But how does a style guide - confirming the SMH style to spell certain words - do this? Not being difficult, just don’t understand.
A style guide advises how content should be presented, the font and imagery and what context they should and should not be used in - some are more thorough than others - but they are often developed by external marketing groups that charge big money. Being open on the minute detail of a business’ brand, could lead to a situation like I previously outlined.
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This isn’t the style guide we are talking about though. In publishing, a style guide means how words are spelt, whether they have a hyphen etc so there is consistency. A style guide in publishing isn’t about branding in this case (in which I would agree with you).
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If that is how it is in publishing then so be it.
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The West Australian reports tonight that Glen Bartlett, former president of reigning AFL premiers Melbourne, is suing Caroline Wilson, The Age’s chief AFL writer Jake Niall and their employer over a series of articles published in May and September 2021 about the club’s change of off-field leadership. The articles suggest there was tension between Bartlett, other members of the Melbourne board and coach Simon Goodwin.
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I would hope there is more to it than that if he’s going to the effort of suing them in court.
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No wonder The Age and SMH are doing poorly when supposed journalists announce their appointment as “a fun thing!”. Really juvenile.
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She looks pretty young, I would put it down to her eagerness which is a good thing.
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Cheer up champ. Someone can’t be happy they’re gainfully employed?
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Marriner will take up this role following the resignation of Joanne Gray, who has been working as AFR’s managing editor for the past four years. Gray recently announced that she would depart the masthead to join climate advisory and asset management firm Pollination.
As managing editor of the Financial Review, Marriner will be responsible for managing the masthead’s budget, driving the performance of the newsroom, and leading AFR’s subscriber-based growth and business development strategy.
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The Australian Financial Review launches new lifestyle title, Fin Magazine
A new glossy lifestyle publication, Fin Magazine, will launch on Friday, May 13, building on the strong readership growth enjoyed by The Australian Financial Review.
Inserted quarterly into the Financial Review newspaper, and promoted across afr.com, the new Fin Magazine is visually sumptuous and discerning. It will inspire readers with the very best in fashion, design, watches, jewellery, motoring, art and travel, and has been created by the team behind the award-winning The Australian Financial Review Magazine .
The cover of the first issue features Kirsha Kaechele – artist, curator and wife of MONA founder David Walsh – wearing a Comme des Garcons skirt as she emerges from a 1960s ‘Futuro Pod’.
Fin Magazine editor Matthew Drummond says: “This magazine is a Financial Review take on matters of style. It draws upon our heritage in creating luxurious print products, including AFR Magazine and Life & Leisure , and has been shaped through insights into the types of content that best attract subscribers on afr.com. Digital readership data tells us that our subscribers are deeply engaged with lifestyle content that is exclusive and high quality.”
“Fin Magazine will be lighter in tone and more visual than AFR Magazine , and will offer an authoritative take on all the things that Financial Review readers should spend their discretionary money on,” Drummond says.
Nine client director, luxury & travel, Amanda Upton says: “ AFR Magazine has recorded its second year of double-digit growth in print readership. In the last year alone, print readership is up by an incredible 58 per cent to 452,000. This is driven by the high calibre of covers and quality editorial content embraced by our audience as well as the strategy to promote upcoming issues across afr.com. Fin Magazine will cement the Financial Review ’s leading position with luxury advertisers. Its early commercial success speaks for itself around where the market is looking to invest.”
The print readership growth at AFR Magazine has been fuelled by strong growth across the Financial Review . Australia’s premium business, finance and political publication increased its total print and digital audience by 9.4 per cent to 3.5 million people in the year to the December quarter, according to the Total News readership survey run by Roy Morgan.
The Financial Review ‘s editor-in-chief, Michael Stutchbury, congratulated Matthew Drummond and Amanda Upton for putting their editorial and commercial weight behind the launch of a new magazine.
“It is no small thing to launch a new print product,” Stutchbury says. “This is a sign of confidence in the demand for the sort of upmarket and upbeat lifestyle content that the AFR Magazine team is known for and which fits comfortably under the Financial Review brand.”
Each issue of Fin Magazine is themed around the season, and the May issue is themed for winter. The next issues will be published in August, October and March.
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Amusing.
What’s at the end of European films that many AFR readers would be the target demo for?
Fin.
Fin = the end.
I suppose that’s the AFR for you, they are near the end of their relevance.
A woke newspaper for the business audience. Come on Nine, fix it or lose it.
The Herald is Australia’s most read masthead finds Roy Morgan figures
The Sydney Morning Herald is Australia’s most read news brand with a cross-platform readership of 8.3 million readers, according to the Total News readership figures released by Roy Morgan today.
Cementing its place as the country’s most read masthead, the Herald’s readership is almost double The Daily Telegraph (8.3 million versus The Telegraph’s 4.6 million), in the latest figures in the 12-month period ending March 2022.
