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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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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos November 3, 2024: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas in Adelaide on Sunday for a campaign rally. Picture: NewsWire / Dean Martin

Guardians of the Albo galaxy

Controversial claims regarding the Prime Minister’s Qantas upgrades had every news outlet frenzied last week. Not at the Guardian, however, where it barely registered.

James Madden and Sophie Elsworth

Radio changesMedia

ABC’s new RN Breakfast host revealed amid falling ratings

The ABC’s flagship political radio program has suffered declining audiences under host Patricia Karvelas and is having a major overhaul in 2025 to win listeners back.

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‘Evil forces’: news boss’s dire warning about big tech

Seven’s head of news Anthony De Ceglie is demanding the federal government take urgent action to protect the future of journalism | WATCH

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Unfair dismissalMedia

ABC managing director David Anderson will meet staff over their grievances on the taxpayer-funded broadcaster’s sacking of fill-in radio host Antoinette Lattouf.

Ex-ABC chair Buttrose involved in Lattouf sacking, court hears

The ABC’s key leaders are expected to give evidence in the upcoming trial over the axing of controversial fill-in radio host Antoinette Lattouf.

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Media DiaryMedia

DAILY TELEGRAPH 8TH OCTOBER 2024Pictured at 2SM radio at Pyrmont in Sydney is radio personality John Laws who has announced his retirement from radio, and will deliver his final broadcast on November 9th 2024.Picture: Richard Dobson

Big names lined up to replace John Laws

Who knew 2SM still existed? Sky News host Erin Molan and former Sunrise star Melissa Doyle are among the surprise contenders to replace the retiring radio legend.

James Madden and Sophie Elsworth

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Nine’s TV boss ‘escaped scrutiny’ amid Wick saga

The troubled media company has further questions to answer over the handling of disgraced news boss Darren Wick’s exit from the business earlier this year.

Sophie Elsworth and James Madden

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Anthony De Ceglie is the director of news and current affairs and editor-in-chief at Seven West Media. Picture - Supplied

Seven boss slams government for not supporting media

The Albanese government has failed to follow through on its promise to hold social media platforms to account for the damage they have done to journalism, Anthony De Ceglie says.

James Madden and Sophie Elsworth

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Emily in Paris production stills. Picture: Netflix

Streaming with ads on the rise

Viewers are increasingly prepared to sit through commercials in return for a cheaper monthly deal on streaming costs.

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Hate speechMedia

Staff from The Age newspaper outside the building while they were on strike today.

‘Anti-Semitic’ cartoon shames The Age, SMH

Nine Entertainment’s Melbourne masthead The Age has made multiple changes to an offensive cartoon relating to the war in Israel.

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Media falloutMedia

Nine Entertainment's director of news and current affairs Fiona Dear

Nine staff outrage at news boss ‘anger’

The head of Nine Entertainment’s TV news division has voiced her fury after the exit of Darren Wick and said she felt ‘cheated’ after taking over from him.

Sophie Elsworth and James Madden

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