The Age guide includes top 10 lists for each Australian state and territory. SMH is released on 21 November.
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The Herald remains Australia’s No.1 most read masthead finds Roy Morgan
The Sydney Morning Herald remains Australia’s most read news brand with a cross-platform readership of 8.4 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 continues to more than double The Daily Telegraph readership (8.399 million versus The Telegraph’s 3.981 million) in Total News, in the latest figures in the 12-month period ending September 2022.
With the Herald having a standout year in producing numerous high-valued, quality investigations, the figures reveal that two in five Australians get their news from the masthead. The Herald also attracts a large number of readers outside of NSW, with the masthead within the top 5 most read mastheads in every state and territory.
The Monday to Friday print edition has also seen an impressive annual growth of 11% year-on-year, with an increase of 53% across readers aged 25-39. The weekday print edition also increased its readership 7% quarter-on-quarter to 388,000, while The Sun Herald print edition is read by 420,000 people every Sunday. In the last four weeks 1.9 million people on average have read a print edition of the Herald.
Across the Herald and Age, Saturday’s prestigious Good Weekend continues to serve readers with Walkley Award winning features, attracting an average issue print readership of 734,000 and continues as Saturday’s most read magazine insert. Similarly, the Good Food and Traveller titles deliver total cross platform audiences of 1.57million and 1.634 million, respectively, each month.
Sunday Life recorded an average issue print readership of 434,000, while Domain has year-on-year growth, with a print readership of 499,000.
Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.5 million* Australians across print and digital.
“I want to thank our subscribers and readers because without their support, we couldn’t do what we do,” said the Herald’s editor, Bevan Shields.
“A result like this doesn’t just magically happen. It is the result of our many wonderful staff, so I would like to thank them, too.
“Growing our weekday print readership is a particularly pleasing achievement. This has been a huge year for Sydney, New South Wales, our country and the globe, and the Herald’s work has set the standard for high-quality journalism in Australia.”
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 September 2022.
*This figure includes: Nine.com.au, SMH Print & Digital, The Age Print & Digital, AFR Print & Digital, Brisbane Times, WA Today, Domain Digital, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine
The Age outperforms competition, attracting 5.8 million readers finds Roy Morgan
The Age has maintained its lead as Victoria’s most read masthead with a cross platform readership of 5.8 million, according to Total News readership figures released by Roy Morgan today.
With The Age having 1.5 million more readers than its direct competitor The Herald Sun (5.8 million v 4.3 million), more than one quarter of Australians engage with the masthead to inform their day.
The Age continues to be the nation’s second most read news brand after The Sydney Morning Herald in its Total News readership across print and digital to September 2022. The Monday to Friday print edition of The Age has a readership of 261,000 – up 1% quarter-on-quarter – while The Sunday Age print edition is read by 392,000 people every Sunday, up 3% on last quarter.
In the last four weeks 1.4 million people on average have read a print edition of The Age. The masthead also attracts a large number of readers outside of Victoria, with The Age within the top 5 most read mastheads in every state and territory.
Across The Age and the Herald, Saturday’s prestigious Good Weekend continues to serve readers with Walkley Award winning features, attracting an average issue print readership of 734,000 and continues as Saturday’s most read magazine insert. Similarly, the Good Food and Traveller titles deliver total cross platform audiences of 1.57million and 1.634 million, respectively, each month.
Sunday Life recorded an average issue print readership of 434,000, while Domain has year-on-year growth, with a print readership of 499,000.
Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.5 million* Australians across print and digital.
“It’s again clear from these figures that readers are coming to us for credible, well-told news stories, culture and lifestyle content and award-winning investigations,” said The Age’s acting editor, Michael Bachelard. “This makes The Age the most influential news organisation in Victoria, and one of the most in Australia.”
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 September 2022.
