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Ten calls for urgent media ownership reforms
Max Mason and Dominic White 3:16 PM Network Ten Holdings chairman David Gordon has called on the Turnbull government to urgently act on media ownership reform.
Star Wars to break Australia's box office records
Dominic White and Max Mason 3:00 PM The hotly-anticipated movie is already shaping up to the second-largest, if not the largest, box office hit ever in Australia, according to cinema bosses.
Amelia Lester to lead Good Weekend
Chris Jenkins 1:06 PM Australian journalist Amelia Lester will leave American icon The New Yorker and return home to take the reins of Fairfax Media's The Good Weekend.
ABC ups pay to hire Google exec
Dominic White 11:22 PM The ABC is preparing to appoint the first female managing director in its 86-year history with Google executive Michelle Guthrie poised to be paid around $1 million a year for the high profile role.
Michelle Guthrie to replace Mark Scott as ABC managing director
Matthew Knott 6:00 PM The ABC Board will appoint its first female managing director in the broadcaster's history.
Ten delays appointment of third billionaire shareholder nominee
Dominic White 5:09 PM Ten Network Holdings' board is understood to have delayed the election of a third director to represent its four billionaire substantial shareholders as it weighs up the outcome of a potential flurry of changes in the media landscape.
Bauer's Goodchild steps down as Australian CEO
Max Mason David Goodchild will step down as Bauer Media Australia's chief executive and return to London, just over a year since taking up the post.
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Indians weren't target of 'racist' Australian cartoon: editor-in-chief
Josephine Tovey A cartoon depicting a group of scrawny Indian people trying to eat solar panels in The Australian has attracted criticism in India and at home, with public figures and media commentators labelling it "racist" and trading in dated stereotypes.
Telstra TV to wade into foreign language content
Max Mason Providing Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic and Hindi content, along with other niches such as children's programming, will be the next step in the evolution of Telstra TV, as Australia's largest telecommunications provider looks to capture more of the growing online streaming market.
STW merges with WPP Australia and New Zealand
Max Mason The long-awaited merger between the local arm of Martin Sorrell's WPP and STW Communications will go ahead with WPP taking a 61 per cent stake.
Murdoch company linked to FIFA scandal
Mica Rosenberg and David Ingram Marketing company tied to 21st Century Fox 'bribed' officials, claim prosecutors.
Seven serves up Australian Open streaming
Max Mason The media company will stream of more than 2000 hours of tennis this summer.
Seven expects Australian Open streaming to top previous year
Max Mason Seven West Media is stepping up its battle for eyeballs with the streaming of more than 2000 hours of Tennis across the Australian Open, Hopman Cup, Brisbane and Sydney International tournaments and the Kooyong Classic.
MCN targets online video boom
Dominic White and Max Mason Foxtel's advertising sales arm Multi-Channel Network is positioning itself to sell local advertising for global digital video networks as part of its push to cash in on the ongoing explosion in digital video consumption.
News UK dodges phone-hacking charges
Dan Bilefsky The Crown Prosecution Service said that there was insufficient evidence to bring charges against Rupert Murdoch's newspaper holding company in Britain.
Alibaba buys South China Morning Post
Philip Wen Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has acquired the South China Morning Post, a move which simultaneously signals its intention to expand its media influence beyond mainland China while sparking fears around editorial independence at the venerable Hong Kong newspaper.
McDonald's CMO Mark Lollback named new GroupM Australia boss
Max Mason Martin Sorrell's WPP-owned GroupM has named McDonald's chief marketing officer Mark Lollback its new chief executive for Australian and New Zealand.
Martin Sorrell's WPP circles STW Communications
Max Mason Listed advertising and marketing services firm STW Communications has gone into a trading halt amid speculation of a takeover by Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP.
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gives birth to twins
Hayley Tsukayama Think you've had a crazy week? Imagine how Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer must feel.
ACMA chairman elected to new, global role
Dominic White The man who has presided over media and telco regulation in Australia for a decade - and out-lasted five Communications Ministers - is taking on a global role.
Fairfax Media partners with Facebook on Instant Articles
Max Mason Facebook is partnering with Fairfax Media as the social media giant continues its global rollout of its 'instant articles' service which hosts news articles directly on its website.
Fairfax and Facebook team up on Instant Articles
Max Mason Facebook is partnering with Fairfax Media as the social media giant continues the global rollout of Instant Articles.
Bolt to star in ABC documentary
Matthew Knott Conservative commentator and vocal ABC critic Andrew Bolt is set to star in a new ABC series about the recognition of indigenous Australians in the constitution.
We knew the end of the text boom was coming: Optus
Nassim Khadem Optus chairman Paul O'Sullivan says the company knew the end of the text message boom was coming due to disruptors in the industry they had learnt about during a trip to Silicon Valley.
Fifield meets media bosses as reform delayed again
Dominic White Plans to relax cross-media ownership restrictions have been delayed once again, with cabinet not due to debate the proposals until 2016.
Fairfax invests in neighbourhood social media company Nabo
Max Mason Fairfax Media has joined Seven West Media and Westpac-backed venture capital firm Reinventure as a major shareholder in Australian neighbourhood social media network Nabo.
WIN Corp considers cuts to local news
Dominic White Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation is considering stripping back its local news services to the minimum required under its licence conditions in the face of demands for higher fees by its metropolitan affiliate Nine Entertainment Co.
Star Wars fans will show no mercy
Max Mason In 10 days Disney will release its first film in the new Star Wars trilogy; The Force Awakens.
Ad market to bounce back, say networks
Dominic White Television's sales chiefs are predicting a return to growth for the medium in 2016 and a larger rise for the total advertising market, fuelled by the triple boost of an Olympics, a general election and a census.
'Adapt or die' for Hollywood
Max Mason Hollywood studios are being forced to change the way they operate as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu give creators more options, House of Cards producer Dana Brunetti says.
