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news.au
FormatOnline newspaper
Owner(s)News Corp Australia
Websitewww.news.au

News.au(stylised in all lowercase) is an Australian website owned byNews Corp Australia.It had 9.6 million unique readers in April 2019[1]and covers national and internationalnews,lifestyle, travel, entertainment, technology, finance and sport.

Staff

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The organisation employs about 80 journalists, among themSamantha Maidenas national political editor[2]andJoe Hildebrandas contributor.[3]

Web analytics

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According to third-partyweb analyticsproviders,AlexaandSimilarWeb,news.au was the 19th and 27th most visited website in Australia respectively, as of July 2015.[4][5]SimilarWeb rates the site as the third most visited news website in Australia, attracting more than 18 million visitors per month.[5][6]Nielsen OnlineRatings rated news.au as Australia's most popular news website as of January 2015.[7]

Whilst frequently ranked as the number-one visited Australian news website in Australia during 2019, as of June 2020, news.au has slipped to the third most visited news website in Australia afterABC News OnlineandDaily Mail Australia.[8]

Awards

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  • Walkley Awards2021: June Andrews Women’s Leadership in Media – 'Let Her Speak'
  • Our Watch Award 2021 – Samantha Maiden for herBrittany Higginsexclusive
  • MumbrellaPublish 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 forLetHerSpeak
  • 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^"April 2019 digital news rankings".The Nielsen Company.Archived fromthe originalon 25 May 2019.Retrieved6 September2024.
  2. ^"Samantha Maiden: 'Hawaii Two-O: Scott Morrison's bushfire holiday' – All Media: Scoop of the Year 2020",The Walkley Foundation.Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ^"The Editorial Team",news.au.Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ^"news.au Site Overview".Alexa Internet.Archived fromthe originalon 29 November 2017.Retrieved18 January2019.
  5. ^ab"news.au Analytics".SimilarWeb.Retrieved18 January2019.
  6. ^"Top 50 sites in Australia for News And Media".SimilarWeb. Archived fromthe originalon 25 August 2015.Retrieved30 July2015.
  7. ^Burton-Bradley, Robert (11 February 2015)."News site audiences dive but News.au increases lead at the top of online ratings in January".Mumbrella.Retrieved18 January2019.
  8. ^Kelly, Vivienne (4 June 2020)."News.au tumbles to sixth in ranking of Australia's most popular websites, as ABC maintains lead".Mumbrella.Retrieved24 June2020.
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