*This figure includes: Nine.com.au, SMH Print & Digital, The Age Print & Digital, AFR Print & Digital, Brisbane Times, WA Today, Domain Digital, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine
The Financial Review grows readership to remain Australia’s most read business title
The Australian Financial Review has yet again recorded yearly growth, and now has a cross platform readership of 3.7 million people, according to Total News readership figures released by Roy Morgan today.
The country’s most read premium business masthead increased its year-on-year readership across Total News in the 12 months to September 2022, up from 3.6 million, making it one of the country’s fastest growing news brands. Its nearest competitor, The Australian, dropped its Total News readership by 14% in the same period.
As trusted business news and analysis becomes more important than ever during turbulent economic times, the Financial Review total print readership Monday-Friday increased 22%. Meanwhile, The Australian has seen a drop of 22% year-on-year.
With the AFR Weekend Saturday print edition readership increasing by 23% in the last quarter, the weekend and weekday print editions are outpacing the market with their growth.
AFR Magazine continues to dominate Australia’s monthly magazine insert figures, with a print readership of 409,000.
Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.5 million* Australians across print and digital.
“Many news titles and subscription businesses have started to feel the cost-of-living squeeze from higher inflation,” said the masthead’s editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury.
“But the Financial Review’s readership and subscription performance is proving more resilient than most because of the strength of our journalism and its focus on our core audience.”
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 September 2022.
*This figure includes: Nine.com.au, SMH Print & Digital, The Age Print & Digital, AFR Print & Digital, Brisbane Times, WA Today, Domain Digital, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine
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The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2023 launched as Firedoor named NSW restaurant of the year
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Good Food Guide to NSW’s best restaurants launches Tuesday after Firedoor was named as the Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year at the Good Food Guide 2023 Awards last night in Sydney.
Returning after a three-year hiatus with hats and scores to recognise the best restaurants and chefs in NSW, the glamorous awards ceremony – supported by long-term co-presenting partner Vittoria Coffee and new co-presenting partner Oceania Cruises – was held at Shell House Dining Room & Terrace in the Sydney CBD.
Owners and chefs from NSW’s leading restaurants gathered as 12 awards, along with the coveted hats – from one to the pinnacle of three hats – were handed out. The glossy 136-page Good Food Guide 2023 NSW magazine is on sale from tomorrow (Tuesday, November 22) and is the definitive guide to the state’s restaurants, cafes and bars.
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide includes more than 400 independent city and regional reviews including Sydney’s top 20 cafes and bars, and top 10 lists for each Australian state and territory.
Highlighting more suburban venues, there’s also a new rating – a heart – for places that aren’t awarded a hat, but that the Good Food Guide critics still love and would cross town to experience. The new edition of the Guide also includes the most coveted awards in Australian dining: Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year, Oceania Cruises Chef of the Year, and New Restaurant of the Year.
Edited by Callan Boys, The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide reviews have been undertaken by a team of esteemed critics including Boys, Terry Durack, Jill Dupleix and David Matthews, all of whom review independently and anonymously.
Pipit in Pottsville was named Regional Restaurant of the Year; Tim Foster of Ele by Federico & Karl took home the Young Chef of the Year Award while Annita Potter of Viand in Woolloomooloo was named Oceania Cruises Chef of the Year.
“While there are significant staff shortages across the hospitality industry, restaurants are still opening at a rate comparable to pre-pandemic times, if not higher,” said Boys. “Dining in NSW and the ACT has never been better either, with more hats awarded than ever before in the history of the Guide.”
“Firedoor was awarded Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year for the way its chef Lennox Hastie and his young team transform beautiful Australian produce into the most delicious version of itself using fire, smoke and ash,” said Boys. “It’s not just the best steak you may ever experience, but the best coral trout, aged lamb and Hawkesbury school prawns too. A top-notch wine list and smart service complete the package.”
Meanwhile, Annita Potter was named Oceania Chef of the Year for forging her own path and creating truly unique Thai food, said Boys. “It takes courage, determination and skill to only offer a tasting menu when many people still expect Thai food to be cheap-ish and casual. It also takes a lot of self-belief to open a self-funded restaurant at the level of Viand.”
