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
Ghost of Ron Brierley returns to haunt Mark Bouris
The ubiquitous businessman hosted Yellow Brick Road shareholders in Sydney, seeking approval to take the lender private. Then a figure from the past showed up.
- Mark Di Stefano
Hamish McLennan and a rugby party in Paris
The Rugby Australia chief was among executives and sponsors at a “cocktail party” in Paris.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Exclusive
- MasterChef
MasterChef’s Melissa Leong axed from judging line-up
Leong joined MasterChef Australia alongside co-hosts Andy Allen and Jock Zonfrillo in 2019 after the exit of Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris.
- Zoe Samios
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
TechDay ends links with PR firm after ‘exasperating’ requests
What happened between TechDay and PR firm Archetype?; The Daily Telegraph’s new TV play; SBS’s ad revenue bucks the market.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Mark Di Stefano
Kerry Stokes gathers the oligarchs to kiss the ring
The media and mining mogul’s Telethon Ball was held in Perth on Saturday, bringing together the country’s richest mining billionaires for a private get-together.
- Mark Di Stefano and Tom Rabe
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
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
Fidelity left holding the soiled bag
Rhythm Biosciences executive chairman Otto Buttula sold $6.5 million worth of shares last year. Since then, the stock has cratered.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
ASX Wolf faces bankruptcy threat over $450,000 in court costs
The financial woes continue for share trader and social media influencer Tyson Scholz, who just a few months ago was posting images of himself on a private jet.
- Liam Walsh
Senate’s Transparency Warrior flings the invisibility cloak
Former independent senator Rex Patrick has turned the FOI game into a tidy earner, lodging documents for corporates, while shielding identities.
- Mark Di Stefano
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.
James Mawhinney makes ‘fighting misinformation’ his next big thing
The Mayfair 101 founder is dealing with a lot, but is nothing if not incorrigible.
- Myriam Robin
Albo and the Q-word that shall not be named
The Prime Minister seems intent to ignore the free services Qatar Airways and Virgin put on for Australians fleeing Israel.
- Updated
- Mark Di Stefano
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
Investors back activist’s call for News to sell REA stake
Starboard Value wants the Murdoch-family controlled media giant to separate from its 61 per cent stake in the Australian real estate business.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
