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Expansive James Packer goes the full half hour

The man who used to like two-minute chairman addresses went on for half-an-hour at yesterday’s Crown AGM, boasting of PBL’s recent performance and making some pre-emptive attacks against the anti-pokies lobby.

Cuts keeping coming across the media

Odd how three separate Australian media companies have settled on the figure of 80% as the size of the cuts in their dividends or distributions to long suffering shareholders, writes Glenn Dyer.

Media briefs: GruenTransfer joins export list, The Spectator comes to Oz

Farewell Earthmovers and Excavators … Gruen Transfer joins the export list … Read it a day later in The Oz … Push off oldies … Rates slashed! … Humphries to head up Oz version of The Spectator. No, the other one … Letterman, YouTube star

Media briefs and TV ratings

BBC plans magazine hook-up with ACP … Ten’s Canadian parent cops a market belting … Now that’s what I call financial reporting … Last night’s TV ratings.