July
Who are the highest paid ASX 200 CEOs?
New research shows that ASX 100 CEOs earn on average 50 times more than the average Australian adult.
- Hannah Wootton
June
Newlywed Rupert Murdoch cancels grand return to Australia
Long said to be Rupert Murdoch’s favourite newspaper, The Australian is turning 60 next month. He won’t be there to celebrate in person.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May
Winners and losers emerge as News Corp’s major restructure takes shape
Nicholas Gray appears to have prevailed over Edwina McCann, the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia who had been elevated to be editorial director of News Prestige
- Max Mason
Lachlan Murdoch returns home to executives on the edge
The media mogul returns to Australia with global CEO Robert Thomson, grappling with another News Corp restructure.
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- Mark Di Stefano
‘Intense’ News Corp restructure to target premium content
A challenging ad market dragged down News Corp’s news publications, but CEO Robert Thomson said it had extended a lucrative commercial deal with Google.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April
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News Corp plots major shake-up as Meta money ends, Google deal nears
News Corp Australia executive chairman Michael Miller has proposed tightening the company into three core units, finding at least $15 million in savings.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March
Fans pile into Las Vegas stadium for NRL season opener
More than 40,000 tickets were sold for the inaugural launch of the NRL season in Las Vegas, most of them paid for by fans who do not live in Australia.
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- Zoe Samios
February
The executives making the NRL Vegas trip for a schmoozefest
Nine sends one executive to the NRL’s US venture, but Foxtel sends a crowd; John Singleton drops into SPASM’s home; Allan Gray’s letter to Southern Cross.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
News Corp says it is in advanced talks for payment from AI firms
The media giant’s shares hit records on Thursday on strong earnings. Chief executive Robert Thomson suggests “courtship” of OpenAI is working.
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- Sam Buckingham-Jones
November 2023
Inside Google’s mothballed plans to quit search in Australia
Emails filed in a Justice Department legal dispute show the lengths the technology giant was considering going to kill plans to force it to pay for news.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
August 2023
News Corp tabloids struggle to hit ambitious subscriptions targets
Figures published by the company in New York show a slide in subscriptions, print and online, at its once-dominant metropolitan newspapers in the last year.
- Mark Di Stefano
News Corp kills major Accenture-advised advertising platform project
News Corp has sacked dozens of people over the past few months after an Accenture ad project which cost millions became a “less attractive concept”.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
June 2023
News Corp wants Damian Eales to replicate REA in the US
The media conglomerate had planned to sell its majority stake in Move, in a deal worth around $US3 billion, before abruptly ending deal talks in February.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
May 2023
‘Insipid’ ad market hits News Corp earnings as real estate stalls
Revenue and earnings were flat or fell across the board in News Corp, except in its Dow Jones division.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March 2023
Rupert Murdoch’s latest outrage
The man, we are horrified to report, steals jokes. And from Robert Thomson no less.
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- Myriam Robin
Up to 200 jobs likely to go at News Corp amid strategy shift
News Corp Australia boss Michael Miller wants a focus on reducing subscriber churn this year, as the business forges ahead with a global job cutting plan.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
News Corp in talks with AI firm about compensation
News Corp’s Robert Thomson said the company was in talks with an unnamed AI firm about financial compensation, warning specialist AI is “obviously using Dow Jones” content.
- Mark Di Stefano
February 2023
News Corp’s REA asks workers to go into ‘negative leave’ to cut costs
The unusual measure was floated to staff as lay-offs and belt-tightening grip the digital media industry.
- Mark Di Stefano
January 2023
Michelle Gunn appointed The Australian’s first female editor-in-chief
New appointments at News Corp’s national masthead will bring former editor-in-chief Paul Whittaker back to oversee the editorial direction of The Australian.
- Mark Di Stefano
December 2022
News Corp’s three big decisions going into Christmas
Robert Thomson, the Australian-born, New York-based chief executive of News Corp, will be in Sydney this week facing pivotal decisions.
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- Mark Di Stefano and Edmund Tadros