Yesterday
How COVID-19 kickstarted Australia’s screen industry
Relative pandemic freedom has given local TV and film producers a lucky break they hope to convert into permanent globalisation.
- Michael Bailey
Roberts-Smith probed over cliff he allegedly kicked man off
There was considerably more tension during Mr Roberts-Smith’s second day of cross-examination by Nine’s barrister, Nicholas Owens, SC.
- Max Mason
ABC gets Silver for its new top lawyer
Ingrid Silver, a partner with international law firm Reed Smith, will succeed Connie Carnabuci, whose departure was delayed by Industry Minister Christian Porter’s defamation case against the broadcaster.
- Miranda Ward
This Month
Killed man showed ‘hostile intent’, Roberts-Smith says
The former soldier tells court an Afghan man whose murder he is alleged to have been involved in was a spotter for Taliban forces.
- Max Mason
ViacomCBS pushes integrity as it spruiks programming slate
Network 10 wants to better represent Australians in its content and boasted of its progressive audience to advertising partners.
- Miranda Ward
Seven West Media exits ‘near death experience’
The group’s major shareholder is ‘gobsmacked’ by its share price, and suggests it could be a target for acquistion if that does not rise further.
- Miranda Ward
- Exclusive
- Publishing
Former Young Rich Lister launches adtech venture Linkby
Pedestrian co-founder Chris Wirasinha is back, this time helping direct-to-consumer businesses connect with publishers and form ‘cost-per-click’ arrangements.
- Yolanda Redrup
Roberts-Smith feared ‘News of the World’ incident
Ben Roberts-Smith told the Federal Court he used prepaid mobiles to talk to fellow soldiers because he feared the media listening in on his personal phone.
- Max Mason
Ben Roberts-Smith hired investigator to follow woman
The former special forces soldier wanted to check she was faking being pregnant because he feared he was being manipulated to ‘stay in the relationship’.
- Max Mason
ViacomCBS splashes another $100m in ‘home of soccer’ push
ViacomCBS have secured more soccer rights to air across Network 10 and its soon-to-launch streaming player, Paramount+.
- Miranda Ward
UK-based company acquires struggling Isentia
The media monitoring company will disappear from the ASX should the deal worth $67 million go ahead.
- Miranda Ward
Is there a market for Harper’s Bazaar 2.0?
After the big players closed magazines, niche and independent publishers are resurrecting titles, banking on readers’ desire for quality and a unique perspective.
- Lauren Sams
Victoria Cross ‘put a target on my back’: Ben Roberts-Smith
‘For all of the good it has brought me ... it has also brought me a lot of misfortune and pain,’ the former SAS soldier tells the court.
- Max Mason
Roberts-Smith devastated as six murders and cover-up alleged
Ben Roberts-Smith has taken the witness stand in his trial claiming Nine newspapers defamed him. Nine’s lawyer says a conspiracy against the former soldier is “impossible”.
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Culture wars
COVID-19 lab-leak theory shows the ‘fact wars’ are still raging
‘Facts’ are being used as weapons to push narratives, rather than guide us to the truth. We need to stop policing the discourse if we are to avoid living in an alternative reality.
- Jemima Kelly
Roberts-Smith ‘not in a relationship’ with lawyer, barrister says
The Federal Court has been told Ben Roberts-Smith “is not in a relationship” with one of his lawyers, after a judge questioned if he was in court on Wednesday.
- Max Mason and Finbar O'Mallon
Reddit, BBC, SMH, Financial Review go down in global tech outage
An outage for a content delivery network brought down websites around the world, including a number of Australian news sites.
- Miranda Ward
Ben Roberts-Smith was offered PwC partnership
Ben Roberts-Smith will seek millions in damages in his case against Nine, claiming he lost $475,000 in speaking gigs and a partnership at a big four accounting firm.
- Max Mason and Edmund Tadros
Roberts-Smith allegations driven by jealousy: barrister
Bruce McClintock, SC, says the poisonous campaign against his client was driven by soldiers who were either jealous or traumatised by war.
- Max Mason
Tribe to ‘turbocharge’ marketing by solving content creation issues
TV personality Jules Lund’s online influencer platform helps brands get access to high-quality content quickly and for a fair price - a trifecta that used to be impossible for marketers.
- Miranda Ward
