Today
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
EVs sales splutter, but not this group’s offshore expansion strategy
CAR Group’s big move in the US came at a time of rising rates and softening consumer demand. It still worked.
- 51 mins ago
- Anthony Macdonald
Haigh and Lalor eye a longer boundary for cricket writers
Gideon Haigh and Peter Lalor spent decades reporting on the sport. Now they’re hoping readers will pay for specialised coverage with Cricket Et Al.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Yesterday
REA’s success exposes shrinking Domain
The growth engine for Nine Entertainment, property classifieds platform Domain, has not been firing – and is losing ground to News Corp-controlled REA Group.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Networks seek legal advice as gambling signs evade ad ban
The government has told networks it cannot block betting companies from advertising on sports jerseys or around sporting grounds. Broadcasters disagree.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Ronald Mizen
How female Olympians are boosting their popularity without media help
Enthusiasm for lesser-known sports tends to die off at the end of each Olympic Games but some women are doing their own promotion.
- Lucy Slade
This Month
- Analysis
- Foxtel
News Corp finally confronts the grim reality of Foxtel
After nearly 30 years as a shareholder, the media giant has gone public with a bid to offload the pay TV business. Any new owner will confront big challenges.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Paramount, Warner slash valuations in ‘cable TV collapse’
The $23 billion in impairment charges from Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery highlight the collapse of the lucrative business model.
- Anna Nicolaou and Christopher Grimes
Paris was gold for Noah Lyles and Simone Biles. It was also great for Netflix.
The US sprinter may be unhappy, but there are a bunch of business executives in the United States who will quietly deem his Olympic campaign a success.
- Zoe Samios
New punters to halve under Labor’s gambling crackdown, brokers warn
One of the sector’s most respected analysts has told clients that the racing industry will be some $6.4 billion worse off over time from the proposed changes.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
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
- Analysis
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
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
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
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
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
Melbourne start-up buys out AI compliance software firm in first deal
IntelligenceBank has used the funds raised from its US-based private equity backer to splash out on Sydney-founded Red Marker, from global education giant Kaplan.
- Paul Smith
Executives, celebrities are rushing to take this scholar’s $18K course
Marketing guru Anita Elberse’s program has become a blockbuster for Harvard Business School.
- Austin Carr
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
