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Packer cuts his Echo losses and goes all-in on Barangaroo

James Packer courted rival casino group Echo Entertainment and ousted its chairman only to sell out yesterday and bet the house on his planned Barangaroo casino development.

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Media briefs: global Convo … ‘magic pudding’ … scoop wars …

The Convo goes global. The good news keeps coming for The Conversation — the website, led by former Age editor-in-chief Andrew Jaspan, featuring news and anlysis from academics. Two days after receiving tax deductability status and $2 million in federal government funding, the site has launched a UK version (Crikey told you it was coming in February). The British site […]

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Media briefs: Alexander on Seven board … US circulation figures …

John Alexander is currently executive deputy chairman of Crown, James Packer’s casino and gambling empire.

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Packer, Willesee pash on in Seven lovefest

Seven pinched James Packer from under Nine’s nose. But the blubbering TV confessional last night was nothing for veteran interviewer Mike Willesee to be proud of.

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Media briefs: Sunday Mail ed sacked … dodgy cyber stats … bumper watch …

Sunday Mail ed’s brutal sacking. The editor of Adelaide’s The Sunday Mail, Megan Lloyd, has been removed from the job by News Limited’s Sydney bosses after 25 years with the company. Crikey understands Lloyd was given the heave-ho on Wednesday night and was not offered another position in the company – a development that has […]

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How Citi and Network Ten’s cabal of billionaires shafted retail investors

Ten Network Holdings is offering a bargain basement four-for-five share offer at 20c tomorrow. Shareholders might be advised to get involved.

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Media briefs: Packer Watch … ABC homepage wrap … final print Newsweek

Packer byline watch. Is James Packer contemplating the life of a columnist? How else to explain the slimmed-down casino mogul’s accumulation of newspaper bylines, which are multiplying faster than a horde of boozed-up blackjack players on a Saturday night at Crown. Packer’s latest effort lobs in the “Summer” section of today’s Sydney Morning Herald, where he lauds the […]

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Media briefs: AFR fawning … TT revival … Keating’s speech …

Scoop: Packer’s mate backs his casino bid. As Crikey has reported previously, James Packer has been getting a dream run in the media for his plans to build a $1 billion luxury hotel/casino at Barangaroo. The Australian Financial Review ups the ante today by trumpeting an “exclusive” interview with Lawrence Ho, the co-chairman of Melco Crown — a […]

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If Lachlan wasn’t a Murdoch, he’d be gone from Ten

With the Ten Network in the doldrums and solutions thin on the floor of the AGM yesterday, time’s up for chairman Lachlan Murdoch. He’s just not up to the task.

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Memo to Packer: how Singapore casinos keep riff-raff out

James Packer says we’re not doing enough to attract Asian gamblers away from Singapore’s new casinos. Maybe he should follow the island state’s lead in keeping the locals out.

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Thanks to Lachlan, Ten ripe for the picking

Have Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer repeated their One-Tel disaster at Ten, or is it just bad luck to have bought a free-to-air TV network at a bad time? It’s looking more like a train crash.

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Too much opinion, not enough news

Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day.

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Media briefs: Packer in SMHFin ad watch … Age in Africa

A thaw in the Packer-SMH war … weak weekend ad numbers in the papers … can’t differentiate between African cities? …

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Bad times at The Fin, where business can do no wrong

The Australian Financial Review is now a paper for business, rather than about business. The consequences are becoming obvious, write Crikey’s Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer.

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Media briefs: Labor spill reviewed … our media in Asia … AFR ad watch …

It’s the Asian century, so why is nobody there covering it? The AFR continues to bleed advertising revenue. And the offensive headline on The Daily Telegraph website.

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Media cuddles up to Packer with few hard questions

James Packer is getting a dream run from the media on his plans for a Sydney casino. Why isn’t anyone asking harder questions about his strategy?

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Labor lights demand ‘Packer tax’ on Sydney casino — for art

A coterie of prominent Labor-linked arts identities has proposed a 1% tax on James Packer’s revenue from a second Sydney Casino.

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Richard Farmer’s chunky bits: thanks Getup

International environmental agreements can happen and they can make a difference. This year the average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole was the second smallest in the last 20 years. Plus other political news.

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‘Fuck, this must be a good business’: Packer on casinos, Kerry

James Packer has won over NSW politicians with his plan for a massive new casino and hotel development in Sydney. Last night he was sharing more of himself than ever.

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Bust to boom? How Nine lived to fight another ratings year

Nine’s owners CVC and Goldman Sachs lost big in yesterday’s deal. Crikey intern Nicholas McCallum breaks down what happened, and who now owns the former “number one” TV network.

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Media briefs: Sunday Tele ed … paper job ads … The Oz PackerWatch …

Who will edit The Sunday Telegraph? National newspapers get thinner and thinner as jobs ads migrate online; we look at the numbers. James Packer is back in The Australiam

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Stokes backs News Ltd, cashes in on Cons Media

Kerry Stokes’ Seven group won’t be allowed to bid for Consolidated Media Holdings. But it will reap half-a-billion dollars from News Limited instead.

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Echo’s leadership gamble sheds light on Packer project

Larry Mullin’s decision to step down as CEO of Echo Entertainment follows speculation of tensions within the group’s senior management. It also sheds light on Brett Paton’s surprise resignation.

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A Packer sting that’s too clever by half?

James Packer has jeopardised his chance of recruiting a new generation of retail investors with an offering that risks being too clever by half, writes James Kirby.

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Packer talks up Crown, but Melco remains a problem

James Packer should be maintaining a close eye on his investment in small Macau casino owner Melco Crown, where revenues are under increasing pressure.

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