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Nick TabakoffAssociate Editor

Nick Tabakoff is an Associate Editor of The Australian. Tabakoff, a two-time Walkley Award winner, has served in a host of high-level journalism roles across three decades, ­including Editor-at-Large and Associate Editor of The Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, a previous stint at The Australian as Media Editor, as well as high-profile roles at the South China Morning Post, the Australian Financial Review, BRW and the Bulletin magazine.He has also worked in senior producing roles at the Nine Network and in radio.

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News considers free WSJ website

News considers free WSJ website

NEWS Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch said today the group was continuing to consider making the online version of the Wall Street Journal free, once News Corp formally takes control of Dow Jones next month.

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Tax ruling clears way for PBL split

Tax ruling clears way for PBL split

JAMES Packer’s Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd is expected within days to start dispatching to shareholders the public documents detailing its landmark split into separately listed media and gaming companies, after overcoming the final major obstacle to the carve-up through negotiations with the Australian Taxation Office.

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Nine bosses’ salaries are soaring

Nine bosses’ salaries are soaring

JAMES Packer’s struggling Channel 9 may be plunging in the ratings but its 2007 annual financial report shows that more of its executives than ever from the media side of the business are receiving huge pay packets.

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Beyond bids still in the picture

Beyond bids still in the picture

THE bidding process for production house Beyond International may not be over, despite the company’s announcement yesterday that it had accepted a $74.6 million takeover offer by Kuala Lumpur-based private equity firm Navis Capital Partners.

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PBL expects CVC’s $526m next week

PBL expects CVC’s $526m next week

JAMES Packer’s Publishing and Broadcasting said yesterday it expects to receive the $526 million from private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific’s purchase of an additional 25 per cent stake in PBL Media – which owns the Nine Network and ACP Magazines – by next week.

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Casinos grab the cash in PBL asset sales

Casinos grab the cash in PBL asset sales

IF there were any doubts that James Packer’s Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd was focusing its resources almost entirely on casino investments ahead of its split later this year, they should be erased after the company yesterday briefed analysts in Sydney on its plans.

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Kirk’s bid for TV-lite channels

Kirk’s bid for TV-lite channels

FAIRFAX Media has positioned itself as a leading contender for one of the Government’s two new broadcasting licences – Channel A and B – after this week’s announcement of its $520million purchase of Southern Cross’s radio stations and production house Southern Star.

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