Yesterday
How $116 in travel expenses blew up a public servant’s life
A defamation judgment against Kerry Stokes’ newspaper is a grim tale of expenses and shoddy journalism.
- Mark Di Stefano
Newlywed Murdoch joins Bezos and Canva duo at billionaires’ retreat
The 93-year-old media mogul is no longer returning home to mark The Australian’s 60th anniversary – but he does appear to have given it a present.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
This Month
Liberals still want vindication on Brittany Higgins saga
Suggestions we need to understand how the Higgins allegations affected the last election are telling. But satisfaction is unlikely.
- Myriam Robin
- Analysis
- Billionaires
Old and new money meet at billionaires’ annual retreat
Network Ten owner Shari Redstone was in Sun Valley along with Bob Iger, a crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls and the tech elite for the annual Allen & Co gathering.
- Nick Bonyhady
Network Ten owner sold to ‘Top Gun’ billionaires
The billionaire family behind Oracle Corporation along with ‘Mission Impossible’ and ‘Top Gun’ films will take control of the network in a complex deal.
- Nick Bonyhady
Mediaweek publisher to ‘step back’ amid workplace misconduct claims
Formal complaints about alleged behaviour of Trent Thomas, owner of the trade media publication, lodged by two people and investigated by external firms.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘We know nothing’: Media blasts information void in privacy reform
Uncertainty about the Albanese government’s new privacy laws threatens billions in advertising, with one data firm urging clients to pause online targeting.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Todd Woodbridge and the jackpot quiz thwarting Seven’s news offensive
The former tennis star and Nine presenter is upending the 6pm news ratings battle because of the unlikely success of the game show he hosts at 5pm.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Mediaweek rocked by sexual harassment allegations
Trent Thomas, who owns and runs Mediaweek, was found by an internal HR investigation to have sexually harassed and bullied staff.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Airtasker bets $10m stake on radio, outdoor media surge
Airtasker founder Tim Fung has signed two deals in two weeks with media companies to promote its gig economy platform.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
What’s Peter Dutton got against David Crowe?
Midwinter Ball speeches are meant to be roasts, and we’d never suggest journalists are off-limits. But Dutton’s dig at Crowe is starting to form a pattern.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
Lehrmann committed to stand trial on two counts of rape
Magistrate Mark Howden returned with a decision that a reasonable jury, properly instructed, could potentially find the allegations proven beyond reasonable doubt.
- Rex Martinich
Network Ten wavers on turning off broadcast across swath of WA
The regional signal – a joint venture between Seven West Media and WIN Corporation – will remain on air only after more funding from the federal government.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
June
Nine considers expelling AI bots from checking out its content
Major publishers including the New York Times already restrict what services such as ChatGPT can see. Others say AI “scraping” is an “extinction-level event”.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Analysis
- Culture wars
In Australia, Tucker Carlson finds a new enemy: the ABC
The right-wing commentator wrongly accused the ABC of criticising him, in another example of how on society’s fringe the market for alternate realities runs strong.
- Aaron Patrick
Nine Entertainment to cut 200 jobs as Meta content deal ends
CEO Mike Sneesby made the announcement as Nine battles a weaker advertising market and a content deal with Meta, which runs Instagram and Facebook, ends.
- Max Mason
Southern Cross rejects Catalano’s offer to sell his newspapers
The operator of regional television networks and the Hit and Triple M radio brands says it does not want to buy a portfolio of regional publications.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian
- Updated
- Media & marketing
Seven West in major executive reshuffle as it cuts $100m in costs
Analysts have warned the structural challenges facing the free-to-air television industry would hinder the broadcaster’s ability to grow its profit margins.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
How the Federal Court stymied open justice
Once one of the country’s most progressive courts, the Federal Court has become a black hole of silence and suppression applications.
- Max Mason
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
Publishers fear this new Google AI feature will kill their traffic
Google’s ‘AI Overviews’ has rolled out in the US. Its AI-generated results push links down by a full page, a new study has found.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones