Today
Rupert Murdoch hosts secret wedding as he eyes trip home
Rupert Murdoch tied the knot for a fifth time on Sunday. He could be visiting Australia as soon as next month.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Maurice Blackburn eyes tsunami of TV news lawsuits amid Nine strife
The law firm has put out a call for people in the commercial TV industry to share their stories of sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Directors at Network Ten owner Paramount back merger with Skydance
The global media company, which owns Network Ten in Australia, is up for sale by its billionaire owner Shari Redstone.
- Christopher Palmeri, Lucas Shaw and Michelle F. Davis
May
Lehrmann files appeal without lawyers
Bruce Lehrmann has told the Federal Court he will appeal against the finding at his defamation trial that he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins.
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- Michael Pelly
Nine Entertainment executives begin review that could backfire on them
An external review of Nine Entertainment’s TV business and an anonymous tip-line have the potential to reshape power atop Australia’s largest media company.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Kanye West, private equity and the Aussie firm caught in concert feud
In industries of excruciating insularity, one’s owners can end up being as much of a constraint as one’s competitors.
- Myriam Robin
Nine Entertainment backs CEO, says TV newsroom needs culture rebuild
After a three-hour board meeting, Peter Costello co-signed a note to staff announcing a set of initiatives to improve the media giant’s workplace culture.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Laura Tingle rebuked by ABC for calling Australia racist
The chief political correspondent for the ABC’s 7.30 program has released a statement explaining the context for her comments describing Australia as racist.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Stan’s publicity chief took six-figure payout on exit
Adrian Foo left the Nine Entertainment-owned streaming service last year amid an investigation into allegations of inappropriate workplace conduct.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Footy stars make for interesting faces at lotteries challenger
The Lottery Office is the latest innovative gambling company, getting interesting faces for its nationwide advertising push.
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- Mark Di Stefano
News Corp unveils major restructure, with editors shown the door
The restructure is aimed at saving up to $65 million, will likely result in north of 100 redundancies, in one of the biggest overhauls of the Murdoch family’s publishing and broadcast empire in decades.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Kerry Stokes bought a public road. Now sky’s the limit!
The mogul made the unprecedented purchase of a public laneway linked to his private office last year. Now, the council’s mulling removing all height limits.
- Mark Di Stefano and Max Mason
Catalano taps Barrenjoey, ABL to push Southern Cross deal
Media entrepreneur Antony Catalano wants Southern Cross Austereo to buy his and partner Alex Waislitz’s regional media business.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Stan executive left Nine’s streaming business after workplace claims
The departure followed complaints from multiple staff, and was months before another executive left the media group amid separate sexual harassment allegations.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Nine to investigate television newsroom culture after Wick exit
The media group’s leadership team held a crisis meeting last week to discuss the situation, and the company’s board is also expected to meet this week.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Netflix shifts 92pc of $1.1b Australian revenue offshore
The streaming giant behind Bridgerton, Stranger Things and Heartbreak High paid its overseas affiliates most of its Australian revenue in 2023.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Winners and losers emerge as News Corp’s major restructure takes shape
Nicholas Gray appears to have prevailed over Edwina McCann, the influential editor-in-chief of Vogue Australia who had been elevated to be editorial director of News Prestige
- Max Mason
- Opinion
- Publishing
AFR will not walk away from WA
Political and business leaders in Western Australia say privately that Kerry Stokes has an unhealthy degree of media power in the state.
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- Michael Stutchbury
Could US Ticketmaster case spell the end of extra fees?
A Biden administration effort to rein in entertainment giant Live Nation might encourage ticketing competition in Australia.
- Michael Bailey
Elon Musk’s X accountable for hate speech posts in Australia: ruling
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has rejected the platform formerly called Twitter’s argument that it should not be held responsible for anti-Muslim posts here because it is US-based.
- Alex Mitchell
