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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Sky goes dark but a new dawn awaits at News Corp’s Holt Street studios

Sky News Corp Lachlan Murdoch Anthony Albanese Ahmed alAhmed Beaumont Bondi Police Age Sharri Markson
Lachlan Murdoch and Anthony Albanese at the opening of Qtopia Sydney.
Lachlan Murdoch and Anthony Albanese at the opening of Qtopia Sydney. The prime minister will attend a party celebrating the unveiling of Sky News Australia’s new name. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

Anthony Albanese managed to straddle the media divide on one busy Friday, dropping into Guardian Australia’s newsroom to record a podcast in the morning, before he was due to visit Sydney’s News Corp headquarters to join chair Lachlan Murdoch for the unveiling of Sky News Australia’s new name in the afternoon. Just imagine the whiplash.

The prime minister planned to join the New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and a cavalcade of Sky presenters to mingle over drinks and speeches inside the new home of Sky. The News Corp platform has been forced to rebrand as it loses the rights to the name Sky News in December when a 10-year deal with UK Sky News expires.

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