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Aust fights for Myanmar paper

Ross Dunkley
PUBLISHER Ross Dunkley faces court in a case observers say is aimed at forcing the Australian to give up the Myanmar Times.

Bauer faces delay on APN NZ buy approval

Bauer faces delay on APN NZ buy approval
BAUER Media must now wait until next year to see if it will be allowed to buy APN News & Media's portfolio of New Zealand consumer magazines.

Tabakoff to join CBA

Tabakoff to join CBA
THE Australian's Media Editor, Nick Tabakoff, is leaving journalism after more than two decades to join the Commonwealth Bank.

Paper tiger

Paper tiger
HE'S a publisher with grand plans to expand... into newspapers. But who is Morry Schwartz?

Clock is ticking from first minutes

Clock is ticking from first minutes
LIFE has always been more fraught for the chief executives of Australia's media companies than for their peers in other sectors.

Honeymoon over before it began

Honeymoon over before it began
IT'S been another tumultuous year for top media bosses, as the sector faced increasing competition and pace of change.

Ex-Clinton staffer is chief News spinner

The new News Corp logo
NEWS Corporation has named Jim Kennedy, a former Clinton White House staffer, as the company's new chief communications officer.

A Choice warning on TPP talks

Shipping containers
COMSUMER magazine Choice today kickstarts a national advertising campaign to expose the "most important trade negotiation you've never heard of".

Williams has first win over Fairfax

Kim Williams
FORMER News Corp Australia boss Kim Williams has won round one of a court action against Fairfax Media.

Newsweek goes back into print

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NEWSWEEK is going back into print with a heavily subscriber-based weekly publication set to launch early next year.

Fairfax loses round one of Williams case

Kim Williams
FORMER News Corp Australia boss Kim Williams has won round one of his defamation action against Fairfax Media.

Guardian defends Snowden leaks to MPs

Alan Rusbridger
THE editor of Britain's Guardian newspaper has defended the publication of leaks by Edward Snowden, insisting it did not put lives at risk.

Big Issue's student challenge

Big Issue's student cha...
LaTrobe team wins magazine competition with urban landscaping project.

Female journos report harassment

Social media
A global survey has shown the newsroom can be a hostile environment for female journalists.

Digital marketing growth to continue

Online shopping
GROWTH In digital marketing spending is set to continue, fueled by a desire to quantify the outcomes, personalise communications and predict growth.

Israeli army 'targeting journalists': FPA

Israeli security forces
THE Foreign Press Association on Sunday accused the Israeli army of "deliberately targeting'' journalists.

Haymarket exits as NEXT takes over titles

Magazines
A NUMBER of Haymarket Media magazines have been acquired by NEXT Media, marking the exit of the British publishing giant from this market.

Zavecz to run Pacific Magazines

Magazines
SEVEN West Media has appointed Peter Zavecz to head publishing business Pacific Magazines.

Leighton lashes out at 'inaccurate' reports

Leighton
FAIRFAX made errors in reports suggesting Leighton Holdings' Middle East JV is unlikely to recover  $1.1bn in debts, the construction group says.

Brooks told PM's pal how to hack phones

Britain Phone Hacking
REBEKAH Brooks discussed how to hack a mobile phone with one of the Prime Minister's closest friends.

Bauer reports 2013 sales increase

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BAUER Media Group boss Yvonne Bauer has given the Australian arm of the magazines giant a special mention.

Fairfax to print Schwartz's paper

Morry Schwartz
THEY have been posited as rivals but Fairfax Media will get some benefit out of The Saturday Paper.

Casson takes over Metro Media

Antony Catalano
FAIRFAX'S Metro Media Publishing has made Trent Casson chief operating officer after the move of founder Antony Catalano to head Domain.

Secrecy laws 'fascist', says Japan press

Japan Fukushima
CONTROVERSIAL plans to enable the prosecution of journalists and whistleblowers under new laws have sparked cries of protest.

New appointments at The Australian

The Australian
NEWS Corp's national masthead The Australian has made two appointments to its sales and marketing teams.  

Murdoch seals divorce from third wife

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MEDIA mogul Rupert Murdoch and his estranged third wife Wendi Deng have agreed on an "amicable'' divorce settlement.

Exclusive Ad market hots up for Christmas

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THE December advertising market has caught fire, with media companies experiencing the strongest demand they have seen for years.

Opportunities quickly on Carousel

Opportunities come around quickly on The Carousel
WHEN some of the best editors lost their jobs this year from No 1 magazine publisher Bauer Media, Robyn Foyster was quick.

