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Fairfax scion in new media venture

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Original article by Damon Kitney
The Australian – Page: 20 : 12-Feb-19

John B Fairfax and Cameron O’Reilly are backing a new digital investigative journalism venture. The name of the venture, which will work inside the Crikey website, will be made public before it is formally launched in April. It is intended that the new venture will make its money solely from subscription sales, rather than advertising. Fairfax has been involved in the print media for five decades, while the O’Reilly family controlled Independent News & Media for more than 35 years.

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PRIVATE MEDIA PARTNERS PTY LTD, INDEPENDENT NEWS AND MEDIA PLC, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

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 : 8-Feb-19

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers, for the 12 months to December 2018. Over 15.7 million Australians aged 14+ (76.9%) now read or access newspapers in an average seven-day period via print or online, a fall of 1.3 per cent from a year ago. Although most leading newspapers had a decline in total cross-platform readership, the ‘Herald Sun’ grew its digital audience to over two million; ‘The Australian Financial Review’ also increased its digital audience over the last year, up by 1.2 per cent to 1,169,000. ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,135,000, down 2.8 per cent from a year ago. Meanwhile, ‘Good Weekend’ remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 1,045,000 (down 12.8 per cent).

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Nine swings axe on digital editorial jobs

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Original article by Lilly Vitorovich
The Australian – Page: 19 : 12-Dec-18

Nine Entertainment Company has advised that a restructuring of its Allure Media subsidiary will result in the loss of about 12 editorial positions. Nine will merger website publisher Allure Media and Pedestrian.TV, a digital publishing business. The job cuts include four journalists at Business Insider and seven at Popsugar, an entertainment, fashion and fitness news website. The affected staff are among 92 who were retrenched following Nine’s merger with Fairfax Media. Insiders say more job cuts are likely.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, ALLURE MEDIA PTY LTD, PEDESTRIAN.TV, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED

Four out of five Australians continue to read newspapers

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Aug-18

Roy Morgan has released the latest readership results for Australian newspapers for the 12 months to June 2018. Over 16 million Australians aged 14+ (79.3%) now read or access newspapers in an average 7-day period via print or online, an increase of 3.3 per cent from a year ago. Four of Australia’s top five leading mastheads have grown their cross-platform audiences. "The Sydney Morning Herald" is still Australia’s most widely-read masthead, with a cross-platform audience of 4,279,000, up 1 per cent from a year ago. Meanwhile, "Good Weekend" remains Australia’s most widely-read newspaper inserted magazine, with print readership of 1,139,000 (down 10.3 per cent).

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ABC, SBS distort market: Fairfax

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: 24 : 9-Jul-18

Fairfax Media has used its submission to the competitive neutrality inquiry to criticise the ABC for aggressively promoting and expanding its online digital news service at the expense of commercial rivals. Fairfax has also warned that the sustainability of commercial news journalism is being threatened by the ABC’s growing push to secure content supply deals with third parties. Free TV Australia has noted that the ABC and SBS have an advantage over commercial networks as they are not subject to local content quotas.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), FREE TV AUSTRALIA LIMITED, COMMERCIAL RADIO AUSTRALIA LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, GOOGLE INCORPORATED

It’s official: Most Australians now visit news or newspaper websites

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 25-May-18

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that nearly 15.7 million Australians aged 14+ (almost 78%) accessed news or newspaper websites in an average four weeks during the year to March 2018. News.com.au is visited by nearly 5.9 million Australians in an average four-week period, ahead of the Sydney Morning Herald (5.3 million visitors) and ABC News (just over five million visitors). Of Australia’s 20 leading news websites, nine are direct extensions of leading Australian newspaper mastheads, led by the SMH, The Daily Telegraph and The Age. A further seven of the leading websites are primarily Internet channels, led by news.com.au and Daily Mail.

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ABC gives soft-sell China website the chop

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Original article by Primrose Riordan
The Australian – Page: 3 : 24-Apr-18

The ABC will shut down a series of news websites that are published under the Australia Plus banner, including a Mandarin-language version of the site. There have been allegations in the past that a version of the site that is accessible in China has censored content that is critical of the Chinese government. A spokesman for the public broadcaster said the closure of the Australia Plus sites is in response to a review of the ABC’s digital assets.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY

Sharp rise in social media abuse calls for defamation law reform

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Original article by Dana McCauley
The Australian – Page: Online : 12-Mar-18

The proportion of defamation cases emanating from digital publication – be it social media, a blog or a news web site – has risen from 17 per cent to 53 per cent over the 10 years to 2017, according to the Centre for Media Transition at the University of Technology, Sydney. The Centre also found that the majority of "digital defamation" cases over the period between 2013 and 2017 did not involve paid journalists. Peter Fray, professor of journalism practice at UTS, claims people are becoming addicted to defamation, and that Australian defamation laws need to change.

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UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FACEBOOK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, GOOGLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, BAUER MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, PRESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

Upbeat Miller sets digital course

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 24 & 26 : 12-Feb-18

News Corp Australia boasted 389,600 digital subscribers at the end of the December 2017 quarter, an increase of 26 per cent year-on-year. Executive chairman Michael Miller describes digital subscriptions as a "huge opportunity" for the media group, noting that this market is recording annual growth of 20 per cent. Millers adds that the merger between Foxtel and Fox Sports is progressing, while he also says News Corp is open to mergers and acquisitions, including free-to-air TV networks.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, FOX SPORTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL MEDIA, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED

Fairfax finds a friend on Google

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 19 : 13-Dec-17

Fairfax Media has indicated that a deal for Google to sell and market programmatic advertising across the newspaper publisher’s websites will have limited impact on its sales team. Meanwhile, Fairfax CEO Fairfax chief executive Greg Hywood says the deal may allow the media group to increase its investment in journalism. Google is believed to be holding discussions with other media companies regarding similar partnerships. Fairfax already uses Google’s Ad Exchange program to sell online advertising inventory.

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FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, GROUPM COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD, WPP PLC