MEAA Media Room


MEAA urges ACCC to ‘fully examine’ closure of AAP

March 6, 2020 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom Other statements Releases

MEAA has written to the chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Rod Sims, urging the ACCC to ‘fully examine’ the decision by the owners of Australian Associated Press on March 3 to close the AAP Newswire.

News and Nine have questions to answer on closure of AAP

March 5, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

The majority shareholders of AAP Newswire must be upfront with workers and subscribers about whether they had an agenda to shut the service down in order to inflict damage on their media competitors, says the union for Australian journalists.

Statement by House Committees of the SMH, Age and AFR

March 3, 2020 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia MediaRoom Other statements

We are deeply concerned about the announcement today by Australian Associated Press to shut its editorial operations across the country

Closing AAP Newswire is irresponsible; government must act to rein in digital giants

March 3, 2020 Mike Dobbie #MEAAMedia #pressfreedom MediaRoom Other statements Releases

The decision to close the AAP Newswire business in June and its Pagemasters sub-editing and production operation in August is a gross abandonment of responsibility by its shareholders – Australia’s major media outlets.

Statement by AAP House Committee

March 2, 2020 Mark Phillips #MEAAMedia Other statements Releases

MEAA members at Australian Associated Press thank media colleagues and those from outside the industry for their messages of support following an article written about the company’s future.