Yesterday
Nick Bolton attempts to thwart Southern Cross takeover
ARN Media and Anchorage Capital Partners’ proposed acquisition of Southern Cross has already hit a major hurdle.
- Zoe Samios and Sam Buckingham-Jones
This Month
Network Ten doesn’t want to buy Southern Cross Austereo’s TV stations
The most likely buyer for the listed media company’s 96 regional TV signals, Network Ten owner Paramount, says it doesn’t need them.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Southern Cross courts wider interest as board reviews ARN deal
Southern Cross Austereo wants to ignite a bidding war for its radio, TV and digital audio assets.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Zoe Samios
- Exclusive
- Luxury property
Why adman David Droga bought ‘the best piece of land in Australia’
The New York-based advertising executive talks about his enduring obsession with Tamarama’s Lang Syne, and his plans for the $45m beachside block.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Bonnie Campbell
Murdoch circles as Fleet Street jewels up for sale
An auction starts this week for two august Tory titles, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. Rupert Murdoch is among the rumoured bidders.
- Hans van Leeuwen
ABC redundancy payouts leapt fivefold, annual report reveals
The ABC’s latest annual report, tabled in parliament on Friday, reveals the public broadcaster spent $22 million to pay out exiting staff.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Media’s $100b man says the ad market has room to grow
Christian Juhl, the global boss of media agency GroupM, says the advertising market has been resilient through so much uncertainty.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
A combat photographer driven by guilt, not ego
The fall of Kabul was the most terrifying experience of Australian Andrew Quilty’s life. He’s disappointed more people don’t ask him about it.
- Aaron Patrick
Unloved and facing regulation, the ad industry plays a $53b card
The three peak bodies for advertisers have united to launch a new pitch to government and consumers that advertising really is a good thing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Joe Aston on 12 years of Rear Window
This week on The Fin podcast, Joe Aston on his evolution from gossip columnist to campaigning journalist and life after Rear Window.
Billionaire Kerry Stokes is building a local sports streaming company
From local netball games and curling battles, to mid-tier soccer leagues: Seven West Media is rolling out a new platform called Streamer targeting sports.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Opinion
A young reporter’s unpleasant experience of country politics
A 26-year-old journalist, Zoe Askew, was banned from playing for her regional soccer club after she reported on what she felt was poor conduct by a match official.
- Aaron Patrick
Mystery share raid finally makes sense
The country’s radio landscape could soon be dramatically reshaped, after a stunning takeover bid for Southern Cross. It had been plotted for months.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
ARN, Anchorage to table ACMA solution with Southern Cross bid
Street Talk understands the duo have baked in a pre-pack Australian Communications and Media Authority solution into their control bid.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Kyle and Jackie O to take on Melbourne in new $200m KIIS FM contract
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson are two of the country’s most powerful broadcasters. Their platform will soon get bigger.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘Too little, too late’: Yes ad blitz failed to cut through No message
The Yes campaign spent millions on advertising in the final weeks before the Voice vote. The No campaign, experts say, was far more effective with less.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
News Corp, James Hardie spinner takes Eat, Pray, Love retirement
After a quadruple heart bypass in July, former News Limited spin doctor Greg Baxter retired from CBA in exactly the right way.
- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
The ABC can make more money, says its new ex-Netflix content boss
Chris Oliver-Taylor wants to create fewer and better TV shows and films – and find ways to make more money by selling them abroad.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Mundine, Price threaten to sue Financial Review over ‘Nazi’ cartoon
Two of the No campaign’s leaders, Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, have sent letters warning they will file defamation lawsuits.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
The five things you must see at SXSW Sydney
The inaugural Sydney version of the storied Austin culture and technology conference boasts over 1000 events. Here are some essentials.
- Michael Bailey
