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Prime time: AFL chief Andrew Dillon says the Thursday night slot is here to stay.

‘Big winner’: AFL chief doubles down on Thursday football despite criticism

Andrew Dillon says Thursday night football is here to stay, but both he and a key league broadcaster will demand some scheduling changes in 2026.

  • Jon Pierik

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Lynne for the win? After 33 years playing Irene on Home and Away, Lynne McGranger is the hot favourite to win the TV Week Gold Logie.

Who will win the Gold Logie? And why will it be Lynne McGranger?

Recent history suggests that the Gold Logie winner typically comes from the network that broadcasts the Logies, which is excellent news for Channel Seven and Lynne McGranger.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Kane Cornes has become the most prominent voice in footy.

The Kane game: Cornes opens up on confrontation, conflict and the time he ‘maybe’ went too far

Players on long-term contracts? There should be a royal commission. Luke Beveridge? The Western Bulldogs should have punted him long ago. North Melbourne? Their performances deserve criticism. But once the cameras and headphones are off, Kane Cornes is a different man.

  • Andrew Wu
Casey Nunn shares the couch with young footy fans. (L-R) Charlotte 7, Chloe 6, Molly 6, Andre 4, Lachlan 9, and Levi 8.

‘I’m watching more rugby league’: What happened in the suburbs when the AFL sold Saturday footy

The decision to scrap free-to-air football on Saturdays has upset AFL fans who feel their Saturday rituals have been lost. But the AFL says access and affordability were at the heart of its decision.

  • Brittany Busch, Gemma Grant, Hannah Hammoud and Hannah Kennelly
The West Australian newspaper on the day of Origin II.

‘Not a mainstream sport’: Stokes-owned WA media gives State of Origin sex ad snub

The AFL-aligned West Australian newspaper all but ignored Origin, relegating its existence to the escort services page and mocking the concept on the front page.

  • Michael Chammas
Footy’s commentary wars are heating up between Seven and Foxtel, with commentator Brian Taylor a focus in them.

‘Disrespectful’: Footy commentary war between Seven, Foxtel gets personal

Seven has backed commentator Brian Taylor after he had a crack at Fox Footy for not sending commentators to the MCG.

  • Danny Russell
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Australian Financial Review mulls print return in WA as press monopoly broken

The Australian Financial Review is considering bringing back the printed edition to WA via a new press owned by a popular independent newspaper.

  • Hamish Hastie
Simon Holmes a Court.

He detests the party, but Holmes à Court has donated to help rescue a Liberal MP

Former state Liberal leader John Pesutto is rattling his tin loudly, and there are some interesting people answering the call.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Anthony De Ceglie, Seven Network director of news and current affairs, has spent the last year overseeing a push to expand the network’s offerings.

Head of NRL’s biggest media critic named boss of Perth Bears

Anthony De Ceglie, the boss of Channel Seven news, has been appointed as CEO of the new NRL franchise.

  • Calum Jaspan and Adrian Proszenko

From TV to NRL: Why Kerry Stokes’ prized executive has joined V’landys

He orchestrated a shake-up of senior personnel, including the departure of long-time on-air personalities, centralised Seven’s news team and oversaw mass redundancies.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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