Kerry Stokes
Flipping heck! Reporter heading to work walks bang into city’s biggest news story
Dougal Beatty was on his way to the train station to go to work. But on this day the news came to him.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Latest
‘Like the ’80s’: Seven’s ‘sexy Santa’ dancers leave staff scratching their heads
Seven West Media is yet to address staff in relation to a performance by four women dressed as “sexy Santas” in a town hall meeting last week.
- by Calum Jaspan
Analysis
Earnings season
Forget the TV drama, Stokes shows Seven’s industrial might
Financially troubled and scandal-ridden Seven West may be grabbing the headlines, but the Stokes family fortune is soaring to fresh heights at the $16 billion Seven Group Holdings.
- by Colin Kruger
Updated
Earnings season
Seven threatens Amber Harrison with legal action over remarks about Four Corners interview
With cultural issues at the Seven Network in the spotlight, its parent company has revealed a huge slump in full-year profits.
- by Calum Jaspan
Updated
Media & marketing
Four Corners investigation alleges culture of fear, misogyny, bullying at Seven Network
A series of women have told the ABC they experienced harassment and misogynistic treatment at the Seven Network.
- by Calum Jaspan
Magazine’s planned profile of star conservative columnist put on ice
The Monthly has had a rethink, which is a shame.
- by Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Exclusive
Media & marketing
Axe swings at Seven West Media with 150 jobs to go
Redundancies come as the Kerry Stokes-controlled media company braces for the end of a lucrative commercial deal with Facebook and Instagram’s owner Meta.
- by Calum Jaspan
John Poynton on the pressure of a legacy and getting on the wrong side of a media mogul
The man widely considered one of Perth’s most successful corporate advisors talks flying, the pressure of a legacy, and his fear that he “wasn’t very bright”.
- by Jesinta Burton
Vale
Harold Mitchell
Premiers and billionaires line up to farewell an ad industry giant
Three former premiers and business magnates were among the mourners who gathered to farewell media businessman and philanthropist Harold Mitchell.
- by Stephen Brook
AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
The Australian Financial Review will no longer have a physical edition in Perth after Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the newspaper.
- by Colin Kruger
Analysis
Media & marketing
Breaking news: Will social media kill the evening bulletin?
Competition from agile digital outlets and social media giants is forcing a major rethink of how TV news is delivered, and who is best suited to do so.
- by Calum Jaspan
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