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This year’s Gold Walkley winner Adele Ferguson has resigned as the Walkley Foundation chair.

Gold Walkley winner resigns amid board feud

Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson, former Four Corners boss Sally Neighbour and writer Victoria Laurie quit the Walkley board.

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Netflix and Paramount Skydance are vying to take over Warner Bros. Both deals could have regulatory issues.

Australia’s competition watchdog eyes Warner Bros mega-deal

The ACCC is likely to closely scrutinise any Warner Brothers deal for its wide-ranging impact on local and global entertainment industries.

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The “Architects of AI” were named Time’s person of the year Thursday, with the magazine citing 2025 as when the potential of artificial intelligence “roared into view” with no turning back.

Time magazine names its person of the year for 2025

The “Architects of AI” were crowned, with five of the eight people selected billionaires with a collective fortune of more than $1.3 trillion.

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The Disney store in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, US, on Friday, March 29, 2024. Billionaire activist Nelson Peltz’s efforts to gain board seats at Walt Disney Co. will be decided at the company’s April 3 annual meeting. Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

Disney strikes licensing deal with OpenAI, agrees to $US1b investment

OpenAI’s Sora will be able to draw from characters – from Lilo and Stitch to Ariel and Simba –when generating AI videos in response to user prompts.

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Sky News Australia chief executive Paul Whittaker takes the stand... ahem.. altar at St James Church

From AFP raid target to eulogist: Sky’s Whittaker gets the last word on Richo

In this week’s On Background, Boris forgives an old target, scuttlebutt over a succession in Guardian Towers, a clampdown on Christmas misbehaviour, Seven swings the axe and Global Roaming’s expansion continues.

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Communications Minister Anika Wells [right] alongside Courier Mail editor Melanie Pilling [second right] in New York in September.

Vanishing act: The Anika Wells expenses exclusive pulled by News Corp

The media company’s free mass-market news site, news.com.au, snagged a red-hot story, so why did it spike it a few hours later?

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Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is part of the hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.

Trump’s son-in-law part of Paramount’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros

The company, which has close ties to the Trump administration, has launched an offer that challenges Netflix’s plan to create an unassailable media empire.

  • Michael Koziol
Netflix said the deal to buy Warner Bros will “help define the next century of storytelling”.

Netflix to buy Warner Bros Discovery’s studios, streaming unit for $US72 billion

Buying the owner of marquee franchises including Game of Thrones, DC Comics and Harry Potter will further tilt the power balance in Hollywood in favour of the streaming giant.

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Jule Power

Architecture prize for Herald writer who turns ‘somewhat inaccessible’ into stories that resonate

The Herald’s reporter Julie Power has been recognised for her contribution to architecture. She says it has the power to change lives, if done well.

Olivia Nuzzi [left] and Ryan Lizza [right] with Robert F. Kennedy Jr [centre].

‘The Politician’, his alleged lover and why we hate celebrity journalists

It’s the scandal that has Washington insiders and die-hard media watchers buzzing, with every new chapter highlighting why, at its worst, the access and power of journalism can absolutely corrupt.  

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