So will Ten’s new CEO James Warburton be able to take up his new role at Ten in July, as the network announced yesterday? Not so fast…
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Our media fairyland: where every mogul’s dreams come true
In the ever-more incestuous world of Australian media, Lachlan Murdoch’s move to Ten CEO reveals a host of conflicts.
2010 in the media: leaks, iPads and the NBN
This year was the year of the iPad. It’s hard to believe that Steve Jobs revealed it to the world just 11 months ago and that 7 million have been sold. But it wasn’t the only media blockbuster of the year…
Reviewing diversity in a converging media
If you were starting from scratch in regulating media ownership, what would you count as influential?
Crikey Says: There’s a reason we regulate for media diversity
History students call it the “Great Man” theory — the tendency to simplify historical events down to the whims of the powerful.
Rinehart joins the Ten billionaire’s club — so what’s she playing at?
There is a more than touch of irony in the news that Gina Rinehart has purchased a 10% stake in Ten Network, given her well-known dislike of giving media interviews or revealing very much at all about her vast mining empire, Hancock Prospecting. So what’s she playing at?
Our fast-vanishing national media diversity
We’re now down to six national sources of commercial media, courtesy of the Murdoch-Packer deal at Ten. And our media ownership laws say nothing about it.
Ten rolls over to the One.Tel boys
In terms of rank corporate hypocrisy, today’s effort from the Ten Network is up there with the best.
Ten boss’ exit hastened by the arrival of Packer
It is no secret that James Packer and outgoing Channel Ten executive chairman Nick Falloon aren’t the best of friends.
Crikey Says: The boys are back in town
Paranoid? Who, us? Some commentators think so. One in particular accused Crikey of being “nutjob paranoid” about the Murdoch dominance of our media.
Good timing or did Packer get the inside running on Ten deal?
When did James Packer know of the buyout proposal? It was, as we have seen from his buying, extremely market-sensitive. Was this inside information?
Crikey Says: Crikey says: did we mention Lachlan Murdoch?
When it comes to concentration of media ownership in Australia, the more things change the more they stay the same.
Political snippets: The creeping margin increase
Who said we were the lucky country that escaped the impact of the global financial crisis? Australians with a mortgage are clearly paying a high price for its impact!
Essential: we trust Aunty, but Rupert’s power must be curbed
News Limited supremo Rupert Murdoch should not be allowed to control the majority of Australian newspapers, according to an Essential Research survey of media ownership and trust in news and current affairs.
Packer’s move on Ten’s strategy has worked
The James Packer campaign of white-anting Ten Network’s TV strategy and chairman Nick Falloon after the raid on the broadcaster’s share register has worked.
Shareholders advised to sell after Packer’s raid on Ten
The first sign of scepticism in the sharemarket has appeared about James Packer’s raid on the Ten Network and campaign to destabilise management and the board.
The Media Monitors' Top 20: It was Joe Hockey’s week
Well if Joe Hockey’s main intention was to lift his profile, it’s worked
Packer’s formula for Channel Ten just not the One
The solid ratings yesterday on Ten’s sports channel One for the Formula One race from South Korea expose the nonsense at the heart of James Packer’s arguments that One should be closed and something cheaper broadcast.
Why Packer’s Ten thing is just like buying a car
James Packer’s Ten purchase is probably more of a punt than any influence to become a genuine mogul.
Sky News Australia via Ten? Pretty Unlikely
Recent speculation that James Packer will axe one of Ten’s sports channels and replace it with a Sky News service is very pie in the sky and takes some considerable liberties with common sense, writes Dan Barrett.
What Packer wants to do and why
James Packer’s main game remains, well, gaming, but his calculated play to wrestle control of Ten has some obvious intentions: namely to remake the network as a stand-alone entity, build relationships with Foxtel and cut back on investing in news, writes Terry McCrann.
