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Earnings season
Foxtel performance provides ‘optionality’, Kayo nears 1m paying subscribers
News Corp says the financial performance of Foxtel has provided it with more flexibility and options, after the global media company announced a $650 million refinance of the pay TV business’ debt.
- by Zoe Samios
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Seven West Media
Lachlan Murdoch’s Seven visit sparks News chatter
With one of the senior members of the Murdoch family in town at a pivotal juncture for the company, the rumour mill has understandably gone into overdrive.
- by Zoe Samios
Award-winning journalist to lead Washington Post’s Australian set-up
The Washington Post is establishing an Australian bureau in a sign of increasing reader interest in the Asia-Pacific region.
- by Zoe Samios
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Trump remains banned from Facebook after board upholds suspension
Facebook’s independent oversight board has upheld the social media giant’s decision to suspend former president Donald Trump from the platform.
- by Matthew Knott
Mobile phones, bushfires and COVID-19: How Ginger Meggs has evolved with the times
Changes are made gradually, but the Ginger Meggs of 2021 has a racially diverse group of friends and speaks like a modern Australian kid, rather than using catchphrases like “ripper!” and “you beaut!“.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Nine shares rise as Stan Sport subscriptions revealed
Stan gained nearly 150,000 sport subscribers since it began broadcasting rugby union matches earlier this year.
- by Zoe Samios
Opinion
China relations
Shut out from the country, this is how the Australian media covers China
New data shows limiting access to the country is having its intended effect.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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Companies
From outsider to insider: How Netflix’s Que Minh Luu rose to the top
What’s the song Que Minh Luu listens to the most? The Pokemon theme song, according to Spotify.
- by Broede Carmody
‘Make her skin a little lighter’: Editor Justine Cullen exposes realities of decades in mags
Former Elle Australia editor-in-chief Justine Cullen says she was once asked to lighten Beyoncé’s skin, a request that wasn’t unusual at the time.
- by Zoe Samios
Opinion
Culture wars
Groupthink permeates every aspect of our lives
More people and more journalists need to question their intuitive assumptions and those of their peers.
- by Amanda Vanstone
Netflix Australia revenue grows off major COVID-19 streaming boom
Netflix Australia made $20.5 million in revenue last year. Its tax bill was less than $600,000.
- by Zoe Samios