The awards were attended by more than 350 chefs, restaurateurs and industry professionals who were treated to a menu by Shellhouse Dining Room & Terrace chefs Joel Bickford and Aaron Ward. Cocktails were supplied by Four Pillars Gin, Diageo and Santa Vittoria, Mumm Champagne by Pernod, wine by Nick Smith Wines and Kirin beer by Lion.
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2023 magazine is available from newsagents, supermarkets and thestore.com.au for $9.95.
The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2023 award winners:
Vittoria Coffee Restaurant of the Year: Firedoor, Surry Hills
New Restaurant of the Year: Kiln, Sydney
Regional Restaurant of the Year: Pipit, Pottsville
Oceania Cruises Chef of the Year: Annita Potter, Viand, Woolloomooloo
New Regional Restaurant of the Year: Bistro Livi, Murwillumbah
Vittoria Coffee Legend Award: Eric and Linda Wong, Golden Century
Service Excellence: Michael Stoddart, Oncore by Clare Smyth, Sydney
Sommelier of the Year: Bridget Raffal, Where’s Nick, Marrickville
Oceania Cruises Wine List of the Year: Shell House Dining Room & Terrace, Sydney
Young Chef of the Year: Tom Foster, Ele by Federico & Karl, Sydney
Food for Good: Refettorio OzHarvest, Surry Hills
Bar of the Year: Ante, Newtown
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(Alcorn) will be leaving to spend time caring for her husband, who is unwell.
Executive editor Tory Maguire said it was a sad outcome for Alcorn to cut short her editorship, and that Alcorn would return to The Age in a senior role when she was able.
Alcorn wrote a note in The Age on Saturday.
Fiona Buffini appointed new Editor of The Australian Financial Review
The driving force behind The Australian Financial Review’s digital transformation, Fiona Buffini, has been appointed Editor of the nation’s premium business, finance and political publication.
Buffini will succeed the Financial Review’s longest-serving Editor, Paul Bailey, who last month announced his resignation after 11 years leading the masthead and who will finish in the role at the end of this week.
Her appointment follows a competitive internal and external application process.
Buffini joined the Financial Review nearly 25 years ago. A former chartered accountant, she worked her way up from reporting to editing, including news editor, news director and the masthead’s Deputy Editor (digital).
“I am deeply honoured to join Editor in Chief Michael Stutchbury and Managing Editor Cosima Marriner to lead the best newsroom in the country,” Buffini said. “I am excited to continue the Financial Review’s digital evolution, to find new audiences for our indispensable reporting and to build on the extraordinary achievements of editor Paul Bailey.”
Welcoming her appointment, Stutchbury said Buffini was uniquely placed to maximise the journalism of Australia’s most-trusted newspaper masthead (*) in digital format while maintaining the heritage of a high quality print product.
“No-one knows the ins and outs of the Financial Review newsroom better than Fiona. She is totally across the Financial Review’s news agenda, its position in Australian media and its role in supporting a more prosperous nation,” he said.
“Her unique combination of reporting, editing, and newsroom management experience and her track record in devising and driving the Financial Review’s digital transformation makes her the natural leader of the masthead’s next phase of growth.”
James Chessell, Nine’s Managing Director Publishing, added: “Huge congratulations to Fiona who has been a star from the moment she joined the Financial Review during the first term of the Howard administration. She is blessed with a remarkable work ethic and unflappable temperament as well as a determination to maintain the masthead’s strong digital growth. I look forward to her already significant contribution to the Financial Review becoming even greater.”
For the past two years as Deputy Editor (digital), Buffini has led the team responsible for the Financial Review’s digital platforms, including afr.com, the Financial Review app, newsletters, and podcasts.
As News Director and Digital Editor between 2015 and 2020, Buffini positioned the Financial Review to accelerate its digital transformation during the pandemic, expanding live coverage and building on the masthead’s digital newsletters.
