June
Meta threatens Australian news ban in media bargaining war
News sites and links could once again be blocked from Meta’s platforms if the social media company is forced to negotiate content deals with local publishers.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
Nine Entertainment to cut 200 jobs as Meta content deal ends
CEO Mike Sneesby made the announcement as Nine battles a weaker advertising market and a content deal with Meta, which runs Instagram and Facebook, ends.
- Max Mason
Financial Review Australia’s most trusted newspaper brand
The Australian Financial Review has again been ranked the nation’s most trusted newspaper brand, as overall trust in the media declines across the board.
- Opinion
- Culture wars
Britain’s arts sector learns the cost of being too pure for finance
A bank and asset manager have withdrawn their sponsorship of music and book festivals in the UK after activists called for boycotts.
- Celia Walden
Why publishers fear Google AI search will kill their websites
News organisations are heading into another battle with tech giants, with growing fears the race to beat each other with AI summaries will result in more content stolen.
- Paul Smith
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
- Opinion
- Mining Summit
AFR will not walk away from WA
Political and business leaders in Western Australia say privately that Kerry Stokes has an unhealthy degree of media power in the state.
- Updated
- Michael Stutchbury
After losing a deal, Stokes’ newspaper pursued Forrest
The West Australian published dozens of critical articles about Fortescue’s founder after he refused to buy trucks from a related company.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
Former NSW Liberal president Geoff Selig dies at 59
The businessman had been the chairman of catalogues and marketing firm IVE Group, which on Monday told investors of his death while on holiday in Europe.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The WFH January mandate: How bosses are retaining staff
Publisher Hachette offers a range of initiatives to help retain good staff, including a January work from home mandate.
- Sylvia Ramsey
April
- Exclusive
- News Corp
News Corp drafts in PwC as it deals with Meta cash hole
News Corp has tapped PwC Australia to help with its biggest restructure of the last decade as it seeks to deal with Meta ripping tens of millions of dollars out of the Australian news market.
- Max Mason and Sam Buckingham-Jones
Short selling media company long odds for Australia
Defamation claims, insider trading rules and regulatory pressure make the model likely unviable in Australia, says Bronte Capital’s John Hempton.
- Nick Bonyhady
March
‘Every day is hard’: One year since Russia jailed Evan Gershkovich
Since his arrest, the 32-year-old journalist for the Wall Street Journal has been held in the notorious high-security Lefortovo prison in Moscow.
- Katie Robertson
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why we need a public inquiry into US tech giants
There comes a time when too much power in a few hands is a bad thing, and that time is now.
- Ivor Ries
February
Billionaire reveals secret to making money out of music
The founder of WiseTech has just completed his third major investment in the music business.
- Michael Bailey
AFR subscribers can now gift 5 articles a month
Australian Financial Review subscribers can now gift up to five articles each month to colleagues and friends. Here’s how to do it.
January
Tory Maguire elevated to Nine’s top publishing job
Tory Maguire will oversee all of Nine’s publications, including The Australian Financial Review.
Books to watch out for this year
A selection of non-fiction titles that are already generating buzz.
- Foreign Policy
John Pilger, controversial campaigning journalist, dead at 84
John Pilger, who has died aged 84, was a journalist and documentary maker for whom the word uncompromising might have been invented.
- Telegraph Obituaries