Journalists love nothing more than speculating about the future of media companies, so Gina Rinehart has created an avalanche of commentary with her high-profile raid on Fairfax Media.
Kerry Stokes
Media briefs: Bueller not back … Stokes out of Ten? … Leveson latest …
Front Page of the Day … The Department of Corrections … Choppergate news director Lee Anderson rehired in special role by Channel 9 Brisbane … No confirmation on reports Stokes has sold his stake in Ten … PCC chief tells Leveson newspapers should be fined for breaching code …
The boss of Seven, Kerry Stokes
Kerry Stokes is one of our last old-style media moguls, but he’s no Lord Copper. But even though he controls Channel Seven, Pacific Magazines and The West Australian, he tells Paul Barry that he doesn’t wield any power.
The billion dollar blues: how the GFC hit our richest
The 2007 BRW Rich 200 list represented a high water mark for many of Australia’s best-known entrepreneurs. So how far have they fallen post-GFC?
Media power shifts: watch for a Stokes move on Fairfax
Control of Fairfax Media’s sprawling newspaper, online and radio operations is suddenly available for as little as $500 million.
Do ACCC doubts mark the end of media concentration in Australia?
Has the ACCC signalled an end to media concentration in Australia by raising significant doubts about the $2 billion takeover bid from Foxtel for regional Pay TV group, Austar?
Why are Victorian ratepayers paying Graham Richardson?
After being paid millions by the Packer family empire since he quit federal Parliament in 1994, Labor Party fixer Graham Richardson has admitted his retainer came to an end about 12 months ago.
Why would Seven help Ten with AFL games?
Seven wants a permanent 40% share of free-to-air ad dollars and by keeping the two extra AFL games it achieves that and strengthens itself in the southern AFL markets.
How Steve Fielding helped billionaires dominate media ownership
Steve Fielding retires from the Senate on June 30, but one of his lasting legacies will be the continuing flow of media deals triggered by John Howard’s liberalisation of foreign and cross-media ownership laws in 2005.
Leckie to Warburton: ‘It’s sad, you’ve done a Gillard’
James Warburton’s 73-page affidavit paints a picture of an ambitious man, determined to get the top job at Seven or leave.
Mayne: Fairfax should move now on WA News
A Fairfax deal with WA News has been talked about for decades but never come to fruition. It is the most logical newspaper merger in Australia given that competition regulators would never allow News Ltd to further extend its majority position.
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.
Stokes just like the Fairfax of old … and growing
For Kerry Stokes, Fairfax Media remains open to him, if he wants it.
Stokes deal: WAN to become the new version of Seven Media
WAN will go from being undergeared and a sleepy Perth-based newspaper company, to being the new version of Seven Media Group.
Bad blood between Murdoch, Stokes could become daily occurrence
As Perth journos continue to snooze over the dregs of the silly season, News Limited has restarted its assault on the city’s “gentleman’s agreement” that neatly divides its daily newspaper market between Kerry Stokes and Rupert Murdoch.
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…
Hey Hey it’s The Sunday Times’ Saturday ‘lunchbox edition’
Perth’s newspaper war has jacked up a notch with News Limited’s Sunday Times set to launch a Saturday “lunchbox edition” next week to take on bitter rival The West Australian, Crikey can reveal.
Business As Usual: Market snubs Stokes’ China bank deal … Kiwi economy grows … Fed recovery watch …
Investors gave Kerry Stokes’ deal to buy shares in China’s Agricultural Bank a very decisive thumbs down yesterday. Also, New Zealand’s economy grows, the US Federal Reserve’s recovery caution and other business news.
Kerry Stokes’ $US250m play for China’s Agricultural Bank
Kerry Stokes has emphasised his very close links to China and the Chinese government by proposing to invest up to $US250 million of Seven Group Holdings cash into the forthcoming float of China’s Agricultural Bank.
Stokes’ transformative WesTrac deal will go down in history
Yesterday, the $2 billion Seven-WesTrac deal got the official thumbs up. Now Kerry Stokes can celebrate the $1 billion of his private debt now safely housed in his new 68% owned listed conglomerate.
