Seven CEO steps down in shock move
One of Australia’s biggest media companies has announced a dramatic shake-up in its leadership.
One of Australia’s biggest media companies has announced a dramatic shake-up in its leadership.
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Seven West Media’s move on ARN leaves some wondering if chair Kerry Stokes will apply the same formula he has used to win over his targets in the past without having to pay up.
The drama is escalating in the market when it comes to the battle for beaten down Australian broadcasters.
Seven West Media has created a major upset in the battle for Southern Cross Media Group by sweeping up 19.9 per cent of the stock of its suitor, ARN Media.
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes told shareholders the company will retain a “conservative approach” as he copped questions about the ongoing lack of dividends.
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Kerry Stokes-led Seven West Media is establishing a national news platform with an east coast focus in an attempt to take on other dominant players across the country.
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Seven West Media has withdrawn from the bidding process for the Melbourne Cup broadcast rights, leaving Nine Entertainment in the box seat.
The Matildas’ success has been a ratings bonanza for the free-to-air broadcaster but the Kerry Stokes-led company’s annual profit has taken a hit.
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The Seven West chair remains tight-lipped on continuing to financially support Ben Roberts-Smith should the former SAS soldier opt to appeal his failed defamation case against Nine.
The man who will replace Ben Roberts-Smith’s role at Seven West Media has been announced, just weeks after the disgraced former soldier lost a landmark defamation case.
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Seven West Media boss Kerry Stokes is facing a potential legal bill of tens of millions of dollars in the wake of Ben Roberts-Smith’s failed defamation case.
Industry talk surrounds whether a Foxtel and Seven West Media tie-up could be feasible.
Fortescue Metals Group has written to communications minister Michelle Rowland, appealing for intervention in the media blue between billionaires Andrew Forrest and Kerry Stokes.
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