Nine Publishing

The MEAA confirmed that the agreement “will deliver an inflation-busting pay rise this year (4%, 3.75%, 3.75%), ethical use of AI in newsrooms and a way forward for freelancers to get a fair deal on pay and conditions”.

The offer approved today will be subject to a formal vote after which it will be submitted to the Fair Work Commission for approval.

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You can now see the team back at work with so many reporters out filing from various venues in Paris.

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In the same article, Mike Sneesby also justified his participation in the torch relay, despite strike action by Nine newspapers journalists (affiliated with MEAA) back home.

Sneesby said that was a commitment he had made on invitation from the IOC almost 12 months ago and standard practice for a media company chief executive at the outset of a new rights deal. He said he had been engaged each day with the ongoing negotiations with staff led by “the right leader”, publishing boss Tory Maguire.

“I certainly did not know that that would coincide with the industrial action that was taking place,” he said.

“Certainly, to do the right thing in terms of those commitments to the IOC, to want to represent the thousands of people across Nine who had put in so much hard work was certainly the right thing to do.

“I’m certainly grateful for everyone who contributed to the continuity through that process, and I’m also glad that we reached an outcome that is positive for all stakeholders.

“As much as I wasn’t the public face of those negotiations, I was very much engaged, very much focused on getting the right outcomes for those people who are represented by the union, as I am always, as a chief executive, looking after the interest of our staff whether they’re part of a union or not.”

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Weekly Beast understands the publishing division of Nine, which is set to[ lose up to 90 staff, has been oversubscribed with voluntary redundancy applications. Staff have been told they will be informed next week if their application for a payout has been accepted. There will be no forced redundancies.

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Must not be a very happy place to work if everyone wants a redundancy.

Possibly, but I know of many people who enjoyed working for their employer and have taken a redundancy voluntarily.

I like my job, but if we were offered voluntary redundancies, I’d probably apply for one (the payout I’d get would be considerable)

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This is sounding like many are unhappy of recent changes and the direction management are taking so want to leave before their working conditions are destroyed.

I’m sure there are plenty of people who are unhappy about what’s going on at Nine, but the list of potential redundant isn’t going to be made up of solely these people.

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Yep - and a lot of old media contracts have very generous redundancy provisions.

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The Sydney Morning Herald dominates to remain Australia’s No.1 most read multi-platform news brand

The Sydney Morning Herald has once again cemented its position as Australia’s most read multi-platform news brand, with a readership of 7.2 million, according to the Total News Publishing figures released by Roy Morgan today.

With one in three Australian readers choosing the Herald to stay informed, the masthead dominates the multi-platform news brand landscape and nearly doubles The Daily Telegraph readership (7.18 million versus The Telegraph’s 3.94 million) in the latest figures in the 12-month period ending June 2024.

The Monday to Friday print edition recorded an average issue readership of 381,000, while Saturday’s print edition recorded 477,000 readers. In the last four weeks, 1.47 million people on average have read a print edition of the Herald, while The Sun Herald print edition is read by 395,000 people every Sunday.

Across the Herald and The Age, the country’s most prestigious food news brand, Good Food, recorded a Total News readership of 1.6 million, with its readership up 16% quarterly, while Traveller also recorded quarterly growth of 12% with 1.29 million readers.

Good Weekend recorded an average issue print readership of 690,000, while Sunday Life recorded an average issue print readership of 356,000 and Domain recorded readership of 455,000.

“The Sydney Morning Herald’s dominance over our rivals is testament to the unique bond between our skilled journalists and our audience. Our readers trust us to write the truth – sometimes at great personal risk to our journalists and their sources – and we try to live up to that expectation every day,” said Executive Editor Luke McIlveen.

“Nowhere was this more evident than our exclusive series on the corruption and criminality at the heart of the CFMEU, which has been the most important piece of journalism in Australia in 2024.”

“In a fiercely competitive and uncertain media landscape, the Herald remains true to the principles carved out in our newsroom 193 years ago.”

Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.02 million* Australians across print and digital.

The Total News Publishing readership figures are produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands. Readership figures from Roy Morgan show news now reaches 21.7m Australians aged 14+ each month, with strong readership across every profile group.

*Source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+ for the 12 months ending June 2024. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to June 2024. 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, Fin! Print Platforms include: SMH Print, The Age Print, AFR Print, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine, Fin!


The Age maintains its lead against its competitor nationally

The Age has once again maintained its lead against its main competitor nationally, with a multi-platform readership of 4.63 million, according to Total News Publishing figures released by Roy Morgan today.

The Age has cemented its place as the nation’s second most read multi-platform news brand after The Sydney Morning Herald and is ahead of its main competitor The Herald Sun by 650,000 readers.

The Monday to Friday print edition recorded a readership of 240,000, while the Saturday edition has 389,000 print readers. In the last four weeks 990,000 people on average have read a print edition of The Age and in total, one in five Australians get their news from The Age.

Across The Age and the Herald, the country’s most prestigious food news brand, Good Food, recorded a Total News Publishing readership of 1.6 million, with its readership up 16% quarterly, while Traveller also recorded quarterly growth of 12% with 1.29 million readers.

