October
Who’s who at Joe Aston’s book launch
The author of The Chairman’s Lounge turned out an elite crowd for his book launch in Sydney on Tuesday night.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
May
Showtime! Media CEOs’ last stand with Foxtel over future of TV
Years of lobbying by free-to-air networks and Foxtel have come down to this week, when two crucial pieces of legislation are set to go before the Senate.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Billionaire Kerry Stokes takes it all very personally
In the media business, he who controls distribution, controls all.
- Mark Di Stefano and Myriam Robin
February
‘Scandalous’: free-to-air networks lash TV makers for demanding a cut
Whether TV network apps appear on new TVs is an “existential” threat to broadcasters, CEOs told senators. Tech giants are demanding to clip the ticket.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Rupert Murdoch’s secret hours on camera interviewed by Sky News chief
Paul Whittaker has for months been quietly interviewing the media magnate on camera.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October 2023
Joe Aston’s farewell column
After 12 years of writing Rear Window, my reward was the belly laughs I got to share with AFR readers as, again and again, we denuded the most fantastic pretenders in the nation.
- Joe Aston
February 2023
Former Fairfax executives score VC backing for mystery start-up
Filings show the corporate vehicle was established the end of last year, with financial backing from a boutique VC firm.
- Mark Di Stefano, Anthony Macdonald and Max Mason
June 2022
‘Bloodhound’ Pam Williams looks to her last deadline
In a career at the Financial Review spanning more than 30 years, with a series of scoops and six Walkley Awards, she has put away her notepad – for now, anyway.
- Andrew Clark
May 2022
Protecting sport for free-to-air will be easier under Labor
Former Fairfax Media boss Greg Hywood believes protecting sport for free-to-air broadcasters, ensuring Australians will be able to watch the AFL Grand Final for free, would have been more challenged if the Morrison government had won the election.
- Miranda Ward
February 2022
Former Fairfax CEO urges government to keep up with media reform
Greg Hywood is pushing the government to protect Australians’ right to free television with three policy commitments.
- Miranda Ward
Press must leave Parliament to do better
AFR Classic | Donald Horne’s verdict on the Canberra press as the worst in 40 years is noteworthy, wrote Gregory Hywood in the Financial Review on June 15, 1990.
- Gregory Hywood
December 2021
Former Fairfax CEO Hywood argues against media royal commission
The media industry faces “very practical” and more immediate issues than “theoretical debates around diversity”, according to Greg Hywood.
- Miranda Ward
January 2021
US claims digital code breaks free trade deal
Divisions with the US on the regulation of its largest companies will be an early test for the Morrison government's relations with the Biden administration, which has been financially supported by big tech.
- Miranda Ward and John Kehoe
October 2020
Former Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood named Free TV chairman
Greg Hywood says Google and Facebook have a social responsibility to contribute meaningfully to journalism by paying media companies for the value of their content.
- Max Mason
September 2020
The online wagering entrepreneur punting on the next Facebook
A tech start-up taking grief into the virtual world has some heavy-hitter backers and lofty ambitions.
- Julie-anne Sprague
August 2020
- Opinion
- Disruption
Board appointments show incumbents can be the headlights, not the deer
The appointment of Bridget Loudon to the Telstra board showed a slow but ongoing move by big incumbent companies to try and get on the innovation front foot.
- Adir Shiffman
June 2020
Seven taps former Fairfax chief to review The West
Former Fairfax Media CEO Greg Hywood will help review Kerry Stokes' West Australian Newspapers as it continues to restructure.
- Max Mason
April 2020
- Exclusive
- Investing
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Hywood, Catalano among high-profile investors in Beevo
The former Domain partnership has retooled and has a number of well-known investors backing it.
- Max Mason
March 2020
Seven's deadly sins
Within a decade, Kerry Stokes' Seven West Media has gone from the top of Australia's media mountain to a shrunken old-media company. The 79-year old billionaire mogul’s media empire needs a rapid turnover or risks being left behind.
- Max Mason