Yesterday
- Analysis
- World politics
Boycotted, criticised, but Fox News leads the prime time pack
Fox News' ratings demonstrate the size and resilience of the audience for pro-Donald Trump opinion and the loyalty of its viewers despite controversies that routinely swirl around the network.
- Michael M Grynbaum
Sims: how tech giants could pay for journalism
Regulators across the world are battling to deal with Facebook and Google's monopolistic powers, and if Sims' model works, you can bet the house the platforms will face similar regimes in other countries.
- Updated
- Max Mason
Lachlan Murdoch spruiks Fox News ratings as family feud heats up
The conservative older Murdoch brother has hailed the network's record-breaking viewership following his brother James' departure from the company, citing editorial direction.
- Max Mason
- Analysis
- Streaming
Could Disney's wish upon a Star be coming to Australia?
Australia was one of the first countries the US entertainment giant launched Disney+ in November last year, so the local industry will be taking note of Star.
- Max Mason
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
oOh!media slashes billboard rates by up to 95pc
One billboard site in Sydney which previously had a four-week market rate of $42,000 is being offered for $4000.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Exclusive
- Advertising
AANA and Ad Standards to merge boards this week
The merger of the advertising industry body with its self-regulation arm was first floated in 2018.
- Max Mason
This Month
News Corp to cut harder as COVID-19 bites amid $1.8b loss
News Corp has suffered a major hit to earnings, with the COVID-19 pandemic dragging down its full-year result across all areas.
- Updated
- Max Mason and Natasha Gillezeau
- Opinion
- Trusts
Trouble in the Murdoch trust fund
Rupert's succession saga is over but brace for a trust fund melodrama as the money stream dries up.
- Neil Chenoweth
Village Roadshow and BGH enter into scheme of arrangement
Village Roadshow and BGH Capital have lined up two structures for the theme park and cinema company's shareholders to potentially sell to the homegrown private equity firm.
- Max Mason
ViacomCBS to launch new streaming service in Australia
Network Ten-owner ViacomCBS will launch a new streaming service in early 2021 combining content from across the merged US giant's portfolio, including new Showtime programming.
- Max Mason
REA warns of Melbourne lockdown hit
The company behind realestate.com.au has reported an earnings dip of 5 per cent in its final results as its total national property listings dropped 12 per cent from the previous financial year.
- Natasha Gillezeau and Max Mason
- Analysis
- Cinema
Mulan's maths range from financial bomb to modest money-maker
Depending on who you ask, Walt Disney's decision to release its next big film Mulan online either guarantees the movie will lose money or could be a smart way to potentially break even.
- Christopher Palmeri and Kelly Gilblom
- Opinion
- Cinema
Disney can easily afford its Mulan experiment
The company's balance sheet is still debt-heavy, but with $US23b of cash on the balance sheet, The Mouse can afford to play a waiting game.
- The Lex Column
Disney posts profit, streaming subscribers top 60m
The Disney+ service will market "Mulan" as a pay-per-view option, starting September 4, as it adjusts to the pandemic.
- Updated
- Christopher Palmeri
Disney plans digital debut for Mulan
The move comes as Disney and other big Hollywood studios have repeatedly postponed their films as the pandemic drags on in the US, leaving its cinemas largely shut.
- Anna Nicolaou
News Corp's value is almost all REA
News Corp is not a normal company. But if it were, James Murdoch would still have every reason to resign.
- Myriam Robin
In tennis rights fight, did McLennan play everyone?
An offer that was too good to be true – $50 million a year for right to broadcast the Australian Open – helped rip apart the tennis hierarchy.
- Aaron Patrick
SEEK ditches final dividend
The online jobs platform says it will not pay a final dividend - after omitting the interim payment to shareholders - to keep cash on hand in uncertain times.
- Natasha Gillezeau
- Exclusive
- Tennis Australia
'What did they do? They just blew it.'
Advertising veteran Harold Mitchell has dumped on ASIC, claiming the corporate regulator's failed legal campaign against him cost $20 million and was 'commercially naive'.
- Aaron Patrick
ACCC knows Google and Facebook's real Australian revenue
Chairman Rod Sims says tech giants will not be able to use tax minimisation techniques to avoid paying fines in the event of breaching a new code of conduct.
- Natasha Gillezeau and Max Mason
