After 15 years my final column in the @australian (paywall) 👇https://t.co/BvnHJRzssn #auspol
— Dr Peter van Onselen (@vanOnselenP) April 19, 2024
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To be fair, the judge was excoriating of The Project and Wilkinson. The fact Ten walked away gloating about its journalism was somewhat bizarre given the judge’s comments.
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That’s because they’re catering to the right-leaning audience their YT channel has cultivated over the last few years.
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The Guardian Australia reports journalist Chris Uhlmann is joining The Australian as a columnist, and will “address subjects as diverse as Christianity and philosophy, Aukus and the net zero transition”. That comes after he joined Sky News a couple of weeks ago.
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Perfect fit.
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That is… not surprising
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Fiscal 2024 Third Quarter Key Financial Highlights
- Third quarter revenues were $2.42 billion, a 1% decrease compared to $2.45 billion in the prior year, reflecting a $21 million, or 1%, negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations. Adjusted Revenues were flat compared to the prior year
- Net income in the quarter was $42 million, compared to net income of $59 million in the prior year
- Third quarter Total Segment EBITDA was $322 million, compared to $320 million in the prior year
- In the quarter, reported EPS were $0.05 as compared to $0.09 in the prior year – Adjusted EPS were $0.11 compared to $0.09 in the prior year
- At the Dow Jones segment, professional information business revenues grew 10% compared to the prior year, driven by the continued success of Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Energy, which each grew 15%
- Dow Jones achieved its highest sequential quarterly net additions for digital subscriptions of 322 thousand, reaching over 5 million Dow Jones digital subscriptions for the quarter
- REA Group posted strong results with quarterly revenues of $256 million, a 15% increase compared to the prior year, primarily driven by robust Australian residential performance
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Update
News Corp will bring back commuter paper mX for two special editions for Melbourne’s Rising festival. Distribution dates are set for May 29-30 and June 5-6, from 3pm each day.
The first Rising edition is included in the digital copy of today’s Herald Sun online and in app, for subscribers.
The paper was previously published for four special issues in 2018, as part of a sponsorship deal with Carlton and United Breweries.
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The restructure was announced this afternoon.
The casualties of the restructure to emerge so far are Lisa Muxworthy, the editor-in-chief of Murdoch’s most popular Australian website news.com.au, and John McGourty, the group director of the Editorial Innovation Centre and a former deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph.
EDIT: Sydney’s Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph have been merged under the restructure, with DT editor Ben English overseeing both papers. English has appointed Sunday Mail Brisbane editor Anna Caldwell as editor of Saturday and Sunday Telegraphs.
UPDATE 3/6
News Corp Australia’s head of sales – NSW independent agencies and major direct, Michael Desiere, has taken redundancy. His last day will be next Friday June 14.
He confirmed to Mediaweek that his exit is not connected to the wider editorial restructure.
UPDATE 2 5/6
AFR reports Michael Wilkins, managing director of national sport brands, and Marcus Hooke, general manager of print production, will exit News Corp as part of its ongoing restructure. Several sales team general managers will also be made redundant.
UPDATE 3 14/6
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Starting today, The Australian will begin rolling out a special editorial series, Six Decades in Six Weeks. The series will highlight the biggest news stories, cultural and lifestyle events, business and sporting achievements, and memorable pictures and cartoons of the past 60 years, decade by decade.
On 13 July, The Australian will publish a special glossy 104-page 60th Anniversary Collector’s Edition magazine, featuring influential people from the past 60 years.
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News.com.au is the most popular online news brand in the survey (24%, +2pp) along with ABC News online (24%). SkyNews.com.au (+3pp), and other international brands (+2pp) increased their reach slightly this year (see table 4.2)
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18-year-old Aidan (son of Lachlan and Sarah) recently joined the newsroom, unpaid, one day a week.
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Ah the nepo internship
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