Nine boss Mike Sneesby might have been all smiles as he carried the Olympic torch through the French countryside but the decimation of his Paris team by strike action could soon end that.
NRL bosses are fuming after Channel 9 dumped its flagship Monday night rugby league program 100 Percent Footy for the duration of the Paris Olympics.
The NRL backs down from its decision to fine Phil Gould for his ‘stupid’ TV rant, glamour couple Liam Knight and Danika Mason papped at an NRL game, and more in Saint, Sinner, Shoosh.
Maroons coach Billy Slater has bristled at the suggestion from a Nine Network colleague that he is not getting along with star outside back Selwyn Cobbo, with those in Qld camp believing it’s a part of a NSW mind game.
Sources say Nine’s total Games costs of at least $120m mean a tough financial outcome is looming, despite Nine chief Mike Sneesby confident of breaking even.
Is Mike Sneesby the most tone-deaf CEO in the country? He skipped off for a European holiday on the day his staff at Nine learned of job cuts, now he’s jumping at an Olympic gig.
The NRL integrity unit is to investigate a flare-up between two player agents last week outside a Port Macquarie pub. PHIL ROTHFIELD reveals that and more in Saint, Sinner, Shoosh.
Chad Townsend has opened up on his motivation for calling it quits at the Cowboys while ’Alfie’ Langer is set to cash in on his new-found popularity.
Unlike the taxpayer funded public broadcaster and for the most part Nine Newspapers, News Corp outlets have heard from Julian Assange’s critics as well as his supporters.
Staff at Nine Entertainment have passed a motion of no confidence in boss Mike Sneesby and its board after he announced hundreds of job losses.
Mike Sneesby has urged the company’s staff to come forward with any complaints amid new claims that former news boss Darren Wick groped a TV star at a Logies after-party.
Channel 9’s Tom Morris is poised for a return to the airwaves and will share the microphone with Gerard Whateley. Find out more in this week’s Media Street.
The squabble between Nine and Seven over printing costs led to the AFR being pulled from WA stores. Nine boss Mike Sneesby was indifferent, as Kerry Stokes offered advice for his rivals.
Phil Gould has bullishly declared he’s “done nothing wrong” as he prepares for a legal stoush with the NRL over his damning comments where he labelled the game “stupid”.
Andrew Forrest is being pursued for $1.3m by a former contestant on Married At First Sight whose party boat was allegedly damaged by the billionaire’s marine business.
The Nine Network faces an enormous financial payout after broadcasting stories falsely accusing Palm Island residents of blowing a $30m payment on things such as cars and boats.
Nine’s group director of finance operations Danielle Abandowitz emailed staff prior to the long weekend informing them they wouldn’t be getting paid until Tuesday. Happy Easter!
The NRL have put their radio partners on notice in the wake of Latrell Mitchell’s disastrous post-match interview, banning them from filming after complaints from the Rabbitohs and Channel 9.
From one former patient whose cash request has raised eyebrows in court to another who’s currently in a Nevada jail, Nine has trotted out an interesting parade of supporting witnesses.
The local media industry is going through an ‘existential moment’ as it deals with Meta’s threat to not pay media companies for using their content, warns Nine chairman Peter Costello.
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