This Month
Nine board puts (some of) its money where its mouth is
Nine Entertainment shareholders can complain about many things, but they can’t say directors aren’t listening.
- Hannah Wootton
Bruce Gordon’s WIN profits halve even as advertising revenue holds up
Accounts lodged by the regional media empire owned by the billionaire businessman show costs have risen, as the group weathers a broader slump in ad sales.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
September
Billionaire Bruce Gordon retires from WIN as succession questions loom
The future of billionaire Bruce Gordon’s expansive estate – regional broadcaster WIN, 25 per cent of Nine Entertainment, and countless properties – is anyone’s guess.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Bruce Gordon moves closer to 25pc stake in Nine amid CEO search
The billionaire Rich Lister is close to offloading a NSW TV station that prevents him from wielding a larger voting stake in Nine.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
June
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Bruce Gordon backs Nine as $550m stake fuels succession questions
The billionaire says the publishing and broadcast giant is a company “worth investing in” despite turmoil, controversy and the abrupt departure of its chairman.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Bruce Gordon, 95, bulks up interest in Nine
The billionaire increased his interest in Nine to more than 25 per cent, giving the billionaire businessman outsize influence just hours before a board meeting that resulted in the resignation of the company’s chairman Peter Costello.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April
The ‘next Justin Hemmes’ swoops on Bruce Gordon’s iconic Illawarra pub
Glenn Piper’s decision to acquire the iconic Scarborough Hotel from Rich Lister Bruce Gordon for $9.5 million is a sign that pub deals are returning.
- Updated
- Campbell Kwan
March
Bruce Gordon sells landmark WIN Grand site for $70m
The billionaire businessman has sold the development site for his ‘city-changing’ precinct on the basis that it will be built by the buyer Level 33.
- Campbell Kwan
July 2023
Bruce Gordon seeks partner for $500m Wollongong towers
The billionaire businessman is seeking a development partner to deliver WIN Grand, a mixed use project that will become Wollongong’s tallest building.
- Campbell Kwan
March 2023
Billionaire Bruce Gordon taps pub boom with Scarborough offering
The Illawarra offering comes amid a boom in pub transactions across the country, an asset class which has surged in popularity as the nation emerged from two years of rolling pandemic lockdowns.
- Nick Lenaghan
February 2023
How Rich Lister Bruce Gordon stared down residents over $400m towers
The billionaire has secured approval for his 30-year vision to revitalise Wollongong despite anger from some residents whose ocean views would be blocked.
- Mark Di Stefano
April 2022
Inside the falling out between the rock-star banker and eco-warrior
Kathmandu founder Jan Cameron and her adviser, Jon Adgemis, were one of Australia’s oddest friendships. After a decade, they had a vicious falling out. Why?
- Carrie LaFrenz and Max Mason
January 2022
- From The Archives
- Platinum Year
Dancing girls, juggling lead to a TV empire
AFR Classic | A fruit barrow was the unlikely start for budding media mogul Bruce Gordon, who helped kick off a television takeover wave, wrote Jefferson Penberthy on March 26, 1980.
November 2021
Nine boss says no need to acquire WIN Television
Nine Entertainment boss says the company does not need to buy WIN Television as it is already getting enough value out of the business through a close partnership.
- Miranda Ward
Seven West Media gets its hands on Prime Media
A deal valuing the regional broadcaster at $131.9 million comes nearly two years after major Prime shareholders torpedoed a scrip deal.
- Updated
- Max Mason
September 2021
Nine and WIN inch closer together with sales team integration
The integration of Nine Entertainment and WIN Corp’s sales teams will give advertisers a single point of contact to buy ads across the country.
- Miranda Ward
Catalano, Waislitz’s ACM creeps on Prime Media
Regional publishing group Australian Community Media has upped its stake in television group Prime Media.
- Anthony Macdonald and Yolanda Redrup
Bruce Gordon to revitalise Wollongong CBD with WIN Grand
Billionaire Bruce Gordon’s WIN Corporation plans to transform the NSW coastal city with a $400 million development that includes a 39-storey tower.
- Miranda Ward
June 2021
WIN, Network 10 deal seals MasterChef for northern NSW
WIN and Network 10 agree to terms to broadcast content in northern NSW while Southern Cross Austereo remains in negotiation as a July 1 deadline looms.
- Miranda Ward
- Exclusive
- Courts
Jon Adgemis and Bruce Gordon bury the hatchet over $10m loan
The business associates have quietly resolved their differences over a $10 million loan, which ended up in the NSW Supreme Court.
- Max Mason and Carrie LaFrenz