17.1 per cent to 1,599,000; this was driven by a substantial increase in its digital audience (up 24.6 per cent to 1,359,000). ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,209,000, which is virtually unchanged on a year ago. Meanwhile, ‘Good Weekend’ remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 825,000 (down 25.2 per cent over the last year). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey of 49,462 Australians aged 14+ in the 12 months to September 2019.

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New era: News, Apple join forces

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Original article by Chris Griffith
The Australian – Page: 3 : 1-Oct-19

Apple’s subscription news service News+ will be launched in Australia on 1 October, with News Corp Australia to be the exclusive local provider of news content. News Corp CEO Robert Thompson said the media group is pleased to be partnering with a company which recognises that there should be a premium for "premium journalism" and which believes in the "profundity of provenance". He also claimed that Apple rival Google is more interested in hype and hypocrisy. Bauer Media and Pacific Magazines are also providing content to News+, which will cost $14.99 per month with a one-month free trial.

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15.5 million Australians read newspapers in print or online

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Aug-19

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers, for the 12 months to June 2019. Now 15.5 million Australians aged 14+ (75) read or access newspapers in an average seven-day period via print or online, a fall of 3.7 per cent from a year ago. The standout performer over the past year is ‘The Australian Financial Review’, which increased its total cross-platform readership by 15.8 per cent to 1,587,000; this was driven by a substantial increase in its digital audience (up by 23.5 per cent to 1,337,000). ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,125,000, down 3.6 per cent from a year ago. Meanwhile, ‘Good Weekend’ remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 916,000 (down 19.6 per cent over the last year). These are the latest findings from the Roy Morgan Single Source survey, derived from in-depth face-to-face interviews with 1,000 Australians each week and over 50,000 each year.

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Over 15.7 million Australians read newspapers in print or online

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 13-May-19

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers, for the 12 months to March 2019. Over 15.7 million Australians aged 14+ (76.3%) now read or access newspapers in an average seven-day period via print or online, a fall of 2.2 per cent from a year ago. Although most leading newspapers had a decline in total cross-platform readership, ‘The Australian Financial Review’ increased its digital audience over the last year, up by 4.6 per cent to 1,469,000; ‘The Saturday Paper grew its total cross-platform audience by 16.7 per cent to 259,000. ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,043,000, down 5.3 per cent from a year ago. Meanwhile, ‘Good Weekend’ remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 1,006,000 (down 13.8 per cent over the last year).

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