This Month
Why Google and OpenAI suddenly paid Reddit $160 million
Chief operating officer Jen Wong says the site may be two decades old with a mature audience, but the commercial opportunities are only just beginning.
How a company-wide cook-off boosted this ad agency’s team culture
Creative agency Akcelo concocted an unorthodox – and delicious – way to bring its staff together once every month or so.
This firm gave staff 48 extra days off each year and business boomed
A small advertising agency in Melbourne pays its staff the same wage for 32 hours of work each week.
Inside the attempted coup gripping New Zealand’s media
The dispute between the publisher of the NZ Herald and billionaire Jim Grenon – who wants to turf the board – is threatening to engulf Australian investors.
Nine closes five year deal to keep Wallabies, Wallaroos broadcasts
The coverage will include Super Rugby and national tournaments including the Bledisloe Cup, the Rugby Championship, and the soon-to-launch Nations Cup.
Former Nine CEO lands new role at Saudi Arabian broadcast giant
Mike Sneesby, who left Nine in September, will move to Riyadh to lead MBC Group, a $5.7 billion Middle Eastern broadcaster.
Inside Clive Palmer’s advertising strategy (if you can call it that)
Meet the team spending the enigmatic mining billionaire’s millions on ads that won’t win seats.
TEG enlists MinterEllison to investigate workplace culture claims
It was Brad Banducci’s first week as chief executive of the company that owns ticketing giant Ticketek. It included a workplace review by an law firm.
Albanese vows to defend media bargaining code from US trade pressure
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese listed the policies that are ‘not up for negotiation’ with the US, including the news media bargaining code.
DAZN to take control of Foxtel as $3.4b deal goes through
The chief executive of the global sports streaming service is in Australia to sign off on the company’s biggest acquisition yet.
Netflix rival Max rolls out in Australia with bold profit prediction
Warner Bros Discovery international CEO JB Perrette says the streamer will have “millions” of Australian subscribers and turn a profit in two to three years.
March
Domain’s board, including Nine CEO, backs $2.8b sale to CoStar
The board on Monday confirmed it had signed a deed allowing the US property giant to begin a period of exclusive due diligence.
Labor’s latest excuse for YouTube ban exemption
New documents reveal a third reason the Albanese government has exempted YouTube from its social media ban for people under 16: “Broad community sentiment.”
Nine audits external data security after breach exposes 16,000 readers
Details of some print subscribers of The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review were visible, cybersecurity researchers discovered.
CoStar lobs ‘best and final’ $2.8b takeover bid for Domain
Nine Entertainment, owner of the country’s second-largest real estate portal, says a sale at this price would equate to cash proceeds of $1.4 billion after tax.
‘Cool, not cool’: Inside the first budget with influencers
Labor carefully selected content creators and podcasters for the budget lockup. Here’s how it went – and what it means for the election campaign.
Why John and Myriam Wylie are funding a new policy think tank
The investment banker and his wife have enlisted high-profile directors from all over the country to advise the new Policy Institute of Australia.
CoStar CEO Andy Florance jets in seeking deal on Domain
The CoStar chief executive landed in Sydney on his Bombardier Global 6000 on Saturday night. One of his first stops? Joe Hockey’s annual Bondi Partners party.
The Australian YouTuber who turned down a $30m payday at 19
Jordan Barclay is building what he describes as the media company of the future. Traditional media board directors call him for advice.
Nine Entertainment’s bankers in talks to sell Domain stake to CoStar
Nine’s bankers have told CoStar it would have to pay potential $4.65 a share for the media company’s 60 per cent stake in Domain.