Well, it was “mission accomplished” in Adelaide yesterday afternoon – sort of. The world’s most powerful media mogul, Rupert Murdoch, said “sorry” for the Glenn Milne assault at last year’s Walkleys – but he stopped short of agreeing to pay the $65 physio bill, writes Stephen Mayne.
Gerrymander
Mr 99.5% Murdoch makes history, but still resists democracy
History was made in New York on Friday when Rupert Murdoch was formally re-elected to the board of News Corporation by his shareholders at an annual meeting for possibly the first time in 55 years, writes Stephen Mayne.
Revealed: how media companies hide from electoral scrutiny
The starter’s gun has been fired and once again, we’ve got a political election in Australia coinciding with the corporate AGM season when more than 2000 public company directors will face a poll of their own. Stephen Mayne writes.
It’s time to reinvent and invigorate the racing industry
Having raced nearly 200 racehorses since 1983, I have quit. Why? Not being a betting man, I still have a basic understanding of how the bookies set their books, and it’s getting harder for an owner to “round the book,” writes Peter Sheppard.
Exclusive: ISS turns the big guns on Rupert
The world’s most powerful proxy advisory service, Institutional Shareholders Services, have released a report backing my shareholder resolution attacking Rupert Murdoch’s gerrymander at News Corporation.
Exclusive: SEC forces Rupert to run shareholder vote on gerrymander
The dubious system which sees almost 70% of News Corp shares stripped of voting rights will be put to the test at this year’s October AGM in New York after the US Securities and Exchange Commission rejected Rupert’s objections to my shareholder resolution, writes Stephen Mayne.
