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John StensholtThe Richest 250 Editor

“John Stensholt is the editor of the prestigious annual Richest 250 list for The Australian, and is a business journalist and features writer. He writes about Australia’s most successful and wealthy entrepreneurs, and the business of sport. His career includes stints at BRW magazine, The Australian Financial Review and Wall Street Journal. He has won Quills, Citi Journalism and Australian Sports Commission awards, been twice named Business Journalist of the Year at the News Awards and also been a Walkley Awards finalist. Connect with John at https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-stensholt-b5ba80207/?originalSubdomain=au

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How the rich investWealth

24/10/2019. Paul Lederer, chairman of Western Sydney Wanderers, pictured at the WSW new training academy, Western Sydney Wanders Centre of Excellence in Rooty Hill in Sydney's Western suburbs ahead of the derby against Sydney FC at the weekend. Britta Campion / The Australian

End ‘insane’ border shutdown: Lederer

Paul Lederer’s investments have survived the COVID-19 shutdown, though one business got ‘smashed’.

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Official launch of radio station *SEN SA* new studios on 1 KingWilliam Street on November 14, 2019. Craig Hutchison, Pacific Star Network and Crocmedia ChiefExecutive Officer

From easy listening to home of sport

A new sports-dedicated station in Sydney is part of plans for a national sports radio network planned by Craig Hutchison.

John Stensholt

Cricket

Boxing Day Test Match at the MCG. 29/12/2019.. Day 4. Australia's captain Tim Paine challenges an LBW decision . Pic: Michael Klein

Cricket fees next on broadcasters’ hit list

Broadcasters will now turn their attention to cricket and seek a reduction in rights fees for the summer sport.

John Stensholt

AFL

Gil the finisher wins TV code war

The AFL is giving less money back to the broadcasters than the NRL.

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Coffee breakCompanies

Supermarket push saves coffee king

Coffee snobs used to mock Les Schirato for selling his Vittoria range in supermarkets. Not any more.

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Trading DayTrading Day

Digital market boards are seen at the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) in Sydney, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Australia's economy contracted 0.3 per cent in the March quarter, broadly in line with market expectations. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Recovery jitters wipe $57bn from ASX

The market had its worst day since May 1 as investors reassess the recovery trajectory, shifting to defensive trade and prompting a bank slide.

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MediaMedia

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 11: Ivan Soldo of the Tigers and Brodie Grundy of the Magpies compete for the ball during the round 2 AFL match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Richmond Tigers at Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 11, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

Contract discounts cost AFL $150m

The AFL’s revamped broadcast deal will have Seven broadcast until 2024, but the league has not clinched a new contract with Fox Sports past 2022.

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Football

*APAC Sports Pictures of the Week - 2020, March 9* NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 06: Clare Polkinghorne of the Australian Matildas celebrates her goal with team mates during the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Play-Off match between the Australian Matildas and Vietnam at McDonald Jones Stadium on March 06, 2020 in Newcastle, Australia. (Photo by Ashley Feder/Getty Images)

FIFA predicts $25m World Cup profit

Australia’s bid for the 2023 women’s World Cup is projected to make a profit of at least $25m, according to FIFA documents.

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GamblingCompanies

08/06/2020: CEO Sam Swanell from Pointsbet, a fast growing online betting company which is doing a deal to sponsor more AFL coverage when it starts up again on Thursday after the Covid-19 shutdown. Stuart McEvoy/The Australian.

Pointsbet on a winner as sports re-emerge

The only thing that makes Pointsbet chief executive Sam Swanell happier than the footy returning is horse racing continuing during the COVID-19 shutdown.

John Stensholt

How the rich investWealth

22/08/2018: Geoff Harris owns the building in Collingwood that houses STREAT, a social enterprise that trains and employs marginalized people. It includes a cafe, industrial kitchen, bakery and coffee roaster. Stuart McEvoy/ The Australian.

Services industry ‘needs open borders’

There’s massive damage to the services industry from continued pandemic lockdown, says Flight Centre co-founder.

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