Yesterday
Crikey claims win after Lachlan Murdoch withdraws defamation case
Crikey owner Private Media says the result is a victory for public interest journalism and free speech.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Columnist Jessica Irvine quits journalism to join CBA
The prominent economics writer had earlier recorded a YouTube video for the bank without her editors being aware.
- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
BuzzFeed staff, execs axed as news operation shut down
BuzzFeed is shutting its news operation, and business news publisher Insider is cutting about 10 per cent of its staff in the latest retrenchments for the digital-media business.
- Benjamin Mullin and Katie Robertson
This Month
Why most four-day work week attempts fail
Equality Media + Marketing trialled a four-day working week last year and never stopped. Its success won the company the AFR BOSS Best Places to Work award for the media and marketing sector.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
One agency’s $1.4m charity work, another’s ‘unlimited leave’
Ad agency Kaimera raised $1.4 million in media for charity, while Half Dome made leave unlimited – within reason – for its people.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
As Dominion case settles, Crikey’s solicitor takes a holiday
His out-of-office response informs he is away until July 1, “lounging around Europe and not even pretending to work”.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Fox settlement no reckoning for Murdoch
The $1.2 billion settlement was among the highest for a US defamation lawsuit. But some think the media magnate should have faced a stiffer penalty.
- Michael Grynbaum
Inside Project Aurora, Rugby Australia’s bid to find itself a suitor
After almost a year of positioning, the capital-raising process is finally in full gear with the distribution of a detailed proposal to interested parties.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Aussie fund gets a piece of Dominion Voting spoils
Dominion Voting Systems versus the Murdochs’ Fox News has been thrilling viewing – even if we never got to the main act.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- Advertising
TikTok ads about government programs given the OK despite ban
Government departments have been given the go ahead to advertise on TikTok despite the app being banned on government-issued devices.
- Max Mason and Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Defamation
Fox Dominion case shows the costs of airing a lie
It was less surprising that Fox settled than that it did so at such a late-stage.
- Jim Rutenberg and Katie Robertson
Kayo warned after Sportsbet ad appears in restricted game
As the government considers tightening betting ad regulations, the media regulator has formally warned Foxtel after it aired two ads before an AFL game.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Fox settles ‘historic’ defamation case for $1.2b
The resolution of the unprecedented case was announced at the 11th hour, with a jury selected and the case poised to kick off with opening statements.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
Fox settlement is big news, except on Fox
The $1.2 billion defamation settlement was covered only three times by Fox News in about four hours after the deal became public.
- Stuart Thompson
- Opinion
- Defamation
Fox News’ populist mask has fallen
The channel’s image as a defender of the people against the elite unravelled spectacularly during pre-trial hearings in the just-settled defamation case.
- Jemima Kelly
- Opinion
- Defamation
Who is on the block for Fox News disaster?
While Dominion says “lies have consequences” after the $1.2 billion settlement, in Rupert Murdoch’s world, court losses have personal repercussions.
- Neil Chenoweth
The $2.4b case against Murdoch is far bigger than it seems
The media mogul is reportedly in last-minute talks to settle a defamation trial that presents the biggest threat to his empire since the 2011 phone-hacking scandal in Britain.
- Neil Chenoweth
- Investigation
- Publishing
Inside Kerry Stokes’ world of influence
The media magnate has enjoyed almost-unparalleled influence in Australia’s west for decades.
- Mark Di Stefano and Max Mason
Former Oz deputy editor lands gig at PR consultancy
In other news, Nine-owned publisher Pedestrian Group, formerly Pedestrian.TV, is exploring the launch of its own television channel, called ... Pedestrian TV.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Inside the private equity firm taking on the Murdochs
Staple Street is the little-known investment house orchestrating, with the help of its PR advisers, a media circus ahead of the once-in-a-generation trial.
- Mark Di Stefano and Aaron Weinman
