As a senior executive at a rival media company observes: “While it’s always terrific for a publisher to
recognise achievement in its ranks, to seek to arrogate these awards as the
pre-eminent gongs in journalism Australia, while limiting them only to News
Limited, is sort of like holding the Olympics in Berlin in 1936, and keeping
Jesse Owens out of the stadium.”
The Oz comes out on top in Australia’s premier media awards
As a senior executive at a rival media company observes: “While it’s always terrific for a publisher to recognise achievement in its ranks, to seek to arrogate these awards as the pre-eminent gongs in journalism Australia, while limiting them only to News Limited, is sort of like holding the Olympics in Berlin in 1936, and […]
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