Media & marketing
Foxtel lands international cricket extension as boss pours cold water on Amazon deal
Foxtel boss Patrick Delany has played down the impact of Amazon’s ICC broadcasting rights deal in Australia as his company announced its own multiyear contract extensions.
- by Calum Jaspan
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James Warburton
James Warburton leaving Seven as Australian TV’s last great showman
The industry will remember the departing Seven West Media boss as a great champion of free-to-air television.
- by Calum Jaspan and Stephen Brook
Seven’s Lehrmann scoop disqualified from Walkley Awards
The body in charge of Australia’s top journalism awards, The Walkley Foundation, has removed the Seven Network’s interview with Bruce Lehrmann as a finalist.
- by Calum Jaspan
Seven boss James Warburton to stand down
Seven West Media CEO James Warburton will leave the company at the end of the financial year and be replaced by its finance chief, Jeff Howard.
- by Calum Jaspan
Two of Us
Good Weekend
‘We made a pact to quit on the same day’: From side hustle to The Daily Aus
Zara and Sam met on a “strange blind date” – and are now best friends and business partners.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Ali Moore lands full-time Drive gig as ABC Melbourne locks in 2024 line-up
ABC Radio Melbourne manager Dina Rosendorff says the 2024 line-up reflects a concerted effort to listen and respond to audience feedback.
- by Calum Jaspan
Jacinta Price rejected 52 ABC interview requests during Voice campaign
The public broadcaster has cited its futile pursuit of the senator to appear on its national programs as an example of its efforts to cover the divisive referendum fairly.
- by Calum Jaspan
Analysis
AI
Sora Tanaka is a fitness-obsessed journalist. She also doesn’t exist
A furore over AI-generated content and fake journalists has sparked debate over the future of the media industry.
- by David Swan
Opinion
News & current affairs
Sport is our nation’s great unifier. It’s the government’s job to protect it
The magic of the Matildas wasn’t that it was a consumer experience, or even a sporting one. It was that it was united everyone. That is a matter of public interest.
- by Waleed Aly
Analysis
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Bruce Lehrmann’s landlords and the economics of chequebook journalism
The deal between the Seven Network and Bruce Lehrmann, which included the network paying a year’s rent, is the latest chapter in the questionable practice of chequebook journalism.
- by Calum Jaspan
Craig Reucassel to host ABC breakfast radio, Valentine back to afternoons
The Chaser’s Craig Reucassel will take the reins of ABC Radio Sydney’s breakfast show from January as James Valentine returns to his old stomping ground.
- by Karl Quinn