Media & marketing
Ray Hadley marks 20 years on top in Sydney
The broadcaster extended his record streak as number one in the coveted mornings slot while Ben Fordham beat The Kyle and Jackie O Show at breakfast.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Kyle and Jackie O trounced by rivals in Melbourne’s breakfast war
The expensive gamble to broadcast The Kyle and Jackie O Show into Melbourne is yet to pay off.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Nine Entertainment
Pedestrian boss to depart as group slashes staff and titles
The youth publisher, owned by Nine, will be split in half and will exit its licensing deals to publish third-party brands including Vice, Refinery29, Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Kotaku.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Analysis
‘Sobering reality’: What the future for Australia’s media giants looks like
With mass job cuts across Australia’s largest media companies, is there a way out of the advertising downturn, or is it time to face up to a new normal?
- by Calum Jaspan
The billionaire ‘French Rupert Murdoch’ shaking up the election
The rise of Marine Le Pen to front-runner in the French election is closely intertwined with the emergence of a powerful conservative media machine backed by billionaire Vincent Bolloré.
- by Benoit Berthelot and Tara Patel
Streaming trumps free-to-air TV in new live sports broadcast bill
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the government is out of touch on the cost of living and young Australians after passing a bill on access to live sport.
- by Calum Jaspan
‘I’ll be me’: Whateley vows to cover Olympics his way
He might be inspired by veteran caller Bruce McAvaney, but Gerard Whateley is determined to cover the athletics in Paris in his own style.
- by Sam McClure
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Nine Entertainment
Job cuts prompt anger and threat of industrial action at Nine
Executives from Nine’s broadcast, publishing and radio divisions are discussing the extent of cuts with staff as the company seeks $30 million in savings.
- by Calum Jaspan
7News YouTube channel hacked, broadcasts AI Elon Musk crypto scam
Subscribers to 7News’ YouTube channel have been shown a live-streamed AI-generated Elon Musk cryptocurrency scam.
- by Calum Jaspan and David Swan
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Seven West Media
Seven loses three key executives amid mass redundancies
The departure of three senior staff, including the chief revenue officer Kurt Burnette, represents a major overhaul of Seven West’s operations, just two months into new boss Jeff Howard’s tenure.
- by Calum Jaspan
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Public relations
Telstra’s ad campaign celebrates Australia. It was made in Poland
A series of new ads for Telstra features Australian voices and remote Australian locations. But it was made in Eastern Europe – and local creatives are angry.
- by Karl Quinn