Nine Entertainment has come close to a first strike against its remuneration report as shareholders railed against the high pay awarded to executive and non-executive directors despite the broadcaster's disappointing performance.
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes says Australia's high broadcast licence fees and lack of incentives for local content are making production in overseas markets more attractive.
The first Sunday Times newspaper to be published under ownership of Seven West Media will be printed later this month, after purchase contracts were officially signed today.
Telstra has defended the quality of its network after a series of major disruptions this year while also warning against the possible regulation of mobile roaming charges.
Netflix rival Presto will close at the end of January after Seven West Media agreed to sell its 50 per cent stake in the streaming service to co-owner Foxtel.
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.
