News Corp Australia owns a range of local assets including The Australian,the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph.Credit:Rhett Wyman
The Murdoch-controlled media company has already restructured its individual state sales teams into one national division and streamlined its publishing assets under three divisions.
News Corp Australia executive chair Michael Miller was expected to inform staff in a wider email on Wednesday,said two sources with knowledge of the decision. He told staff this month in an email he would have more information to share by June 12. Some staff have already been made aware of the decision.
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“We will try to minimise these impacts as much as possible and will treat our affected colleagues with the utmost of respect,” Miller said at the time.
A News Corp spokesperson said the company did not comment on employment matters,but later updated their statement,saying that claims of 40 per cent of sales staff being made redundant was “wildly inaccurate”.
The new divisions include one that houses prestige titlesThe AustralianandVogue,led by Nicholas Gray.
News.com.au is housed in a division known as “free news and lifestyle”,published by Pippa Leary,and includes wire service NCA and lifestyle publications such asStellar magazine.