April 2024
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- Publishing
News Corp drafts in PwC as it deals with Meta cash hole
News Corp has tapped PwC Australia to help with its biggest restructure of the last decade as it seeks to deal with Meta ripping tens of millions of dollars out of the Australian news market.
- Max Mason and Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
News Corp plots major shake-up as Meta money ends, Google deal nears
News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller has proposed tightening the company into three core units, finding at least $15 million in savings.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March 2024
Disarm Meta’s nuclear option for news, indie publishers say
Should Facebook and Instagram be legally required to host news on their sites? A group of small and diverse news outlets believes so.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October 2023
Embattled Richard Goyder farewells Gil McLachlan. Again
You know you’ve drawn a power crowd when not only doesn’t the prime minister get to speak, but his presence rates only a passing mention.
- Joe Aston and Myriam Robin
October 2021
The Damascene conversion of News Corp Australia
No neocon article of faith has ever come between the Sun King and a dollar.
- Joe Aston
November 2020
Media bosses urge government to act on code amid intense lobbying
Google and Facebook have devoted immense resources to lobbying parliamentarians since the draft media code was announced on July 31.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Publishing
News Corp centralises business coverage across Australian newspapers
The new business desk will be led by The Australian's business editor, Eric Johnston, a former business editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
- Max Mason
September 2020
News Corp Australia boss quits Twitter
It comes during a week when popular platform TikTok struggled to stop the spread of a video featuring suicide and has been hidden in content targeted at children.
- Max Mason
August 2020
News Corp to cut harder as COVID-19 bites amid $1.8b loss
News Corp has suffered a major hit to earnings, with the COVID-19 pandemic dragging down its full-year result across all areas.
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- Max Mason and Natasha Gillezeau
The News Corp survivor who helped save AAP
This week, AAP 2.0 begins its new life. The former News Corp and Foxtel CEO has played a vital role in the efforts to rescue the newswire from the brink of death.
- Max Mason
July 2020
Catalano inks historic deal with News Corp, Nine
Antony Catalano's Australian Community Media, News Corp Australia and Nine will save millions via a historic deal to print each other's newspapers across the country.
- Max Mason
News Corp exec Damian Eales leaving Australia
Long-rumoured to be a successor to News Corp Australia boss Michael Miller, Eales will instead take on a global role from New York.
- Max Mason
Mike Connaghan joins News Corp
Former WPP AUNZ chief Mike Connaghan will start his new role at News Corp on Wednesday after finishing up gardening leave from WPP in April.
- Max Mason
May 2020
News Corp print closures leave regional media on life support
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced News Corp to make drastic decisions they were planning to undertake over a number of years rather than in the space of three months.
- Max Mason
Tech giants must pay much more than $600m for news: News Corp
News Corp Australasia's Michael Miller pointed to suggestions made by Nick Xenophon that tech giants pay $1 billion for the value they get from news content.
- Max Mason
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- Publishing
News Corp regional, community papers face digital-only future
News Corp Australia executives have long believed in the value of hyper-local journalism and are looking at ways to make community and regional papers more sustainable.
- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
News Corp ends talks with Catalano, pushes forward with restructure
News Corp Australia will push ahead with a major restructure of its regional and community publishing portfolio, ending conversations with Antony Catalano's Australian Community Media about an acquisition.
- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
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- Mergers & acquisitions
News Corp weighs up regional and community restructure or sale to ACM
If a restructure is favoured it will likely mean the closing of titles and a focus on a long-term sustainable model.
- Max Mason and Sarah Thompson
April 2020
- Opinion
- Competition
Forget the lip service: it's time Google and Facebook paid for news
Foreign digital giants have no right to be the judge, jury and executioner of local news.
- Max Mason
March 2020
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- Streaming
Stan, Foxtel vie for Warners, HBO content
First-run rights for HBO shows could be up for grabs as the latest round of the streaming wars pits Stan against Foxtel.
- Max Mason