NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING – AUSTRALIA

Tabcorp to pull form guide from three News Corp papers

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Original article by Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 16 : 28-Feb-24

News Corp Australia may cease publishing racing form guides in the print editions of its metropolitan mastheads in Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin. Tabcorp currently sponsors the form guides, and the wagering group has indicated that it wants to redirect this expenditure elsewhere; however, sources have indicated that it is likely to keep spending the same amount at News Corp. Tabcorp will also continue to sponsor the form guides in News Corp’s newspapers in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Meanwhile, News Corp may be open to deals for non-wagering companies to sponsor its form guides in Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TABCORP HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TAH

Regional journalist jobs go in News Corp restructure

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Original article by Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian Financial Review – Page: Online : 13-Apr-23

News Corp Australia has declined to comment on reports that it may downsize its regional newspaper staff as part of a push to reduce costs. Sources have claimed that more than 100 regional journalist and editors were asked to attend an unscheduled video meeting on Tuesday afternoon which was hosted by national community masthead network editor John McGourty. He is said to have told them that jobs may be cut and some mastheads could be merged, but stressed that these are only proposals at this stage. News Corporation recently revealed plans to cut five per cent of its global workforce.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS

News Corp encourages staff to try AI chatbot

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Original article by Sam Buckingham-Jones
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 19 : 8-Mar-23

News Corp Australia chairman Michael Miller has urged the media company’s staff to embrace artificial intelligence technology such as ChatGPT. Miller has told staff via email that AI will "change our industry", and noted that News Corp has already incorporated AI into its work practices. It has also established an AI Working Group to explore "high-value opportunities" for the technology.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS

Major advertiser backs News Corp climate shift

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Original article by Zoe Samios, Amelia McGuire
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 8-Sep-21

News Corporations insiders have suggested that pressure from advertisers may have contributed to the media group’s new stance on climate change. News Corp intends to launch a campaign across its platforms to promote the benefits of a carbon-neutral economy. Grocery giant Coles, which boasts one of Australia’s biggest advertising budgets, has welcomed News Corp’s revised approach to climate change. Coles’ new zero emissions advertising campaign has appeared in News Corp’s publications, as well as those of rival media groups.

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NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, COLES GROUP LIMITED – ASX COL

Nine, News Corp resist Porter bid to protect his reputation

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Original article by Michaela Whitbourn
Brisbane Times – Page: Online : 19-Aug-21

Industry Minister Christian Porter recently filed an official notice of discontinuance of his defamation action against the ABC, several months after the parties reached a settlement. Porter is now seeking a court order to prevent News Corp Australia and Nine Entertainment from using 27 pages of the ABC’s defence document that have been officially removed from the court’s public record. The media groups had previously been given access to the ABC’s full 37-page defence; Porter and his lawyers will argue that the media companies cannot use the redacted sections for any purpose other than their previous involvement in the defamation case.

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NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, SCIENCE, ENERGY AND RESOURCES

Nine dumps Hewson in gender shake-up

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Original article by Sophie Elsworth
The Australian – Page: 17 : 19-Jul-21

Nine Entertainment aims to have equal representation of men and women among its newspapers’ opinion writers. Former federal Liberal leader John Hewson has been a columnist for "The Sydney Morning Herald" and "The Age" for nearly two decades, but he has been dropped by Nine due to this policy. However, Hewson believes that the real reason for the decision was the fact that he has become too critical of the federal government. Hewson has tweeted that neither the government or the mainstream media believe in a free press. Former Liberal minister Amanda Vanstone was also recently dropped from the roster of columnists at "The Age".

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

Sims welcomes Facebook deals with two outlets

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Original article by Miranda Ward
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 5-Jul-21

Facebook has secured a content deal with online news website Guardian Australia under the federal government’s news media bargaining code. Guardian Australia content will be featured on the Facebook News platform, which has yet to be launched. Country Press Australia has also secured a content deal with the social media giant. Australian Competition & Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says the majority of local media companies have now secured such deals, adding that they would not have been achieved without the media bargaining code.

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FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, THE GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA, COUNTRY PRESS AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION

Journalists’ union says it will quit ineffectual Australian Press Council

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Original article by Amanda Meade
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 22-Apr-21

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance’s members have voted to withdraw from the Australian Press Council, the self-regulatory body for print media. The journalists’ union will give the requisite four years’ notice to quit the APC, and the MEAA’s Marcus Strom hopes its move will prompt debate about media regulation. The MEAA has called for a simpler system of self-regulation that is consistent across all platforms and organisations. The APC’s adjudications have been widely criticised by journalists and the print media.

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MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE, AUSTRALIAN PRESS COUNCIL

Nine ads hit in cyber fallout

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Original article by James Madden
The Australian – Page: 19 : 12-Apr-21

A Nine Entertainment Company spokesman has declined to comment on media industry claims that the recent cyber attack has cost it several hundred thousand dollars in lost radio advertising revenue. The spokesman says there has been "minimal impact" on ad bookings; however, Nine is believed to still be having problems with the ad booking and placement system for its radio stations, and some of Nine’s clients are said to have placed ads with rival radio broadcasters since the cyber attack occured in late March.

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NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC

ACM gets go-ahead to raise stake in Prime

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Original article by Sophie Elsworth
The Australian – Page: 15 : 9-Apr-21

Australian Community Media has been cleared to increase its stake in Seven Network affiliate Prime Media Group to 19.99 per cent. The deal to buy a five per cent stake in Prime from WIN Corporation owner Bruce Gordon had to be cleared by the Australian Communications & Media Authority, as ACM would exceed the 15 per cent threshold that is deemed to be a controlling interest under the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. ACM’s Anthony Catalano says the legislation needs to be updated, as the ‘voices test’ for regional areas does not include digital media. He adds that ACM will have to sell two newspapers in Victoria and New South Wales unless the legislation is changed.

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AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY MEDIA PTY LTD, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA AUTHORITY