Last updated: September 24, 2017

Changing languages at SBS

SBS Election Exchange
SBS Radio has scrapped 12 language channels and added seven others to reflect the changing ears of Australia.

Seven West, Prime talks fail

Prime AGM
Shares in Prime have sunk after talks with Seven West Media over a potential merger failed to reach an agreement.

Fairfax fires earnings downgrade

The offices of Fairfax Media in Sydney, Monday, May 8, 2017. Fairfax Media has received an unsolicited $2.2 billion proposal by a consortium, led by US-based private equity giant TPG Capital and Canada's Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVING
Fairfax Media has issued an earnings downgrade, with overall group revenues down 4 to 5 per cent.

Ten creditors back CBS takeover

People leave the Channel Ten building in Sydney on August 28, 2017. American broadcaster CBS has secured a deal to buy Australia's third-largest television network, Ten, the embattled station's administrators said on August 28. / AFP PHOTO / William WEST
Ten creditors have voted in favour of a sweetened bid by CBS, which is now poised to seal ownership of the network.

Councillor’s conflict of interest

Gold Coast Deputy Mayor Donna Gates is seen before a hearing at the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) in Brisbane, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Ms Gates gave evidence in an investigation into conduct of candidates involved in the 2016 local government elections for the Gold Coast City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Ipswich City Council.(AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING
A Gold Coast Deputy Mayor voted on building applications from developers linked to firms which donated to her campaign.

Councillor’s conflict of interest

Gold Coast Deputy Mayor Donna Gates is seen before a hearing at the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) in Brisbane, Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Ms Gates gave evidence in an investigation into conduct of candidates involved in the 2016 local government elections for the Gold Coast City Council, Moreton Bay Regional Council and Ipswich City Council.(AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING
A Gold Coast Deputy Mayor voted on building applications from developers linked to firms which donated to her campaign.

Emmys 2017 all about women

Ladies donimiated the 69th emmy awards
Female-centric shows like Big Little Lies, A Handmaid’s Tale and Veep dominate the 69th Emmy Awards.

Revised Ten bid in the balance

Ten Network AGM
The fate of a revised bid for Ten Network from Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch will become clear this week.

Gordon, Murdoch lob new Ten bid

(FILES) A file photo taken on April 27, 2017 shows the Ten Network logo on their Sydney headquarters. Australia's Ten Network, one of the nation's three commercial channels which broadcasts shows such as 'I'm a Celebrity', was on June 14, 2017 placed in voluntary administration after failing to secure a new finance package. / AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN
The battle for control of Ten Network is hotting up after Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch tabled a sweetened bid.

Gordon, Murdoch return for Ten

People leave the Channel Ten building in Sydney on August 28, 2017. American broadcaster CBS has secured a deal to buy Australia's third-largest television network, Ten, the embattled station's administrators said on August 28. / AFP PHOTO / William WEST
Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch have lobbed a new bid for Ten Network, triggered by media reforms.

CBS’s Ten bid ‘discriminatory’

A Channel Ten microphone is seen at a media briefing in Sydney on Thursday, June 15, 2017. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING
Ten’s administrators failed to tell creditors a takeover by CBS did not treat all of them equally, a court’s been told.

New hurdle for Fox in Sky plan

Sky, a subscription TV service, had been the only British broadcaster that aired Fox News. PHOTO: CHRIS RADBURN/ZUMA PRESS
The UK government has referred 21st Century Fox’s plan to consolidate ownership of Sky to antitrust regulators.

Ten takeover decision attacked

People leave the Channel Ten building in Sydney on August 28, 2017. American broadcaster CBS has secured a deal to buy Australia's third-largest television network, Ten, the embattled station's administrators said on August 28. / AFP PHOTO / William WEST
Ten administrators accused of “poisoning” network employees against a bid by Bruce Gordon and Lachlan Murdoch.

Reporters in the eye of danger

This image taken from video shows CNN's Chris Cuomo during his afternoon coverage of Hurricane Irma in Naples, Fla., on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Journalists were the shock troops allowing the nation to experience the storm from the comfort of their living rooms. Networks all brought their top teams in on the weekend for special coverage, non-stop on the news channels. (CNN via AP)
Many media crews felt they could not convey the Hurricane Irma’s power without putting themselves in danger.

Ten tax-loss windfall for CBS

The Network Ten logo is displayed on a building in Sydney on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Ten Network's future has been thrown into doubt after its billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon decided not to support a new funding deal. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) NO ARCHIVING
US media giant CBS could take advantage of Australian tax credits to help it boost Ten Network’s earnings.

Fox joins challenge to CBS bid

The logos for Channel Ten are displayed on the roof of the network's building in Sydney on August 28, 2017. American broadcaster CBS has secured a deal to buy Australia's third-largest television network, Ten, the embattled station's administrators said on August 28. / AFP PHOTO / William WEST
US media giant CBS’s attempt to take control of the Ten Network will head to court this morning.

ABC unleashes ‘diversity tracker’

abc logo
The ABC has begun asking its news ­reporters to catalogue the ethnic diversity of people in their news stories.

TV networks seek clarity over ads

Dads advert
Free TV Australia says it is ‘confused’ how advertising guidelines will apply during the same-sex marriage survey.

Nova in biggest Oz podcast deal

Supplied Editorial My Dad Wrote a Porno - Her Majesty's Theatre, August 2017
Nova Entertainment has created the biggest commercial podcast offering in Australia.

Father’s Day ‘not political’

Senate Inquiry
Coalition senators condemn “disgraceful” decision to subject a Dads4Kids Father’s Day ad to political advertising standards.

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