News Corp launches The Newcastle News, the next title in its digital-only masthead strategy

August 19, 2019 2:44

After launching four digital-only mastheads since September 2018, News Corp is continuing to push towards its goal of 17 titles by the end of the year with the launch of The Newcastle News.

Amy Ziniak will be the lead journalist on the title, having lived in the region for more than 12 years, reporting across TV, radio and digital.

Ziniak at Nobby’s Beach. Picture by Peter Lorimer

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Hannah Blackiston

Hannah Blackiston was the deputy editor of Mumbrella. She worked with the company from March 2019 to November 2020.

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OZwords 20 Aug 19

An interesting strategy, but will the blue collar tribes in Newcastle—and
Wollongong—wear the right-wing Tele. And is it just another attempt by News Corp to lever dollars out of advertisers using minimal staffing and other resources.

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