News.com.au just clinging to top spot as editor-in-chief exits

News.com.au’s recently-axed editor-in-chief, Lisa Muxworthy, has delivered another number one result for News Corp’s most-read property, but her exit comes as the ABC starts closing the gap between the two news outlets.

While news.com.au grew its May audience by 2.4% compared to the previous month, the ABC managed a 3.1% jump, with just 46,000 monthly readers the difference between the pair.

News.com.au has been the country’s most-read news site since April 2023, and held the mantle between 2016 and April 2020 when COVID hit and audiences turned to ABC for the news. Muxworthy was named editor-in-chief in December 2020, and worked to rebuild news.com.au into the country’s most-read news site.

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