Categories: OLD Media Moves

Australian newspaper to use WSJ content

The Australian newspaper, which is owned by News Corp., will begin using content from The Wall Street Journal in a bid to tie more closely the newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch, writes Jemima Kiss of The Guardian.

Kiss wrote, “A branded page of WSJ news will be added to the business section of the daily Australian newspaper from today, as well as selected articles from the Dow Jones Newswires and the WSJ across the paper and its website, theaustralian.com.au.

“The Australian is the only national broadsheet in Australia, and previously held a content syndication agreement with WSJ’s rival the Financial Times, which also publishes in Australia.

“Both The Australian and Wall Street Journal have said the deal is independent of the ongoing acquisition of WSJ publisher Dow Jones by News Corporation. However, it is likely to be regarded as an example of the potential integration of WSJ content with the rest of News Corporation’s titles.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.