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02-18-2017, 01:20 PM
http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/mSfZqNklPijzfMjAB5Itxg--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/7d1306f711675516031350e024de1a935225f93c.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-fined-news-story-aborts-australia-murder-trial-033420511--finance.html)Australian-US media outlet Yahoo7 was Friday found in contempt and fined over an online story that saw a murder trial aborted, with a judge slamming the website for prioritising profit above oversight. A Sydney-based Yahoo7 journalist, Krystal Johnson, and the company were hauled before court last year over a report about a Melbourne murder trial that contained prejudicial information not heard by the jury. Justice John Dixon of the Supreme Court of Victoria convicted Yahoo7 -- co-owned by US internet giant Yahoo and Australia's Seven West Media -- of contempt of court and fined the news organisation Aus$300,000 (US$230,000).



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