Australia: Is Murdoch the last, best hope for newspapers?
Posted by Lauren Drablier on September 11, 2008 at 8:54 AM
Mark Scott, the managing director of Australia's public service broadcaster, ABC, claimed in a speech at the National Press Club yesterday that Rupert Murdoch "is the last, best hope for quality newspapers."
Scott, quoting Michael Wolff's upcoming Murdoch biography, repeated the claim that Murdoch "may be the last person to love newspapers."
He went on to reference the fact that the only international newspaper groups surviving the crisis internationally are those that have diversified into other areas in order to off set costs caused by audience fragmentation. "There is only one print mogul who has diversified his portfolio enough to offset the costs of quality journalism against profits made elsewhere in his business."
Sources: Follow the Media, The Australian, The Guardian, Roy Greenslade
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Scott, quoting Michael Wolff's upcoming Murdoch biography, repeated the claim that Murdoch "may be the last person to love newspapers."He went on to reference the fact that the only international newspaper groups surviving the crisis internationally are those that have diversified into other areas in order to off set costs caused by audience fragmentation. "There is only one print mogul who has diversified his portfolio enough to offset the costs of quality journalism against profits made elsewhere in his business."
Sources: Follow the Media, The Australian, The Guardian, Roy Greenslade
See Also:
US: Murdoch has little interest in multimedia theory, wants to buy NYT
Opinion: new media will not bridge the gap as quality journalism decreases in Australia
Murdoch: Newspapers willing to invest in new forms of delivery will prosper
US: Murdoch and Zuckerman plan to merge business functions of The New York Post and The Daily News
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