December 2024
DAZN chief executive lands in Sydney as Foxtel buyout talks progress
Shay Segev’s visit comes at the same time as Rupert Murdoch has returned to the country for the first time in six years and as News Corp assesses bids for Foxtel.
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- Murdoch family case
Logan Roy’s death morphed into a real life Murdoch succession drama
Shortly after the fictional patriarch died on television, the family behind the News and Fox empires began to plot life after their patriarch, Rupert.
Exits, cuts and Smooth FM: Nine mulls future of 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR
While it has shelved plans to replace its Perth radio station with a music feed from Nova, there are plenty of challenges at the company’s radio division.
‘Five minutes with god’: Rupert holds court at Murdoch Christmas bash
With the 93-year-old in town, dozens of the nation’s most powerful political, sporting and media executives were drawn to Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch’s annual party.
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Nine’s Airlie Walsh sues network amid workplace culture fallout
The well-known television personality had worked on the Today breakfast program and as a political reporter for more than a decade.
Next year, broadcasters are going all in on ‘bit dirty’ reality TV
Some of the biggest franchises of the genre have languished for years, with audiences fading. Now major networks are hoping for a big revival.
November 2024
ABC chairman cops ‘watch out’ messages after Joe Rogan criticism
Asked what the ABC could learn from Joe Rogan, the most popular podcast presenter on Spotify, ABC chairman Kim Williams didn’t hold back.
Labor vowed to ban sports gambling ads (18 months ago)
Nothing has happened. The prime minister has gone from blasting gambling advertising around sport as “reprehensible” to admitting he hasn’t been able to see it through.
Google reviews ruined Ed’s company. Now he’s making $15m fighting back
Ed Butcher and Ed Godfrey set up a no win, no fee online review removal company called RepSpert in 2020. It’s grown by 300 per cent each year.
How the world’s most popular TV show is made
Hwang Dong-hyuk wrote Squid Game, the biggest Netflix series ever, in the depths of despair. He’s back for season two. What can we learn from its success?
‘Punitive regime’: X warns social media ban won’t work
Elon Musk’s social media platform says the government’s moves to stop under-16s using social media is likely unlawful and technological ineffective.
Southern Cross hit with first strike, with chairman under pressure
The regional broadcaster’s three biggest shareholders – including its major rival ARN Media – will vote against executive pay despite no bonuses handed out.
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- Media & marketing
Billionaire-backed British sports streamer turns Foxtel suitor
DAZN has been trying to build a global platform, aggressively expanding including in Australia. News Corp’s cable TV business could be its next target.
Labor leaves YouTube out of under-16s social media ban
The government initially said YouTube would be caught under new laws banning people under 16 from using social media. Its view has since changed.
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- Activist shareholders
Most non-Murdoch News Corp investors backed failed share collapse
A bid to end the family’s ‘outsized influence’ on the company has been “convincingly” defeated, News Corp says. Most other shareholders backed it, early results suggest.
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CFMEU-busting investigation winners laud whistleblowers, sources
The panel judging the Walkley Awards said the Breaking Bad series was “an incredible, courageous feat of investigative journalism”.
Shoppers’ anger makes ‘Colesworth’ the word of the year
The language researchers who help compile Oxford University’s Australian dictionaries track the words that have gained prominence over the past 12 months.
The silks in the running to defend Alan Jones at trial
Privately, backers of Alan Jones say Margaret Cunneen, SC, and Bret Walker, SC, would be strong options to represent him in any future trial.
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- Crime
Police charge Alan Jones with 24 offences days before trip to US
The veteran broadcaster was charged with 24 offences against eight alleged victims after an investigation into “sexual touching offences spanning two decades”.
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Why this former TikTok executive wants a strict social media ban
TikTok hired Felicity McVay to convince Disney, Universal and the AFL to use the platform more. Now she’s campaigning to get children off it.