Nine Perth set to join online news battle; Perth Now not profitable; The West’s online offering held back by ‘cultural issues’

Channel Nine in Perth is set to launch a news website, the station’s news director has revealed.  

Speaking on Friday night at the Future of Journalism debate, organised by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Adrian Beattie said: “We are in the process of putting a Channel Nine Perth website together. The person who will press the go button is already in Perth.”

He added: “We will start out small and see how it goes.”

Because Nine Perth is not owned by PBL Media, it is not part of the nineMSN news arrangement.

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