News Corp blasts Nine papers for ‘egregiously false’ reports of staff cuts
News Corp has hit out at “egregiously false” reports that appeared in the Nine mastheads regarding the media company’s planned staffing cuts.
A report in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age this week claimed that up to 40% of sales staff were on the cusp of being made redundant.
The Nine story referenced “two sources with knowledge of the decision”, who revealed Miller was to announce up to 80 redundancies amongst its sales teams yesterday.
A News Corp spokesperson told Mumbrella this report was false.
“Like most companies we do not provide commentary on employment matters but the story that first appeared in the Nine Entertainment tabloids, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, contained multiple errors, including the egregiously false claim 40 percent of sales staff were to lose their jobs,” the spokesman said.
“The published story still contains significant errors and we would appreciate having the opportunity to consider and respond to questions rather than media outlets automatically assuming these reports are correct.”
Last week, the company let go Michael Wilkins, managing director of the company’s national sport brands, and Marcus Hooke, general manager of print production, following the late May removal of news.com.au’s editor-in-chief Lisa Muxworthy, and Editorial Innovation Centre director John McGourty.
Peter Blunden, News Corp Australia’s former national executive editor has also stepped back to three days a week, although he will maintain his board position.
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Nathan Jolly is the Features Editor at Mumbrella. He joined the team in July, 2023.
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…NewsCorp blasting anyone (correctly) invoked righteous fury.
From the toxic office environment to the even more toxic content they spew forth – they have NO leg to stand on.
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Snakes need to shed their skin once every few months.
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Who cares its a dumpster website anyway
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But…the Nine journo reached out for comment before publication, and got a stale, limp response from News. The chance to respond was afforded to them in the first place and they are now regretting their lack of transparency. News Corp has let staff flounder for nearly a month now with no answers about whether they have a job or not. That’s the only egregious thing about this whole saga.
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I heard it was 100 from sales team. All while head of sales in Cairns last week and then Cannes this/next week for 2-3 weeks… not a good look…
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Shall we not mention here the CEO and head of nine sales taking 90 people to the Olympics? Hmmmm
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News Corp lies lies after lies you go to start your day and by days end your out of a job. Anything read u read in newscorp papers is crap.
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Yeah and “egregiously false” to News Corp could mean 37% not 40%.
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Why is no one talking about the issue in the Sydney sales team?
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What does it say about the Head of Sales when you can afford to let go 40% of the staff she manages?
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News says Black. Nine says White. Same old story with a ”new” angle.
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Time will tell.
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