news.com.au is an Australian

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owned by

News Corp Australia News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,00 ...

. It had 9.6 million unique readers in April 2019 and covers national and international news, lifestyle, travel, entertainment, technology, finance, and sport.

Staff

The organization employs about 80 journalists, among them

Samantha Maiden Samantha Louise Maiden is an Australian political journalist. She is currently political editor for news.com.au, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia. Early life and education Maiden was born in Adelaide. As a student at Adelaide University ...

as national political editor, and

Joe Hildebrand Joe Hildebrand is an Australian journalist, television and radio presenter. Hildebrand writes for Sydney's ''The Daily Telegraph'' and is also known to contribute to a number of other News Corp publications, including Melbourne's Herald Sun an ...

as contributor.

Web analytics

According to third-party

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providers,

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and

SimilarWeb SimilarWeb Ltd. is an Israeli web analytics company specializing in web traffic and performance. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, the company has 12 offices worldwide. Similarweb went public on the New York Stock Exchange in May 2021. History The c ...

, news.com.au was the 19th and 27th most visited website in Australia respectively, as of July 2015. SimilarWeb rates the site as the third most visited news website in Australia, attracting more than 18 million visitors per month.

Nielsen Online Nielsen Holdings plc is an American information, data and market measurement firm. Nielsen operates in over 100 countries and employs approximately 44,000 people worldwide. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and use ...

Ratings rated news.com.au as Australia's most popular news website as of January 2015. Whilst frequently ranked as the number-one visited Australian news website in Australia during 2019, as of June 2020, news.com.au has slipped to the third most visited news website in Australia after

ABC News Online ABC News, or ABC News and Current Affairs, is a public news service produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Broadcasting within Australia and the rest of the world, the service covers both local and world affairs. The division of ...

and

Daily Mail Australia MailOnline (also known as ''dailymail.co.uk'') is the website of the ''Daily Mail'', a newspaper in the United Kingdom, and of its sister paper ''The Mail on Sunday''. MailOnline is a division of dmg media, which is owned by Daily Mail and Gene ...

Awards

Walkley Awards The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

2021: June Andrews Women’s Leadership in Media – 'Let Her Speak' *Our Watch Award 2021 – Samantha Maiden for her

Brittany Higgins In February and March 2021, a number of allegations involving rape and other sexual misconduct against women involving the Australian Parliament and federal politicians were raised, causing controversy especially for the federal Liberal-Nationa ...

exclusive *''

Mumbrella ''Mumbrella'' is an Australian marketing and media industry news website. It was started in December 2008 by Tim Burrowes, and has since gone on to become a popular source for news, analysis and commentary on the advertising, PR, and media in ...

'' Publish Awards 2021: Journalist of the Year – Samantha Maiden *Mumbrella Publish Awards 2021: Single Article of the Year – Samantha Maiden for her report on Brittany Higgins *B&T's Women In Media Awards 2021: Woman of the Year – Nina Funnell for

LetHerSpeak #LetHerSpeak (also known as #LetUsSpeak) is an Australian campaign to amend evidence legislation so as to allow victims of sex crimes to be publicly identified if they choose. The campaign was founded in November 2018 by journalist Nina Funnell ...

*B&T's Women In Media Awards 2021: Glass Ceiling Award – Nina Funnell *B&T's Women In Media Awards 2021: Journalist of the Year – Nina Funnell

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Staff

Web analytics

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