Today
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
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
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
- Updated
- Earnings season
Foxtel on the block as News Corp confronts reality
The publishing and broadcasting multinational says there is acquisition interest in its pay television arm after a year-long study of its assets.
- Updated
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
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
AFR editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury’s 17 most memorable front page stories
On his final day as editor-in-chief, Michael Stutchbury reflects on the stories that have chronicled the changing face of Australia, won awards, and ended careers.
- Michael Stutchbury
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
Labor’s silence is TikTok’s boon
The federal government may have banned TikTok on government-issued devices, but the Australian public has been left to its own devices.
- Max Mason
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
