Today’s news that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will allow Seven West Media to merge The West Australian with News Corporation’s The Sunday Times newspaper should come as no surprise – consumers have been losing interest in both for some time.
Nine Entertainment has negotiated its way out of a costly contract to broadcast US TV shows and is refocusing on local content in response to disappointing ratings.
Vocus Communications is targeting the consumer market and has its sights on becoming Australia's "most loved telco", after its full-year profit more than trebled in the wake of mergers with M2 Group and Amcom.
Fairfax Media's new financial year has got off to a bumpy start, with its prized real estate advertising business, Domain, reporting a sharp slowdown in digital revenue growth.
News Corporation's full-year earnings have dropped about 28 per cent as growth in its real estate classifieds businesses fails to offset declines in news and book publishing.
Premier Colin Barnett has voiced his opposition to The West Australian’s proposed purchase of The Sunday Times as the competition watchdog raised concerns of its own.
Kerry Stokes' diversified media, mining equipment and energy group, Seven Group Holdings, has swung to an annual profit and is cautiously confident that trading conditions will stabilise this year.
Seven West Media shares fell more than 15 per cent after the company forecast a big drop in earnings for the year ahead because of a still-softer advertising market and the cost of broadcasting the Olympics.
Fairfax Media will record almost $1 billion of impairments when it reports its full-year results next week, with half the hit coming from the unit containing its Australian masthead newspapers.
Regional television viewers in Western Australia have lost Channel Nine coverage after negotiations between the national TV player and a broadcast joint venture between Prime and WIN failed to reach an agreement last night.
The West Australian newspaper has announced staff cuts as parent group Seven West Media progresses its plans to buy The Sunday Times newspaper and Perth Now website from News Corporation.
The family of former ABC breakfast radio host Eoin Cameron says they are devastated by his sudden passing, but they will cherish the many memories and wonderful times they shared with him.
Seven West Media has this morning confirmed plans to buy Perth’s The Sunday Times newspaper and the Perth Now website from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
The prospects of a Perth consumer newspaper monopoly are firming, with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission preparing to review a tie-up between The West Australian and The Sunday Times.
Perth’s Scoop Magazine has been closed nearly two decades after hitting the newsstands, with management citing tough market conditions for the iconic publication’s demise.
Creative agency RARE and media buying business Carat have won major contracts with Seven West Media, ending Marketforce’s 40-year run as the go-to marketing communications agency for SWM's The West Australian.
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Nine Entertainment has taken a 9.99 per cent stake in regional broadcaster Southern Cross Media, in the first of many moves expected in the sector as players position themselves ahead of a likely change in ownership rules.
Journalists at Fairfax Media will take industrial action following the announcement 120 editorial jobs will be axed from mastheads in Sydney and Melbourne.
Former treasurer Peter Costello will lead Nine Entertainment Co through what the group hopes will be sweeping changes to media regulation in Australia.
Two of Perth’s largest architecture and design firms, Hames Sharley and Cameron Chisholm Nicol, have expanded by recruiting the founders and staff of two smaller Perth practices.
The need to overhaul Australia's 40-year-old media regulations is now urgent for domestic players trying to compete with international rivals, Ten Network chairman David Gordon says.
Curtin University has become the latest sponsor of Hockey Australia, leveraging the fact that Australia’s globally dominant teams are based at the Bentley campus.
Business News has added a new feature to its product suite, with subscribers now able to choose from a selection of industries to deliver a personalised weekly news and data update via our new ‘BN Weekender’ email service.
International communications agency King Content has opened an office in Perth, to meet what it says is an underserved market and client-driven demand.
Troubled streaming service Quickflix is cutting staff and negotiating deals with content providers as it strives to become viable in the highly competitive sector.
Network Ten's full-year loss almost doubled to $312.2 million but the free-to-air broadcaster is predicting a big lift in advertising revenue thanks to its tie up with Foxtel's MCN.
