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UK Telegraph outsources to Pagemasters

By Julie Starr | Published: January 11, 2009
I'd heard about this but hadn't followed up. So, via Jeff Jarvis, who wins headline of the week award for: Throw Another Sub on the Barbie. The Telegraph of London is outsourcing production of some of its sections to Australia, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. At my New Business Models for News Summit, Telegraph digital head Edward Roussel rephrased my admonition and told the room to do what you do best and outsource the rest. Guess they mean it. The work will go to Pagemasters
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Fairfax Australia to outsource sub-editing

By Julie Starr | Published: September 17, 2008
Fairfax is outsourcing sub-editing from its Sydney and Melbourne flagship papers to Pagemasters, the same company that handles pages for the NZ Herald and other APN titles.
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Fairfax to centralise newspaper production

By Julie Starr | Published: July 1, 2008
Fairfax is taking a leaf out of APN's book with the announcement it will centralise some of its newspaper production. It means sub-editors based in two main centres - Wellington and Christchurch - will sub, lay out and produce pages for the Features, World and Business sections of its nine daily newspapers. Generic non-news pages such as TV and Weather will be standardised across the titles.
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The cuts go on

By Julie Starr | Published: May 25, 2008
It seems almost a daily occurrence and perhaps not noteworthy anymore, but here's a round-up of a few job cut announcements made by big news companies in recent days: 1. US journalism union threatens action over Reuters decision to increase its outsourcing of financial reporting to Bangalore, India. 2. Thomson Reuters is cutting 140 journalist jobs, mostly from Europe.
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Sub-editors replaced by advertising designers

By Julie Starr | Published: April 10, 2008
While some newspapers are downsizing their sub-editing teams, and some are outsourcing, it seems others are now doing away with them all together. UK regional newspaper company Archant is replacing sub-editors with advertising designers, according to the Guardian. Archant's newspaper arm publishes four regional dailies and around 60 weeklies.
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