
News Corp plays to type with election coverage
Murdoch media bats for the Coalition and both journalism and democracy are the poorer for it, argues Denis Muller.
Murdoch media bats for the Coalition and both journalism and democracy are the poorer for it, argues Denis Muller.
The deal between Murdoch media and the search giant to fund an Australian university “Digital News Academy” deserves examination, writes Andrew Dodd, Alexandra Wake and Matthew Ricketson.
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In today’s Notes On Adelaide, the State Government’s commercial-in-confidence editorial deal with News Corp loses ground with readers but has been renewed for a third year, parliament’s “hot mic” moment, and why a government advertising campaign will be censored in the lead-up to the election.
A Port Adelaide Football Club manager has been appointed News Corp’s managing director for South Australia, while a new editor has been named for the Saturday Advertiser and Sunday Mail.
A Senate inquiry into media diversity ended with partisan findings and the Coalition and Labor refusing to back a judicial probe. Andrew Podger says there are other ways to address genuine problems with Australian media.
A News Corp editor in Adelaide has been appointed to a newly-created senior communications role in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
The State Government’s biggest department will become a tenant of News Corp, leasing two floors of Keith Murdoch House on Waymouth Street.