Todd Thorpe, the top government affairs executive at Rupert Murdoch's publishing company, was in Canberra last week as concerns mount over Labor's tech levy.
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Domain's chairman Nick Falloon was overseas, interim CEO Greg Ellis is just days into the new role, and its top shareholder Nine is in flux as a takeover bid landed.
News Corp’s $3.4 billion sale of Foxtel is already under regulatory review, and Saudi Arabia’s stake in DAZN is expected to draw even greater scrutiny to the deal.
Rupert Murdoch's publishing and digital real estate business has become one of the largest companies to raise alarms over DeepSeek’s use by employees.
News Corp is among the largest enterprise users of Google Workspace to face issues with Google Gemini’s rollout, after an "omission" thwarted its attempt to opt out.
Angelo Pandeli has enlisted top barrister Sue Chrysanthou and is seeking aggravated damages in a high stakes defamation battle with News Corp Australia.
The most powerful News Corp executive in Australia and close Murdoch ally will retain her influence but could be set for new responsibilities in the wake of Foxtel's sale to DAZN.
The filing marks the first known high-profile legal action faced by a major Australian news publisher in the 2025 calendar year.
The companies are expected to next week announce the details of a deal which will have far-reaching implications for the Australian media sector.
British sports streamer DAZN has a limited presence in Australia. It sees Foxtel as a chance to secure AFL and NRL rights — and gain 4.6 million subscribers.
The TV show Succession was inspired by the Murdoch family. Now it seems the show itself may have played a role in the Murdochs' latest power struggle.
The global sports streamer is closing in on an agreement with News Corp on a potential Foxtel transaction, which the parties hope to finalise within weeks.
Even if successful, a vote at Thursday's AGM to abolish News Corp's dual-class share structure would be non-binding. But it's clear Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch are taking it seriously.
Superannuation fund Hesta has voted in favour of a proposal to eliminate the media giant's dual-class share structure, emerging as the latest investor to speak out publicly.
The talks have sparked uncertainty over Foxtel's future and raised questions across News Corp and the broader sector about the fate of CEO Patrick Delany.
Foxtel’s streaming platform Binge is set for its biggest shakeup since it launched in 2020, adding news and sport as News Corp entertains interest in a sale.
In a new twist to Seven's Fair Work dispute brought by ex-employee Amelia Saw, Thomson Geer lawyers have weighed in on behalf of three media companies fighting suppression orders.
Confirmation of the target launch timeline comes as the company advances talks with local media and telecommunications firms over possible launch partnerships and carriage agreements.
Revelations of Albanese’s decision, first reported by Capital Brief, have split media executives and sparked criticism from the Coalition.
News publishers and the gambling industry are holding their breath ahead of two major government decisions on media policy.
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 pay-TV boss is expected to ride out a Nazi salute photo scandal, as parent company News Corp ponders a sale of the asset.
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.
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?
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.
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.
