For the second straight quarter, News Corp’s executive chairman and controlling shareholder Rupert skipped the quarterly earnings call with analysts and journalists this morning.
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News Ltd moves: Williams’ ‘strong response’ to protect Whittaker
The material concerning Paul Whittaker came to me from a person who would normally be referred to as an impeccable source.
Whittaker in the firing line at News Limited
The editor of The Daily Telegraph, the controversial Paul Whittaker, is in the firing line at News Limited as the new CEO, Kim Williams, introduces a top-to-toe renovation.
Our Harto and soul: tributes from News staff to departing chief
When John Hartigan quit News Limited to start his new life, dutiful employees presented him with a special memento. Crikey has the special edition newspaper.
ASIC boss rubs shoulders with the business elites
John Symond last week held his traditional end-of-year soiree at his Point Piper mansion, an event that featured the usual roll call of elite business figures.
Kim Williams: News Ltd’s new head honcho
Kim Williams is the new boss of News Ltd, which publishes two-thirds of Australia’s metropolitan newspapers and more than 120 suburban or regional titles. We don’t need to tell you how powerful that makes him, writes Paul Barry.
JB Fairfax, flick go the shares, while masthead editors in power struggle
The internal machinations at Fairfax and News Limited surely tell us that we live in an age where the newspaper business is increasingly devoid of sentiment.
Mayne: Hartigan exit a classic Rupert power play
Without any need to consult Telstra, Kerry Stokes or James Packer, the trio that together own 75% of Foxtel, Rupert was able to poach the well-regarded Foxtel CEO Kim Williams to take News Ltd in a different direction.
Williams, sans boys’ club machismo, breaks News Ltd mould
Kim Williams’ elevation will bring some changes, and alter key dynamics in Australia’s largest newspaper publisher.
Meet incoming News Ltd boss Kim Williams
Kim Williams has been so good at running Foxtel that Rupert Murdoch has given him the most powerful media job in the country, as CEO of News Ltd. Angela Priestly interviews the new News man.
No demand for Al Jazeera on Foxtel, says Williams
Why doesn’t Foxtel run the Arabic news service Al Jazeera? There are news services from the US and Europe — why not the Arab world? Surprisingly, Al Jazeera itself doesn’t seem too fussed about the matter.
Time for Conroy to deliver
Where is Labor’s media policy? It was promised before the party came to government, but has never emerged. Now we are being treated to yet another Rudd review and consult exercise.
Foxtel boss: ABC wasting money? Must be Thursday
Yes, your ABC is pissing money down the drain by creating a 24-hour news channel. But what’s new? says Foxtel chief Kim Williams: Auntie has been squandering taxpayers’ money for decades.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Foxtel boss on the ABC
An apology to Shaun Carney for wrongly publishing that he has changed jobs, plus Foxtel boss Kim Williams weighs in on the ABC and Crikey readers weigh in on science in the media.
A challenger emerges for make-or-break sports rights
Upstart television business Fetch TV has emerged as an over-the-top bidder for the TV rights to the AFL from 2012. Malaysian billionaire T. Ananda Krishnan could shake up the local television landscape.
Simons: Content makers come to grips with the big grapple
Margaret Simons’s round-up of this year’s biggest media industry news, movers, shakers and changes.
Conroy won’t budge on broadcast regulation
There is a push on at the moment for the federal government to bring forward a planned review of broadcasting regulation, particularly that relating to Australian content. But it’s not proving too successful.
The Battle of the Kims: Williams v Dalton
In one corner, Foxtel chief Kim Williams arguing for de-regulation of the TV industry. In the other corner, ABC’s Kim Dalton. The umpire? Stephen Conroy.
Hypocrisy watch: Foxtel lectures Free to Air TV on competition
Foxtel CEO Kim Williams spoke yesterday about the need for greater competition in TV. Perhaps the problem is more that he’s just about to get some.
