News Corp sticks up for comment moderators after columnists mock Paul Syvret, and gloom sets in for New York Times’ Australia bureau chief
after News Corp posted a second-quarter loss in February of $287m and cited impairments in the Australian newspaper business as a key factor, big cuts are planned locally for this year. One round of redundancies is imminent and one will be later this year. Insiders say the Herald Sun and the Daily Telegraph are set to lose as many as 30% of editorial staff by the end of the year,