This Month
AI ‘final nail in coffin’ of Australia’s creative sector
The group representing the nation’s creative workers says the technology could utterly devastate their already diminished earning power.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
How ‘the voice of the Games’ was nearly off the air for Paris
Bruce McAvaney has been calling the Olympic Games since 1984, but he was left feeling lost when Seven failed to pick up the broadcasting rights. Then the phone rang.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
$135m and 5000 hours: Paris Olympics ‘profitable’, Nine CEO says
Nine Entertainment chief Mike Sneesby says the media giant will make money out of its big bet on the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The TV networks’ big annual parties aren’t a good look this year
Cost-conscious broadcasters are set to overhaul their new season show reveals – champagne-fuelled events known as upfronts.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Mediaweek publisher flags potential sale of business with staff
Those comments came after the Financial Review revealed Trent Thomas had been found by external investigators to have bullied and harassed a member of staff.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Newlywed Murdoch joins Bezos and Canva duo at billionaires’ retreat
The 93-year-old media mogul is no longer returning home to mark The Australian’s 60th anniversary – but he does appear to have given it a present.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Billionaires
Old and new money meet at billionaires’ annual retreat
Network Ten owner Shari Redstone was in Sun Valley along with Bob Iger, a crop of Democratic presidential hopefuls and the tech elite for the annual Allen & Co gathering.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Technology Winner
- Sustainability Leaders
New tools democratise greenhouse gas management
A digital marketplace for companies with smaller carbon footprints to buy offsets has taken out the Technology category.
- Alexandra Cain
Network Ten owner sold to ‘Top Gun’ billionaires
The billionaire family behind Oracle Corporation along with ‘Mission Impossible’ and ‘Top Gun’ films will take control of the network in a complex deal.
- Nick Bonyhady
Mediaweek publisher to ‘step back’ amid workplace misconduct claims
Formal complaints about alleged behaviour of Trent Thomas, owner of the trade media publication, lodged by two people and investigated by external firms.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘We know nothing’: Media blasts information void in privacy reform
Uncertainty about the Albanese government’s new privacy laws threatens billions in advertising, with one data firm urging clients to pause online targeting.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Todd Woodbridge and the jackpot quiz thwarting Seven’s news offensive
The former tennis star and Nine presenter is upending the 6pm news ratings battle because of the unlikely success of the game show he hosts at 5pm.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Mediaweek rocked by sexual harassment allegations
Trent Thomas, who owns and runs Mediaweek, was found by an internal HR investigation to have sexually harassed and bullied staff.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Airtasker bets $10m stake on radio, outdoor media surge
Airtasker founder Tim Fung has signed two deals in two weeks with media companies to promote its gig economy platform.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Network Ten wavers on turning off broadcast across swath of WA
The regional signal – a joint venture between Seven West Media and WIN Corporation – will remain on air only after more funding from the federal government.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Cat Daddy time! How ARN, Southern Cross could resume merger dance
The obvious step is for ARN to approach Catalano and nut out a deal which would effectively see ACM assume Anchorage’s original position.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
June
Nine considers expelling AI bots from checking out its content
Major publishers including the New York Times already restrict what services such as ChatGPT can see. Others say AI “scraping” is an “extinction-level event”.
- Nick Bonyhady
Meta threatens Australian news ban in media bargaining war
News sites and links could once again be blocked from Meta’s platforms if the social media company is forced to negotiate content deals with local publishers.
- Updated
- Tess Bennett
Southern Cross rejects Catalano’s offer to sell his newspapers
The operator of regional television networks and the Hit and Triple M radio brands says it does not want to buy a portfolio of regional publications.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian
- Updated
- Seven West Media
Seven West in major executive reshuffle as it cuts $100m in costs
Analysts have warned the structural challenges facing the free-to-air television industry would hinder the broadcaster’s ability to grow its profit margins.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
