Last updated: September 24, 2017

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.

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.

Law stops where algorithms begin

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Facebook’s admission that shady Russians advertised to influence the US election shows how badly new laws are needed.

Career comes out of a (You)Tube

Wengie
Wendy Huang runs Australia’s fastest growing YouTube channel, Wengie.

Facebook admits another ad error

Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook inflates its advertising reach by millions of people in another admission about errors.

Facebook admits another ad error

Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook inflates its advertising reach by millions of people in another admission about errors.

Facebook bids $US600m for IPL

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Delivers Commencement Address At Harvard
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has made his first attempt at landing a major sports rights deal.

Telstra’s Foxtel lure for mobiles

Telstra
Telstra has sweetened mobile plans by offering customers free access to content packs on streaming service Foxtel Now.

ABC agreed to trial: NewsMaven

Protest against Pauline Hanson appearing on Q&A
The CEO of ad tech firm NewsMaven has said ABC Commercial executives agreed to a trial.

Ten Network report delayed

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
An eagerly awaited report detailing the state of Ten Network has been delayed.

WPP AUNZ to focus on costs

STW CEO
WPP AUNZ has eked out a small rise in profit as growth in the wider advertising industry continues to slow.

Gay site alarms minister

Screenshots from the emin8 website. A digital web site set up with Federal Government grant provides gay men with information. Supplied
Greg Hunt has ordered a review of a gay ‘health’ website that reported on schoolboy sex with men.

Editors cut in LA Times shake-up

Outside the Los Angeles Times building last year. PHOTO: LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS
Tronc is undergoing a broad management shake-up at its flagship newspaper, the Los Angeles Times.

Google ‘misled’ Senate

PUBLIC INTEREST JOURNALISM
Google has been accused of misleading a parliamentary committee over how much advertising revenue it generates.

Movie boss takes aim at Google

Nicole Kidman in a scene from the movie Lion.
The co-CEO of Village Roadshow has for the first time ­accused Google of failing to tackle illegal streaming.

League news puts clubs offside

Andrew Fifita of the Sharks makes his way through the Cowboys defence during the Round 24 NRL match between the North Queensland Cowboys and the Cronulla Sutherland Sharks at 1300SMILES Stadium in Townsville, Saturday, August 19, 2017. (AAP Image/Michael Chambers) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
NRL clubs have issues with the governing body’s beefed-up digital media service to be unveiled next year.

Foxtel deal counters Amazon

Telstra CEO Andy Penn at Simonds Stadium
A deal to combine Foxtel and Fox Sports will better place the company to vie with tech giants for premium content.

Media reform stalemate

Nick Xenophon Team leader Senator Nick Xenophon at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, August 17, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
The government’s attempts to drive its media reform package through the parliament have hit a roadblock.

Jobs at risk from reform deadlock

Michael Miller
A deadlock in negotiations between the Turnbull government and the Nick Xenophon Team over the media reform bill is putting jobs at risk.

Seven resets after $744m loss

Australian Media Industry CEOs
Seven West Media has set its sights on a bigger slice of the booming $5.5bn video advertising market.

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