News Corp to close seven local Victorian newspapers

Miranda Ward

June 6, 2016 2:07

News Corp is set to close seven newspapers in its local Leader Community Newspapers groups by the end of month, with five to eight redundancies expected.

The Melbourne Leader, the Berwick Leader, the Brimbank Leader, the Free Press Leader, the Hobsons Bay Leader, the Melton Leader and the Wyndham Leader will be shuttered with final delivery of the papers to take place on July 1.

A News Corp Australia spokesperson said: “News Corp Australia continues to reshape its business to meet the needs of its audiences and commercial partners, and is confidently investing in areas that will provide returns over the long term.

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Miranda Ward

Miranda Ward worked for Mumbrella from 2013 to 2017, eventually becoming deputy editor. Miranda joined Mumbrella in September 2013 from Sky News.

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1 COMMENTS

Dingo 8 Jun 16

Just not good enough for such growing rate of population in this area to lose a connection for community news & information linking networking to this area.

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