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This Month
The $6m media deal threatening Seven’s AFL and cricket coverage
Australian Digital Holdings, the conservative network founded with Alan Jones as a host, controls the future of Seven’s signal in Tasmania and South Australia.
Catalano still has eyes for Nine’s Domain
The media entrepreneur had a plan. He wanted back in to the property listing platform he once ran. Then New York-listed CoStar arrived with a blockbuster bid.
February
Who owns the world’s largest TV? It might be Kerry Stokes
The veteran media proprietor has a 30ft television set, which one person guessed was a record breaker.
ASX flat; CSL extends sell off on sales blow, lithium miners tumble
Sharemarket seesaws; CSL tumbles on sales blow; gold buoys Evolution, De Grey; impairment hit for Ramsay; upgrades on the horizon for Breville.
Seven West says advertising dollars returning amid streaming surge
Investors shrug off poor profit update after bullish comments from the Stokes-controlled group’s chief executive, sending Seven and Nine shares soaring.
Conservative broadcaster ADH TV firms on regional free-to-air network
Licences covering Tasmania, Darwin and a swathe of South Australia were put up for sale by ASX-listed Southern Cross Austereo last year.
Federal Court secretly suppresses Seven’s workplace dirty laundry
The judge did not alert news outlets until after the decision to withhold the claims had been made, despite previous attempts to oppose the move.
January
Transparency lacking in WA media and politics
Readers’ letters on conflicts of interest between Seven West Media and Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas, the Howard government bugging East Timor, the alienation of young men and ADHD treatments.
December 2024
Coverage of Basil Zempilas rival unfair, imbalanced: press watchdog
The Seven West-funded Independent Media Council has upheld three complaints about negative coverage of the Perth mayor’s opponent.
Shameless end to a very Kerry Stokes political coup
The media proprietor’s employee Basil Zempilas still insists he knew nothing of his campaign manager’s polling that almost rolled the WA Liberal leader.
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
The man who would be the new king of WA
Basil Zempilas is now the most high-profile name in WA politics, and he hasn’t even been elected to parliament.
V8 Supercars taps advisers for $200m-plus TV deal
Sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said the motor racing organisation has already met with Nine and incumbents Seven and Foxtel about a new deal.
WA Liberal leader slaps down speculation over her future
Libby Mettam has vowed to lead the party to the next state election amid renewed speculation that Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas might swoop on the position.
Alan Jones’ old media company eyes Southern Cross regional TV assets
Australian Digital Holdings TV, chaired by former ABC board member Maurice Newman, said it would commit to making more local shows.
National Gallery handed $15m in biggest-ever donation
Kerry Stokes’ $15 million donation is about one-quarter of what the Canberra institution needs to raise for a new sculpture garden.
October 2024
Bruce McWilliam’s wife testifies against EA accused of $1.2m family fraud
Nicky McWilliam has accused her late father’s former executive assistant of siphoning more than $1.2 million from his accounts.
James Warburton joins HCF-backed sportstech VC; raise in the offing
Street Talk can report the media executive has joined sport & health technology VC XT Venture as it seeks to raise its first investment fund.
Seven doesn’t want the spotlight on ‘Spotlight’
Seven says ‘Spotlight’ shines a light on uncomfortable stories – but not when ‘Spotlight’ itself is the story.
Seven West, Network 10 edge towards TV deal at Southern Cross
Sources said SCA was negotiating with Seven and Ten around the $15 million to $20 million mark.