As BuzzFeed News shutters its
Australian operation, data shows 157 newsrooms have closed temporarily or for good since early 2019 Australian
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Coronavirus crisisSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsThe closure of BuzzFeed News in Australia may have grabbed the headlines last week but the digital startup is just one victim on a growing list of media casualties of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Five editorial staff at BuzzFeed have lost their jobs, and on Monday a further 30 editorial job losses were announced due to the closure of the online news site 10 Daily. Across the country hundreds more have been stood down in an already fractured media landscape. It’s unclear how many will ever return to their posts.