Exclusive AAP to embrace areas of growth

AAP bucks the trend by going for growth
AUSTRALIAN Associated Press says it will turn to new growth prospects for its news services operation Pagemasters.

Fairfax denies fudging numbers

Greg Hywood
FAIRFAX Media has denied it is overstating the number of digital subscriptions it has attracted for the Herald and Age.

ABOUT MEDIA

OUR TEAM

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Nick Tabakoff
Media Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Nick Tabakoff returns as Media Editor after a stint as associate editor of  The Daily Telegraph. He is a former business media writer for The Australian and a Walkley Award winner.

Tabakoff and Darren Davidson at 1.96m have the monikers of the “Paper Giants” of the Media team. tabakoffn@theaustralian.com.au

Lara Sinclair

Lara Sinclair
Online Media Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Lara Sinclair has reported on media & marketing in Australia and the UK for over 15 years, the past eight at The Australian. She has previously written for The Canberra Times and edited B&T, where she won a Bell Award for business reporting.

sinclairl@theaustralian.com.au Twitter: @larasinclair

Mark Day

Mark Day
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Mark has been a journalist for 51 years, as a reporter, editor and columnist.  He has been a newspapers, magazines and radio station proprietor, radio and TV host, author and blogger. He was a founding columnist for Media in 1999. mday@ozemail.com.au

Michael Bodey

Michael Bodey
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Michael is a media writer for The Australian and was previously arts editor, showbiz editor and media editor at The Daily Telegraph and film critic for The Age.  John Laws describes him as "a very average journalist."

bodeym@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter: @michaelbodey

Sally Jackson

Sally Jackson
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Sally has been on Media since 2002 after returning from three years in New York. She has worked for The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph and The Australian reporting on news, business, State politics and sport and as a feature writer.

jacksons@theaustralian.com.au Twitter: @Sally_Jackson

Nick Leys

Nick Leys
Journalist
Melbourne Bureau, Australia

Nick has worked at Fairfax, News Ltd and the ABC. He was a researcher at Media Watch, a feature writer at The Sydney Morning Herald, and a senior journalist at The Australian, The Sunday Telegraph and The Herald Sun.

leysn@theaustralian.com.au Twitter: @leysie

Darren_davidson

Darren Davidson
Media business writer
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Darren has been a journalist since 2002 in London and Sydney. Prior to joining The Australian, Davidson was editor of Australian media title AdNews. He was first published in his local newspaper aged 14 with an article headlined: “Tackling ‘monsters’ in watery places”.

davidsond@theaustralian.com.au
Twitter: @darrendavidson

Errol Simper

Errol Simper
Journalist
Sydney Bureau, Australia

Errol joined The Australian in 1978, making him the longest serving continuous member of staff. He has been chief of staff three times and has worked for the Canberra Times, the Sydney Morning Herald, Northern Territory News and Queensland Country Life. He gave up a job in the wine industry to enter journalism, but no longer drinks the stuff. 

simpere@theaustralian.com.au

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Throughout the week, the Media website provides breaking news and views on what’s happening in broadcast, print, marketing and digital, from our team of talented reporters and columnists.

Disability pension 'under review'

Disability pension 'under ...

MATHIAS Cormann says the government is reviewing the Disability Support Pension to ensure those who are capable return to work.

Qantas inflating its crisis: Air NZ

Christopher Luxon Air New Zealand CEO

AIR NZ chief executive Christopher Luxon has accused Qantas of orchestrating a crisis situation.

Seducer with a song

Seducer with a song

MICHAEL Buble stays on top of his game by treating every performance as if it's his last.

Reforms we have to have

Joe Hockey

RESHAPING public spending must be at the heart of next year's agenda.

Graeme Swann 'quitting cricket'

Graeme Swann 'quitting c...

GRAEME Swann is believed to have quit cricket and will leave the Ashes tour immediately.

Source for a fresh angle

Source for a fresh angle

ONE Sydney chef casts his seafood net wider than most.

Dumping 'least of SPC's woes'

SPC Ardmona

THE plight of fruit processor SPC Ardmona is due to a number of factors, the government's top economic advisory body has found.

Giant payday ahead for Telstra

Giant payday ahead for Telstra

TELSTRA is set for a $2 billion payday after the telco giant agreed to sell CSL, its Hong Kong mobiles business, for $US2.425 billion.

Festive escapes

Festive escapes

FROM last-minute summer specials to a wet-and-wild tour of Kakadu.