News Corp staff accuse management of lacking vision in no confidence vote
Angry News Corp staffers in Queensland have passed a vote of no confidence in their management after yesterday’s announcement of wide ranging cuts.
Although there have been a number of no confidence motions in recent years against Fairfax Media, it is the first time in a generation that News Corp has been subject to one.
According to a motion passed unanimously at a meeting of editorial staff in Brisbane, they believe that News Corp management in Sydney does not have a vision to rebuild a viable company.
It stated: “Senior News Corp management needs to be held accountable for its poor business decisions, lack of vision and inability to consult with their employees.”
Please add hubris, arrogance and overconfidence to the list.
Good on them for breaking out of the cult for a moment. Didn’t think it was possible.
As a seven-day subscriber to The Courier-Mail, I am alarmed by the latest round of redundancies and am seriously reconsidering my subscription. I live 90 minutes by road from the centre of Brisbane but my daily print edition has no scores/reports from any overnight football of any sort; even for matches which finish before 9pm. What sort of service is that?
Well done to Queensland employees of News Corp for having the ticker to send a message to the suits on Mahogany Row. Not sure how much it will achieve, but at least it is on record.
Did news ltd, and specifically the Australian carry any significant coverage of this? I can’t get inside the paywall to find out.
Given how often they report on News Ltd share issues which are upside stories, i assumed that their code of ethics demands they report on downside stories too, and this would presumably materially alter the share worth of News, especially if industrial action is pending.
Predictably, not a word…..and how is The Australian exempt from the blood-letting considering it’s woeful circulation (print and digital) and consistent multi-million dollar loss-making.
APN staff were hoping they would at least see News Ltd’s production values. Looks like it’s gone the other way. MEAA is useless and toothless, did nothing when numbers were being slashed by APN and will achieve nothing with the exercise. Be interesting to see when/if the razor finds the throats of the over paid, middle management do nothings News seems to keep hiring
Actually it’s not the first vote of no confidence in News Corp management. Many of the same Queensland staff passed one a few years back during another round of redundancies under Kim Williams.