Media

Moves by Nine Entertainment's bankers to test market interest in Domain have reignited speculation about broader portfolio changes at the company - including a tilt at Foxtel.

Search advertising giant Google is slashing the value and shortening the length of deals with Australian publishers struck under the government's media bargaining code.

Capital Brief launched one year ago today with a Jim Chalmers interview. A lot has changed since then — but not our commitment to build a robust new player in Australian news.

Foxtel’s carriage deal with the popular US sports network is expiring, marking the first of several rights risks as parent company News Corp considers a potential sale.

The government has yet to address the fate of gambling ad revenue raked in by audio platforms like Spotify in its ongoing reform briefings.

The pay-TV boss is expected to ride out a Nazi salute photo scandal, as parent company News Corp ponders a sale of the asset.

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones confirmed to Capital Brief that he is considering “substantial advice” from the ACCC and Treasury on forcing Meta to pay for news content.

Amazon Prime Video and Optus Sport are among the services expected to face similar, if not tougher gambling ad restrictions than TV broadcasters as the government moves to quell a backlash.

Foxtel’s HBO content rights look shaky as News Corp moves to sell the company — but it is uncertainty that any potential buyer has likely already considered.

The Albanese government is facing a significant political battle over gambling advertising reforms, and Australia’s media industry is deeply invested in the outcome.

The pressure comes as Michelle Rowland’s diary shows it was media executives — not betting companies — who were afforded early in-person meetings on the reforms.

While a US private equity firm has already been named as a logical acquirer of Foxtel, there's rampant speculation a party much closer to home could also be interested.

The big news in News Corp's quarterly results was that Foxtel Group is up for sale. But as a largely legacy asset with declining earnings, is it actually sellable?

The US media conglomerate has long been linked with a streaming launch in Australia.

Staff representatives will meet Nine management shortly after 11am on Wednesday in a bid to resume pay negotiations following a historic five-day strike.

Strike action at Nine has already hamstrung the company’s coverage of the Paris Olympics, and on Monday scuppered plans to host ministers and regulators at a summit in Canberra.

Leadership changes at legacy mastheads like the AFR are rarely simple, or bloodless. But the succession underway at the national business publication comes at a pivotal juncture for the title - and its parent company.

Revelations of a legal battle between Rupert Murdoch and three of his children come at a time when the influence of the mogul and the media industry more broadly is waning.

Journalists from The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and the Australian Financial Review have walked off the job in numbers for the first time since 2017, when they were still owned by Fairfax Media.