November
Financial Review scores three investigative Walkley Awards
Eight journalists won Walkley Awards in three categories: best business journalism, best long feature and best explanatory journalism.
Sydney Morning Herald editor steps down after four years in top job
Bevan Shields told staff on Tuesday afternoon he would step down and take a break over summer. His replacement will begin in the new year.
Daily Mail owner strikes $1b deal for Telegraph
A merger of the two mastheads would redraw the traditional lines of UK media, creating one of the largest groups and a dominant voice in right-wing politics.
No lovers on the covers: Romance publisher rewrites the story
Thanks to distinct design, fresh approaches to the genre and the if-you-know-you-know factor, 831 Stories is catching the eye of readers and investors.
Alan Joyce to lead celebration of aviation’s ‘glory days’
It’s quite the return for a man once so determined to avoid the public eye that he was subjected to paparazzi shots in a dog park.
Labor threatens Meta with $112m yearly tax if it fails to pay for news
The government will begin consulting on its proposal for new laws that would force social media giants to pay news organisations.
Farmers’ Almanac reaches end of the road after more than 200 years
The almanac published continuously for 208 years, surviving daily newspapers, the National Weather Service, television, the internet and social media.
The Gen Z upstart pulling in 10pc of Australia’s podcast wealth
Melbourne-based Shameless Media is just seven years old, but it’s now a $10 million media company.
Nine faces extra cost cuts as TV ad market dives
Australia’s biggest media company says the television ad market has been more challenging than it could have predicted in the second half of this year.
October
Rowland says ‘no’ to AI copyright carve-out, flags new payment regime
Attorney-general will advance talks on AI licensing framework, forcing big tech to reveal copyrighted material used to train artificial intelligence models.
Alan Joyce’s tell-all memoir will ‘set the record straight’
It’s the book no one asked for, but Hardie Grant promises the autobiography of the former Qantas CEO will still “surprise” readers.
David Rowe named cartoonist of the year for record 11th time
The Financial Review cartoonist has taken out the award for three years running, and was also named caricaturist of the year for a 15th time.
Financial Review journalists nominated for five Walkley Awards
The masthead has been recognised for its investigations, feature writing and explanatory journalism in the nation’s top journalism awards.
September
How we shot the 2025 Power issue
Photographing the cover of AFR Magazine’s latest issue took a bit more art direction than usual, but we knew we had a winning idea.
‘No parallel’: With Kimmel, Trump hits media with everything he has
The president is conducting the most punishing government crackdown against major American media institutions in modern times.
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension raises fears of a new era of US censorship
The abrupt cancellation of the comedian’s late-night show has forced many to confront a troubling question: is free speech in America under threat?
‘Paid $531,000 not to work’: Why glossy magazines cannot survive
It’s hard to imagine how any kind of succession at Vogue will work while so much control still remains in one person’s hands.
As Anna Wintour steps back, is Vogue still relevant?
Far from being a fading pageant of print, this handover marks not a decline, but a deliberate reinvention – both editorially and structurally.
The 16 best business books of the year (so far)
A look at the life of the Patagonia founder; an examination of the idolisation of tech chieftains; and the story of the ascent of chipmaker Nvidia are among the picks.
August
Zuckerberg lobbied Trump on digital taxes then came the Truth Social post
A post by the US president threatening “substantial additional tariffs” on countries taxing tech firms has diminished hopes for Australian publishers.