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Why is a pair of legacy media companies controlled by a dysfunctional dynasty so popular with investors?

The Murdochs are stuck in a multibillion-dollar family feud. The empire they’re fighting over is flourishing

Why is a pair of legacy media companies controlled by a dysfunctional dynasty so popular with investors?

  • The Economist

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Andreas Papadakis of Tipo 00 has been nominated for a James Beard food book award.

How Aussie cookbooks are winning hearts and stomachs worldwide

Melbourne restaurateur Andreas Papadakis is in the running for a cookbook Oscar, joining an illustrious group of Australian chefs making waves internationally.

  • Kerrie O'Brien

Gut health, glamping, druids … Whatever your passion, there’s a newsletter for it

The online platform Substack is giving a vast array of writers a voice. Some of them even earn an income from it.

  • Stephanie Wood
Sydney Morning Herald sports journalist Tom Decent is the fourth winner of the Harry Gordon Memorial Award for Olympics coverage.

Herald’s Tom Decent wins top national prize for Olympics coverage

Decent has been awarded the Harry Gordon Memorial Award for coverage of the Australian swimming team at the Paris 2024 Games.

  • Penry Buckley
Meta is using the work of Australian authors, without consent or payment, to train artificial intelligence.

I didn’t expect my book to make money, but Meta has stolen my work

For most authors (myself included), writing a book is rarely profitable, which makes Meta’s alleged use of books to train their AI systems a tough read.

  • Thomas Mitchell

‘The first bombs will definitely drop’: Full text of US military group chat scandal revealed

The Atlantic released the operational details sent by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to the breached Signal group after the Trump administration insisted the information wasn’t classified.

  • Michael Koziol
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In their pursuit of profits, social media platforms have fostered harmful environments where social discord, misinformation and disinformation flourish.

The tell-all memoir Mark Zuckerberg tried to stop you reading

It’s hard to know whether the Facebook boss’s symbolic ways of currying favour with China are more remarkable than Meta’s apparent plan to let the Communist Party snoop on users outside the country.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Guardian Australia’s outgoing political editor Karen Middleton.

Guardian political editor exits after months of turmoil

Karen Middleton’s time at the bureau coincided with a period of instability, during which a number of staff left.

  • Calum Jaspan
Author Laura Jean McKay is concerned about a request to use her work to train AI.

‘Death warrant’: Australian publisher slammed over author AI request

Black Inc. has offered its writers a 50/50 split of net receipts from the deal, which would allow their books to be used to train artificial intelligence.

  • Hannah Hammoud
The Age has cross-platform readership of 4.56 million.

The Age maintains lead over rival in new readership figures

The Age has held its position as the second most-read masthead in the nation, with cross-platform readership of 4.56 million.

  • Staff reporter

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