News Corp tabloid the Advertiser appears to be boycotting Adelaide Fringe festival after ad deal breaks down

Opening weekend of Australia's biggest arts festival largely ignored by hometown paper which says it's covering event on its merits

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Rupert Murdoch's South Australian tabloid, the Advertiser, appears to have largely boycotted the Adelaide Fringe festival after a sponsorship arrangement between Australia's biggest arts festival and its hometown paper broke down.

Local art critics who review for the masthead claim an editor at the Advertiser contacted them individually and said it's all off; you're not reviewing anything this year", breaking a long tradition of support between the Fringe and the Advertiser.

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