This Month
Holgate’s Australia Post campaign fails to deliver
The thing about claiming to speak for the masses is you never really want to test the proposition.
- Myriam Robin
Paul Keating’s prediction about Nine-Fairfax goes both ways
Also, the secondary effects of a strike at Nine Publishing land as others seek meetings; and who Seven West Media has hired to manage its crisis PR.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
TV networks to demand fee relief as $40m wagering hole opens up
Sports codes, wagering firms and media companies have a week to make their pitch to the Albanese government, after secret briefings on Thursday and Friday.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
Murdoch thinks Fox, News Corp worth more right wing
At the heart of Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s bid to change the family’s “irrevocable” trust is an idea Fox and News Corp are more valuable as conservative outlets.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Diggers & Dealers lavishes riches upon favoured scribes
The award handed out at the annual Diggers & Dealers conference is on current gold prices worth nearly $4000.
- Myriam Robin
Fox in hunt for more lucrative sponsors after making Olympic history
Australia’s most successful individual Olympic medallist already has considerable earning power, experts say.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Gambling ad crackdown imminent as sports, media join secret meetings
Sporting codes, wagering and media companies have been summoned to private meetings with Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Ronald Mizen
How Taylor Swift got very, very rich
The tale of the singing star being exploited by a ruthless, male dominated music industry isn’t the full story.
- Alice Fulwood
July
AFR, SMH, Age staff reach wage deal after five-day strike
Unionised staff at Nine Entertainment’s major mastheads voted to approve a new, three-year pay deal.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
ATO expose earns award nomination for AFR’s Chenoweth
The Australian Financial Review’s Neil Chenoweth has been nominated in the top finance reporting category for a series dubbed Cracking the Tax Office Omerta.
- Updated
Streaming, catch-up services on verge of eclipsing TV advertising
Revenue growth has slowed significantly across the media and entertainment sector – particularly in news – a widely followed annual PwC survey has found.
- Kylar Loussikian
AFR, SMH, The Age staff vote to strike on eve of Paris Olympics
From 11am Friday the bulk of the Nine Entertainment publishing workforce will walk off the job after rejecting the latest pay offer from management.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- New music
‘Bunnings of music’: why Matt Gudinski remade Mushroom
Most roads in the Australian music business used to lead to the Mushroom Group, and a restructure announced on Thursday seeks a return to those glory days.
- Michael Bailey
Bruce Lehrmann’s new lawyer is not used to defamation cases
Colourful Sydney lawyer Zali Burrows is now representing former political adviser Bruce Lehrmann as he pushes ahead with his defamation appeal.
- Michael Pelly
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Matt Gudinski remakes Mushroom in biggest restructure this century
Matt Gudinski, the son of legendary promoter Michael, will shut a range of well-known imprints and consolidate its artists under one umbrella.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Media & marketing
The three strategies that saved the Financial Review
It had a competitive advantage of deep engagement with the Australian business community. But that was just the starting point, writes outgoing editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury.
- Michael Stutchbury
WIN, Southern Cross consider selling TV stations to Network Ten
A relatively small sale of regional broadcast assets could open the door for WIN owner Bruce Gordon to take a larger stake in Nine Entertainment.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘Unclear’ how much Meta makes from Australian users: ACCC
It is clear Meta banks billions in revenue from Australians offshore, the competition watchdog said responding to questions from a government inquiry.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘Incredible legacy’: business, political leaders on AFR chief’s departure
John Howard, Peter Dutton, Andrew Forrest and Jennifer Westacott are among those to pay tribute to outgoing AFR editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Michael Stutchbury calls time as AFR editor-in-chief after 13 years
The 67-year-old led the paper through six PMs and thousands of editions. He will be succeeded by former executive editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, James Chessell.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
