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Sophie is Europe correspondent for News Corporation Australia based in London. Her role includes covering all the big issues in Europe reporting for titles including The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, daily and Sunday Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and Brisbane’s Sunday Mail and Adelaide’s The Advertiser and Sunday Mail as well as regional and community brands. She has worked at numerous News Corp publications throughout her career spanning more than 20 years and was media writer at The Australian, based in Melbourne, for four years before moving to the UK in 2024. She regularly appears on Sky News Australia.

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VACCINATIONMedia

The Covid-19 commercials winning us over

Kyle Sandilands has been among Australia’s personalities who have taken matters into their own hands in getting Australians vaccinated.

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TV viewingMedia

24/07/2019. Foxtel CEO Patrick Delany, pictured in the cinema lounge at Foxtel on Oxford ahead of the opening of the new entertainment venue in the historic Academy Twin Cinema building in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Foxtel joins forces with Amazon Prime Video

Almost 2 million Foxtel subscribers will soon be able to access Amazon Prime Video in a new deal struck giving viewers even more popular content.

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exclusiveMedia

Digital news academy launched

A world-leading digital news academy is being created by News Corp Australia and Google Australia to help arm journalists with critical online skills.

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MEDIAMedia

ABC ploy to switch AM stations to FM

Commercial broadcasters fear the ABC’s move to switch their AM radio licences to FM in the Perth market could set a ‘dangerous precedent’ for the industry.

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Sporting gloryMedia

Lockdown Olympics breaks viewer records

The Tokyo Olympics have been a ratings winner for Seven and after just one week it has been declared the ‘biggest digital event in Australian history’.

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Tech giants’ blitz on Covid untruths

Tech giants including Facebook and Google have removed hundreds of thousands of posts spreading misinformation about Covid-19.

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Porter caseMedia

Key record in Porter hearing released

A key document used by the ABC’s legal defence in the defamation case by Christian Porter is to be handed to the coroner.

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comebackMedia

Laws and Jones float radio show

The broadcasting legends were once arch rivals but soon they could become colleagues after stirring the pot in radio circles.

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exclusiveMedia

16-06-21- ABC managing director David Anderson and Chair Ita Buttrose in Parramatta CBD after announcing ABC HQ will move from Ultimo. Picture by Ryan Osland

ABC cries poor but ad spending soars

ABC spending on advertising has soared to its highest levels in the past decade despite repeated complaints about budget cuts.

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ImpartialityMedia

ABC’s ‘ambiguous’ impartiality code in spotlight

The media regulator has written to the ABC’s David Anderson amid concerns about the rules that ensure it provides all perspectives when presenting content.

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