News Corp Australia Merges More Than 20 Regional Newspapers with Capital City Mastheads

Posted Thursday, April 29, 2021 1:30 pm

Amanda Meade | Guardian

More than 20 of Rupert Murdoch’s regional newspapers – including the 160-year-old Northern Star in Lismore – have quietly been merged with News Corp Australia’s city mastheads.

The media giant would not reveal how many regional websites had been absorbed by the Daily Telegraph and the Courier-Mail...

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News Corp Australia Merges More Than 20 Regional Newspapers with Capital City Mastheads

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