Reprints in The Australian (was Re: [LINK] Kate Carnell to lead arm of TransACT)

[Paul Montgomery]

Chirgwin, Richard wrote:

> Some like it in the pot, nine^h^h^h^h six days old. "It's on a wire;
> therefore it's news."

It has been standard for some time now that the Oz prints stories from 
Natalie Apostolou which are reprinted verbatim from Communications Day. 
I don't know whether the arrangement involves Comms Day or not (I'd be 
pretty pissed off about it if I was Comms Day and I wasn't getting a 
kickback). Her story about AusBONE was reprinted in this way back in 
May, so the agreement is at least that old.

I guess it relates back to that old chestnut, being the "paper of 
record", in which everything that happens is recorded no matter what - 
even if it is a week old. Most of the people who read the Oz don't also 
read Comms Day, so it's "news" to them. It's certainly not the largest 
sin in the Oz...

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