Media
The fragmentation that is devouring Australia’s politics is reflected in the increasingly stark polarisation of the country’s professional mass media, argues Denis Muller.
Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes On Adelaide column: the impending loss of decades of local journalism experience and allegations multiply about a lauded former Labor insider’s past.
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In the midst of a particularly bad month for the media industry in South Australia, the union representing journalists has outlined the “bleak” jobs situation at News Corp’s Adelaide office and has questioned the ABC’s decision to axe several senior newsroom staff.
News Corp Australia has confirmed a new round of redundancies from its Adelaide operation which produces The Advertiser, Sunday Mail and Messenger newspapers.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has posted a third-quarter net loss of $US1.1 billion ($A1.46 billion), mainly due to its revaluing of Foxtel and Fox Sports Australia.
The communications minister doesn’t believe the ABC competes with News Corp because the public broadcaster doesn’t chase advertising dollars.
Foxtel and Fox Sports will merge into a single company by the end of June, with current Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delaney at its head.
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