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Lucy Battersby

Lucy Battersby has covered trends, technology and telecommunications since joining The Age in 2008.

The New York Times is opening an office in Sydney, Australia, with a small team looking for local stories.

New York Times opening Sydney office

The New York Times is setting up a small team in Sydney to create local stories that it hopes will encourage Australians to subscribe and engage with the Times' global network. 

A Fairfax spokesman said there were "no plans to change from daily printing and we expect that to be the case for some ...

When newspapers stop being newspapers

A loophole exists in Australian media law that would allow newspaper owners to buy television and radio licenses, a senior regulator has confirmed. 

News Corp's Australian newspapers are cashflow neutral or negative, while Fairfax's are only positive thanks to its ...

What the Murdochs own now

In the last weeks of 2016, News Corporation got a nod of approval from the competition regulator to purchase a company that publishes 72 newspapers around Queensland and northern New South Wales.