The strike action threatens to derail Nine’s coverage of the Paris Olympics, the opening gambit on CEO Mike Sneesby's $305m bet on the games through to 2032.
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Unionised staff at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, and the Australian Financial Review are set to take industrial action for the first time since they were owned by Fairfax Media in 2017.
The warning comes just weeks after the company announced that it would cut 200 jobs in response to Meta's decision to scrap media deals, and as the government nears a decision on 'designating' the social media behemoth
During a town hall last week, Network 10 president Beverley McGarvey tried to assure staff on the future of the network amid Paramount merger talks and local media job cuts.
A growing cohort of independent publishers are urging the government against taking action against Meta under the media code, fearing it will result in a news ban that could devastate their businesses.
The youth publisher will also shed licences to the Vice, Refinery29 and Gizmodo brands as part of the changes, which come in the throes of a company-wide cost-cutting program at Nine Entertainment.
The growing appetite for action in Nine's publishing division could see a newspaper staff strike for the first time since they walked off the job in 2017.
News Corp chief Robert Thomson has warned generative artificial intelligence poses a grave risk to journalism - despite recently striking a landmark deal with the biggest AI platform.
The News Corp global chief executive sent the memo to staff following a Q&A with News UK employees.
In the memo, the CEO shared more detail on his approach to generative AI, which he considers a major risk to journalism — even as the company strikes deals with AI firms.
In a Monday town hall meeting over Nine's proposed job cuts, Nine's managing director of publishing Tory Maguire confirmed that the Meta money is no longer flowing.
This week saw even more pain for the struggling media industry, criticism of Big Tech's treatment of news and a Biden-Trump clash on the debate stage. Is it 2016 all over again?
Unionised staff across Nine's publishing division backed a vote of no confidence in CEO Mike Sneesby and Nine's board.
Confirmation of Meta’s consideration of an all-out news ban marks a pronounced escalation in the company’s engagement with both local media companies and representatives of the Australian parliament.
Antigone Davis, global head of safety at Meta, will face lawmakers as Labor nears a decision on whether to designate the company under the news media bargaining code.
Assange's release from prison was helped by significant lobbying from Anthony Albanese, Penny Wong and Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd.
The discussions underscore the urgency within News Corp to secure payments from tech firms - but also shines fresh light on TikTok’s news strategy.
The deals publishers struck with Meta in 2021 are a focus of the government's social media inquiry after the tech giant announced it would not willingly renew them.
The arrangement will see GRACosway act on behalf of the youth-focused publication in a bid to get a seat at the table of the committee.
The ABC chairman has outlined a raft of improvements he wants to oversee at the ABC, as part of a call for more investment in the public broadcaster.
The nation’s largest domestic media company is being scrutinised by the state workplace regulator following allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
The out of home advertising industry has emerged as an outlier of sorts in an advertising market that has been brutalised by tough economic conditions.
Staff will next week vote on whether or not to greenlight a one-year extension to their current enterprise bargaining agreement, which would see staff receive a 3.5% pay increase in the throes of a major restructure.
The replacement for Peter Costello as Nine chair is already facing questions about her suitability for the role, following a past clash with the company's own newspapers.
Peter Costello has resigned as chairman of Nine Entertainment.
Rather than just producing the news, Australia's legacy media companies can't seem to stop making headlines about their own troubles.
The Nine chairman is expected to dig in and cling to power, but there is a growing sense chief executive Mike Sneesby is still vulnerable.
