Today
Clayton Larcombe respawns as a Middle East AI investor
The former Sydney funds manager landed on the cover of CEO Middle East magazine to launch his new career.
Inside the fortune Kerry Stokes (quietly) made in China
The businessman is best known for his investments in television and newspapers. But a decades-long approach to backing the Asian powerhouse is paying dividends.
Yesterday
Does anyone want to run Vanity Fair?
The editor-in-chief is stepping down, and the global search for her replacement has begun. But many of the more decadent parts of the job are long gone.
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.
Murdoch abandons new bid for Rightmove over tariff chaos
Other multibillion-dollar deals and stock market floats are also at risk amid global trade uncertainty.
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.
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.
‘A steadying of the market’: how Fox News sees the Trump trade war
Opinion hosts on the go-to news source for conservative Americans have largely appeared to downplay the fallout of the US President’s tariffs.
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.
‘Just not feminism’: The rise of ‘conservative Cosmo’
The Evie reader can work. She can be a mother. It’s her choice. It’s just not feminism.
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
Facebook’s biggest enemy was on Twiggy’s payroll
Sarah Wynn-Williams, the author of Careless People, worked for Andrew Forrest’s Minderoo as he sued Meta over 230,000 scam ads.
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.
Under fire Facebook returns to its roots: Showing posts from friends
After years of pushing suggested content to users, Facebook has now added a separate news feed featuring posts shared only by people’s friends and family.
David Koch’s Ausbiz rattles the tin for enterprise video division
The five-year-old start-up is seeking expressions of interest to raise $750,000, after signing its first “platform customer”.
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.
The curious case of the company with half its market cap to give back
Nine Entertainment looks certain to pocket $1.4 billion from the sale of Domain to US group CoStar. What it does with the cash will be the subject of fierce debate.
‘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.