Good Weekend recorded an average issue print readership of 690,000, while Sunday Life recorded an average issue print readership of 356,000 and Domain recorded readership of 455,000.

“The Age is unquestionably Victoria’s premier news brand. In a year in which The Age celebrates its 170th birthday, it has exposed the corruption at the heart of the CFMEU and the union’s unseemly ties to state and federal Labor,” said Executive Editor Luke McIlveen.

“Led by The Age’s chief investigative reporter, Nick McKenzie, the Building Bad series began on the streets of Melbourne but quickly spread to Canberra and every CFMEU branch in the country.”

“This was a truly great piece of journalism – and our loyal readers at The Age know other newspapers gave up on this standard of investigative reporting a long time ago.”

Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.02 million* Australians across print and digital.

The Total News Publishing readership figures are produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands. Readership figures from Roy Morgan show news now reaches 21.7m Australians aged 14+ each month, with strong readership across every profile group.

*Source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+ for the 12 months ending June 2024. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to June 2024. 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, Fin! Print Platforms include: SMH Print, The Age Print, AFR Print, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine, Fin!


The Financial Review remains Australia’s most read premium business title

The Australian Financial Review is the country’s most read premium business masthead recording a cross platform readership of 3.5 million people, according to Total News Publishing readership figures released by Roy Morgan today.

The premium business masthead has experienced four consecutive quarters of growth across its Total News Publishing audience, with 985,000 people reading a print edition of the Financial Review in the past four weeks.

Highlighting the strength of the Financial Review’s digital offering, 78% of AFR readers engage with the masthead’s online publication, which has once again grown since last quarter – the fourth consecutive quarter of online growth.

The Monday to Friday print edition recorded annual growth of 9% year-on-year, for an average issue readership of 268,000, while the AFR Weekend Saturday print edition recorded quarterly growth with a readership of 182,000.

The Australian Financial Review Magazine continues to dominate Australia’s monthly magazine insert figures, with a print readership of 500,000 – compared to its direct competitor Wish that has had a readership drop of -20% year on year. Fin! Magazine has also seen quarterly and annual growth (8% and 10% respectively).

Editor-in-chief James Chessell said: “These results reflect the high quality and award-winning journalism in The Australian Financial Review. With our focus on growing our subscriber base, our digital strategy continues to gain strength as is evidenced by nearly 80% of our audience engaging with our sites.”

Nine’s Total Publishing assets reach a de-duplicated audience of 16.02 million* Australians across print and digital.

The Total News Publishing readership figures are produced by Roy Morgan for ThinkNewsBrands. Readership figures from Roy Morgan show news now reaches 21.7m Australians aged 14+ each month, with strong readership across every profile group.

*Source: Roy Morgan Research, All People 14+ for the 12 months ending June 2024. All audience data is based on the last 4 weeks averaged over the 12 months to June 2024. 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, Fin! Print Platforms include: SMH Print, The Age Print, AFR Print, Good Weekend VIC & NSW, Sunday Life VIC & NSW, Domain NIM VIC & NSW, AFR Magazine, Fin!

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Up to 85 journalists, most of them senior, have taken a voluntary redundancy from mastheads including the Sydney Morning Herald, the Age and the Australian Financial Review in the biggest exodus of editorial talent since the company formerly known as Fairfax Media shed more than 150 journalists in 2012.

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As well as the names listed in The Guardian article, veteran cartoonist John Shakespeare is also among the 85 people leaving Nine newspapers.

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Yes, I did happen to read this. Interesting that Nine would be happy to let go such an individual feature.

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The price rises at the Nine metro dailies means The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age will lift from $4.40 to $4.80 on weekdays, and from $5.40 to $5.80 on Saturdays.

The Sunday newspapers The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age will increase from $4.40 to $4.80.

The move comes just weeks after News Corp lifted the prices of its metro dailies and its national daily The Australian.

The two publishers share print facilities around Australia and face similar pricing pressures.

“Embarrassing”: Leunig slams The Age after sacking

Legendary cartoonist Michael Leunig says he’s embarrassed to be associated with The Age newspaper after his 55-year career at the Melbourne masthead was terminated last week.

In what he described as a “throat-cutting exercise”, the 79-year-old said he was left gobsmacked after reading Age editor Patrick Elligett’a subscriber email newsletter on Friday night that said the cartoonist had “filed his last editorial illustration for The Age”.

Although Leunig had received a call from Elligett days earlier to tell him his time was up, the cartoonist was stunned when the editor’s note failed to reference the circumstances of his departure.

“There was no mention of the fact that he (Elligett) gave me the axe,” Leunig told The Australian.

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Such a bitter type. Reflected in his work. Glad to see him gone.

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I was sorry to hear Caroline Wilson mention on her podcast Don’t Shoot the Messenger that Greg Baum has taken a redundancy from The Age (along with others). He has been a great sports writer for the paper.

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The Daily Telegraph reports:

The Sydney Morning Herald has apologised for mistakenly running a front page photograph of businessman Michael Ibrahim instead of the jailed crime boss of the same name.

In an article on Wednesday about the conviction of building industry figure George Alex for tax fraud, the SMH wrote that Alex used Michael Ibrahim to clean money from drug and illegal tobacco imports.

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