As trusted news becomes more important than ever, the figures reveal that four out of 10 Australian online news readers continue to get their news from the Herald.
The Monday to Friday print edition also increased its readership year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter to 357,000, while The Sun Herald print edition is read by 452,000 people every Sunday. In the last four weeks two million people on average have read a print edition of the Herald.
Across the Herald and Age, Saturday’s prestigious Good Weekend continues to increase its readership, attracting an average issue print readership of 771,000, up 2% year-on-year.
Sunday Life has seen year-on-year growth as well, with an average issue print readership of 482,000, while Domain has also seen a post-Covid surge in year-on-year growth of 19% with a print readership of 502,000.
Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.1 million* Australians across print and digital.
“The whopping audience for our excellent federal election coverage this weekend is another reminder that the Herald is the home of Australia’s best journalism and journalists,” said the Herald’s editor, Bevan Shields. “I want to thank our subscribers and readers for supporting us, and the newsroom for helping make this result happen.”
The Total News readership figures are produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands.
Source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to March 2022.
*This figure includes: Nine.com.au, SMH Print & Digital, The Age Print & Digital, AFR Print & Digital, Brisbane Times, WA Today, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine .
The Age increases readership, attracting more than 6 million readers finds Roy Morgan
The Age has once again grown its audience, outperforming the national news market to remain the most read Victorian masthead with a cross platform readership of 6.1 million, according to Total News readership figures released by Roy Morgan today.
With one in three Australian news readers engaging with the masthead to inform their day, The Age has seen an increase of 2% year-on-year in its Total News readership across print and digital to March 2022 – cementing its place as the nation’s second most read news brand after The Sydney Morning Herald.
With the annual growth of The Age outperforming the national Total News market of 0.9%, the masthead now has 1.4 million more readers than its direct competitor The Herald Sun.
The Sunday Age print edition has tightened the gap with The Sunday Herald Sun, and is read by 404,000 people every Sunday. On a yearly basis, The Sunday Age print audience was down just 3% compared with a 10% decline for its News Corp competitor.
Across the Herald and Age, Saturday’s prestigious Good Weekend continues to increase its readership, attracting an average issue print readership of 771,000, up 2% year-on-year.
Sunday Life has seen year-on-year growth as well, with an average issue print readership of 482,000, while Domain has also seen a post-Covid surge in year-on-year growth of 19% with a print readership of 502,000.
Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.1 million* Australians across print and digital.
“This is a pleasing result, cementing The Age as the dominant news masthead in Victoria. I want to thank all our readers and subscribers for putting faith in us to pursue ambitious, fair and accurate journalism,” said The Age editor, Gay Alcorn.
The Total News readership figures are produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands.
Source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to March 2022.
*This figure includes: Nine.com.au, SMH Print & Digital, The Age Print & Digital, AFR Print & Digital, Brisbane Times, WA Today, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine.
The Financial Review continues to grow readership as it remains Australia’s most read business masthead
The Australian Financial Review has recorded strong yearly growth, with the masthead now read by more than 3.5 million people across print and digital, according to Total News readership figures released by Roy Morgan today.
The country’s most read premium business masthead has hit a new high, increasing readership to 3.5 million, up 7% year-on-year across Total News in the 12 months to March 2022, from 3.3 million. Its nearest competitor dropped its Total News readership by 1% in the same period.
As trusted business news and analysis becomes more important than ever, the Financial Review continues to grow its premium subscriptions, attracting high net worth and influential readers.
AFR Magazine continues to be Australia’s most read monthly magazine insert, recording double digit yearly growth of 17%, with a print readership of 423,000. The team behind AFR Magazine this month launched a quarterly luxury lifestyle title Fin Magazine.
Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.1 million* Australians across print and digital.
“After a very strong 2021, the latest results confirm the Financial Review as Australia’s fastest-growing national newspaper title,” said the masthead’s editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury.
“Again, this is being driven by exceptional growth in our digital audience that is flowing through into premium digital subscriptions. This is all based on the credible and quality news and information being generated by our newsroom.”
The Total News readership figures are produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands.
Source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to March 2022.
*This figure includes: Nine.com.au, SMH Print & Digital, The Age Print & Digital, AFR Print & Digital, Brisbane Times, WA Today, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine .
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This is interesting given they were former shareholders of AAP. Nevertheless it’s great for AAP if they can turn this trial into a longer term deal.
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Those Roy Morgan figures are so rubbery. Claiming Age most read in Melb and Nine’s papers de duplicated audience is 16 million.
Come on.
Who gives anyone the right to out someone?
Truly disgusting behaviour!
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Grotesque
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wow, what a low life, and then having a whinge because she chose not to engage with them and instead beat them to their intended story. FFS, this is English tabloid level “journalism”.
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The sheer entitlement is gobsmacking too - that article just oozes Karen-like behavour that seems to attempt to justify their proposed action because same-sex relationships are basically normal now.
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