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Telstra mops up outage outrage
Lucy Battersby Telstra is calling its major enterprise and business customers to apologise for its disastrously-timed network outage.
Nissan pulls pin on The Footy Show in the wake of Sam Newman comments
Mark Hawthorne and Karl Quinn Global car giant Nissan will terminate its sponsorship deal with The Footy Show at the end of the 2016 AFL season in the wake Sam Newman's scathing rebuke of Age journalist Caroline Wilson.
Telstra phones, internet again hit by outage
Marika Dobbin and Lucy Battersby Airlines, politicians, and big business have all been affected by major Telstra internet network problems, two days out from the election.
Guvera hit back at 'traditional newspapers'
Lucy Battersby Guvera's chair and founders are on a positive public relations campaign to hit back at coverage of the company.
News Corp in $394m talkSPORT deal
The News Corp deal unites The Sun newspaper's sports coverage with the commercial radio network that broadcasts Premier League and FA Cup soccer.
Guardian wants reader donations
Lucy Battersby The editor of The Guardian Newspaper, Katherine Viner, is asking readers for money to shore up the media company's finances at a time of "anxiety and confusion".
How to get hundreds of thousands of subscribers
Lucy Battersby Telstra wholesale customers may soon get a free subscription to Presto streaming service, potentially increasing its subscriber base to millions.
Guvera puts two subsidiaries into administration
Lucy Battersby The music streaming company has sacked about 30 staff after putting two subsidiaries into administration.
Macquarie cuts APN target price
Lucy Battersby Macquarie analysts released a note on Monday night reducing their target price for APN News and Media from $5.20 to $4.30.
VSODs taking over Australian homes
Lucy Battersby Australians are keen for television and movies streaming over their internet connections with more than 5 million households expected to be paying for online videos by 2019. And some would even be willing to accept advertising, according to research firm Telsyte.
How political betting odds are decided
Lucy Battersby Media and polls will be less useful in predicting the federal election outcome than gambling odds this week, despite betting agencies getting the Brexit result entirely wrong.
Ooh! buys Junkee for $11.05 million
Lucy Battersby Listed media company oOh!media bought Junkee Media for $11.05 million on Friday afternoon, giving the share price a late boost on the day the UK Referendum dragged the whole market down.
'This dog is voting out'
liiana Magra and Christopher Mele The tension over Britain's historic referendum has spilled over to social media, where people let their pets battle it out.
HD won't go off-air in Channel Nine switch for regional viewers
James Joyce The high-definition channel 9HD will be broadcast into Canberra, Wollongong, southern NSW, regional Victoria and regional Queensland from next Friday when Southern Cross Austereo switches to showing Nine's channels.
A Zuckerberg lesson in online security
Katie Rogers Mark Zuckerberg does it and you probably should too: Tape over your laptop's video and audio portals for basic, cheap security.
SEEK doubles down on Brazil
Max Mason SEEK shares have fallen 4 per cent after it announced it paid $182 million to completely buy out its Brazil business and up its stake in its Asia venture.
Bruce Gordon ups his bet on Ten Network
Max Mason The Bermuda-based billionaire has signalled he plans to increase his stake in the TV broadcaster.
News buys APN regional papers for $37m
Lucy Battersby APN News & Media shares jump as it sells regional newspaper business to shareholder News Corp for $36.6 million.
Cashing in on the Ali brand
Richard Sandomir Companies like Porsche, Under Armour and Toyota have all made deals with Authentic Brands, the company that owns the rights to Ali’s image.
Victorian Opera conducts first members-only live stream
Lucy Battersby Victorian Opera is hosting its first ever live stream in a one-hour event designed test its members' appetite for performances streamed directly to their devices at home or on the move.
Opinion
Netflix's House of Cards democracy
Shira Ovide Like President Frank Underwood was running the show: If the US presidential election functioned as Netflix does, every ballot cast would be tossed into the Potomac River.
HD off-air for Nine as regional TV changes channels
James Joyce The third rugby league State of Origin match won't be available in high definition in Canberra.
Glued to a small screen for all the news that fits
Ross Peake We're now spending more than an hour a day staring at our smartphones.
Australia's top 10 most influential brands for 2016
Technology giant Google remains Australia's most influential brand, while Australia Post has joined the top 10 despite the rapid shrinking of it mail business.
Gawker Media files for bankruptcy after Hulk Hogan sex tape case
Gawker Media LLC, the online publisher ordered by a US court to pay $US140 million ($188 million) to former wrestler Hulk Hogan over the publication of a sex tape, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is planning to put itself up for sale.
New Zealand merger aims to create kiwi BSkyB
Max Mason Sky Network TV and Vodafone New Zealand executives aim to emulate Britain's BSkyB through the proposed $NZ3.4 billion ($3.25 billion) merger.
Inside Seven's start-up strategy for long-term growth
Max Mason Seven West Media has added more than 10 investments to its portfolio, including being the lead investor in a $22 million round for Airtasker. So, what's next?
Bananas in...Nike tracksuits?
Michael Gordon A new video by the group opposing funding cuts to the ABC warns of product placement in children's programs and features the iconic figure of commercial children's television, Humphrey B. Bear.
Ten aims to build on Big Bash success
Max Mason More international players part of the strategy to keep growing audience.
Zillow ends legal brawl with Murdoch's Move
Colin Kruger, CBD James Packer and Rupert Murdoch may have a cosy media relationship at the Ten Network, but they have been involved in the mother of all legals battles on the property front - until now.