Today, the Financial Review has the most digitally-focused audience and subscriber base of any newspaper masthead in Australia. It has the third biggest digital-only audience of any newspaper masthead and the only national newspaper brand to grow its readership over the past year.
(*) 2022 Digital News Report, News and Media Research Centre, University of Canberra.
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According to The Guardian Australia’s Amanda Meade, Kylar Loussikian has been poached by Nine Entertainment to be the new deputy editor of Australian Financial Review. After starting at News Corp in 2014, Loussikian has worked at News Corp and Fairfax/Nine in recent years. He will return to Nine, 2 1/2 years after he left his role as CBD columnist at The Sydney Morning Herald to be chief of staff for the Australian in May 2020. He is currently business editor of The Australian.
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Apart from Kylar Loussikian, the AFR has also promoted Jessica Gardner to deputy editor – news, based at Parliament House in Canberra.
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Julia Naughton appointed Head of Life at Nine’s metro titles with ambitious plan to grow travel, lifestyle and culture content
Widely respected journalist and editor Julia Naughton has been appointed Head of Life at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAToday overseeing an ambitious plan to digitally elevate Travel, Lifestyle and Culture content across Nine’s metro mastheads.
Currently Lifestyle Content Director with the mastheads, Naughton’s new role will see her grow one of Australia’s most renowned travel brands, Traveller, as demand for post-Covid travel builds, as well as managing and building the Lifestyle and Culture offering.
Naughton’s appointment follows a competitive internal application process, and will see her work closely with the commercial and subscription teams.
“Taking the lead on Culture, Lifestyle and Travel at the best newsrooms in the country is tremendously exciting,” said Naughton. “The pandemic years made it clear how hungry people are for intelligent and informative storytelling, and that extends across all areas of culture, personal health and relationships, fashion and travel.”
“These are all topics I’ve loved weaving together throughout my career and it’s a privilege to step into the role at a time of ambitious growth at the mastheads.”
Naughton joined the mastheads in 2020 as Lifestyle Editor, before being promoted to Lifestyle Content Director. This role has seen her expand her remit to Sunday Life magazine where she has driven the digital and social strategy, and launched the magazine’s inaugural Trailblazers Issue. She has also launched various content series that has engaged subscribers including the recent Sleep series of features.
Previous to that, she served as nine.com.au’s Managing Editor (Lifestyle and Entertainment) where she oversaw 9Honey, and has also been an Associate Editor at The Huffington Post Australia and a Features Writer at Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Welcoming her appointment, Executive Editor Tory Maguire said Naughton’s focus on digital growth and innovation will ensure travel, lifestyle and culture content will continue to lead the Australian market.
“In the time since Julia joined the metros as Lifestyle editor her results have been incredible. She understands instinctively how to commission and edit stories, while also being highly skilled with audience data. She’s a terrific leader who will be a huge asset to the metros senior editor ranks,” said Maguire.
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The regular Good Weekend magazine returns on January 28.
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Patrick Elligett appointed Editor of The Age
Patrick Elligett has been appointed Editor of The Age, it was announced today.
Elligett has been news director for The Age since 2020, and previous to that was World editor. Prior to joining The Age, he was editor of the New Daily.
Executive Editor of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, Tory Maguire, said Elligett – who will begin his role on January 30 – is a leader who is naturally consultative and inclusive.
“It was an incredibly competitive field of candidates for this role, and Patrick laid out a highly strategic, clear-eyed and bold plan for growing The Age’s audience and subscriber base while also boosting the masthead’s role in leading the big conversations in Melbourne, Victoria and the nation,” said Maguire.
“The Age is in good hands. Patrick demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of reader trends and the challenges it presents. I’m very confident that his plan is the right one to steer The Age through the next few years of economic uncertainty, shifting habits and demographic change.”
Elligett’s journalistic career has seen him edit large and small regional publications and report for digital, print and broadcast media in Australia and overseas.
