After its shocking loss, the future of struggling commercial TV station Ten Network now lies in the hands of the federal government, the Commonwealth Bank, and its billionaire shareholders.

The sports network has been squeezed by increased rights fees paid to broadcast live events while millions of TV viewers are abandoning the company.

By financial standards, the social media company may be a diving joke. But tell that to the nine million users that have just joined.

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After raking in riches from commercial TV for the past four decades, UBS now estimates Nine loses $40m a year.

Eleven current and former Fox News employees filed a class-action lawsuit against the network.

Billionaire Kerry Stokes' fortunes have been bolstered by a strengthening Chinese economy that has boosted demand for heavy machinery.

Cricket Australia is facing a major revenue crisis as global investment bank urges end to coverage.

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Television broadcast licence fees are top of mind in the media industry this week as the federal budget approaches.

After 20 years as the king of cable news, O'Reilly's return to broadcasting came not on camera, but in the form of a 19-minute recorded podcast.

One-time tech darling 1-Page's former chief executive tried to buy the $21 million company for just one American dollar.

Shares in Ten Network are starting this week at historical lows as the market braces for the company's half-year results.

If you are a corporation that wants to use the Olympic rings, you have no choice but to deal with the AOC's exclusive agent.

The accusations against Bill O’Reilly added to the drumbeat of scandal that has shaken America’s most watched cable news network over the past year: In just 10 months, the channel saw its CEO and most popular anchor resign and some of its talent head to competitors.

O'Reilly was ousted on Wednesday from his top-rated TV show on Fox News over allegations of sexual harassment.

Popular Australian sporting codes may no longer be broadcast on free-to-air television if the networks lose gambling advertising revenue, a major media company has warned.

Village Roadshow Limited has reduced its stake in its loss-making film financing arm, thus relieving itself of any further funding obligations.

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The removal of the single most dominant public figure in America's vast conservative media environment signals the growing power of James and Lachlan Murdoch.

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Rupert Murdoch prizes loyalty and profits, both of which Bill O'Reilly brought him in droves, but Murdoch has also proved he is a pragmatist at his core.

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Bill O'Reilly has joined the exit queue at Fox News - can the high-profile brand replace him?

O'Reilly has said he has been unfairly targeted because of his public prominence.

As a gangly 15-year-old, Tim Robbins remembers the first time he was paid as an actor.

It might flash brightly and relentlessly throughout sporting events, but digital in-stadium signage is barely visible in industry statistics.

It'd solve one problem for James Murdoch if Bill O'Reilly didn't come back from his current vacation.

Sylvester Stallone has accused Warner Bros Entertainment of failing to pay him his share of revenue from the 1993 sci-fi film, Demolition Man.

TPG will build its own mobile network covering Australia in a move set to shake up the telecommunications landscape.

Telstra shares fell to their lowest level in five years on Wednesday, losing 7.5 per cent of their value on news that broadband provider TPG would build Australia's fourth mobile network.

The airline's forcible removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight was appalling, but the reality is consumers have long put price and convenience ahead of outrage. And many may not even have a choice.

The former lover of Seven West Media boss Tim Worner has suffered a setback in her court battle with the company, after a Sydney judge refused to transfer the case to a court in her home state.

When it comes to bad public relations, it's pretty tough to top the sight of a passenger being dragged from a flight.