“It is an incredible honour to be entrusted with the leadership of such a significant institution,” said Elligett.
“Victorians look to The Age to provide responsible, fearless and rigorous journalism and that role is more important now than ever. I look forward to upholding The Age‘s fine journalistic traditions and finding new ways to connect with Victorians on the issues they care about most.
“I would also like to thank Gay Alcorn for her intelligent, determined leadership and profound contribution to the journalism of The Age during the past three years.”
Elligett replaces Gay Alcorn, who stepped down in December to take care of her unwell husband.
“I would like to give a special thanks to Michael Bachelard and Mat Dunckley who have acted as editor and deputy editor for many months now with amazing commitment and good will,” said Maguire.
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Yeah, Peter Costello and his mates. He doesn’t need WhatsApp or Signal or Telegram - he can put his secret messages in the AFR. It’s not like anyone’s going to read it… 
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Andrew Hornery has to apologise yet again for his gossip column comments.
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https://twitter.com/theage/status/1620007966798929920
The statement by recently appointed editor-in-chief Patrick Elligett, refers to this cartoon drawn by Joe Benke.
https://twitter.com/koralyd/status/1619852682797387781
UPDATE 31/1: the apology also appeared on the print edition of Tuesday’s Age.
The controversial cartoon was also reported by The Australian in its Wednesday edition.
Benke told The Australian he “obviously never intended” to offend the actors.
He said he “didn’t excessively caricature” the two actors, and had drawn them from a photograph of them performing in the production of Seven methods of killing Kylie Jenner.
Benke said he was informed by a senior editorial figure at The Age that his cartoon would be withdrawn because “it had created a bit of a storm”, and his depiction of the women was “not approved of by others” – that is, people outside the newsroom.
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Highly respected editor Sarah Norris appointed Head of Food across Nine’s mastheads to supercharge Good Food
Highly respected journalist and editor Sarah Norris has been appointed Head of Food at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Brisbane Times and WAToday to oversee an ambitious plan to supercharge the Good Food brand in the marketplace to drive subscriber growth.
Norris has built an enviable reputation across the food and beverage industry in her previous role as national editor of Broadsheet and has an innate knowledge of the trends in the industry.
As the home of the prestigious Hats, Good Food is Australia’s most respected food and beverage title. The appointment of Norris to the newly-created position of Head of Food is crucial to elevate the vertical, and open up new opportunities. She will work across the Good Food editorial, commercial and events teams to drive a unified approach to further grow the brand.
Welcoming her appointment, Executive Editor Tory Maguire said Norris’ role will focus on innovation and growth, and will ensure the mastheads’ food offering will lead the Australian market.
“It’s rare to find an editor who has both a deep appreciation for the history of a title as prestigious as Good Food as well as the skills, passion and experience in driving growth that Sarah has in spades,” Maguire said.
“Sarah will bring the enormous energy and digital understanding Good Food needs as we step it back into the metro mastheads and make considerable investment in building it into a major subscription driver.”
With more than two decades of writing and editing experience involving food, beverage and culture, Norris has previously been Sydney editor of Broadsheet before becoming its first national editor. Prior to that she was Features editor of Virgin Australia’s inflight magazine Voyeur, Associate Editor of Time Out Sydney and editor of Drum Media.
Beginning her media career as an editorial assistant at The Australian Financial Review, Norris wrote food reviews for Good Food from 2015 to 2021, and was a reviewer for Australian Gourmet Traveller Magazine restaurant guide from 2010 to 2017.
“I’m super excited to join Good Food,” said Norris. “I’ve been a reader for years and have contributed to the Good Food guide as a reviewer, but to lead and oversee the mastheads’ food offering is an opportunity I couldn’t turn down.
“I think Australia’s food and cooking scene is unmatched, and I find no greater joy in helping people discover everything that makes it nuanced and special. I want more people to feel the way I do about Australia’s food scene – and importantly take Good Food to the next level.”
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