Lachlan Murdoch conducted his first media and market briefing yesterday after Ten Network released its 2011 half-year results… and welcomed The Bolt Report.
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Ten profit slumps, activists contemplate EGM to remove directors
The calling of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to remove directors of public companies is an incredibly rare thing in Australia. Will shareholders do it at Ten?
As Murdoch steps up, the biggest relationship risk is Fox News
Is a 38-year-old Harvard dropout ready to take charge of the world’s most global and powerful media company? Many argue James Murdoch does have the necessary smarts to succeed his father as CEO of News Corporation.
Hang Ten: Warburton may have to wait as network CEO
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…
Why ACMA should force Lachlan Murdoch off News Corp board
Given that Lachlan Murdoch is now exerting clear influence over Ten Network Holdings as acting CEO and a substantial shareholder, why aren’t the regulators examining the question of his ongoing directorship of News Corp?
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.
The impact of CEO Lachlan on media diversity? None, really
Lachlan Murdoch now runs Ten, owns half a radio network, and sits on the News Corp board, but has so far faced only one media diversity obstacle.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: congratulations, Lachlan
We’d like to congratulate Lachlan Murdoch on his appointment as (acting) chief executive of the Ten TV network.
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…
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?
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.
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.
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!
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.
Lachlan Murdoch hit for six as IPL bowls out Royals
Lachlan Murdoch’s most unusual asset, the Indian Premier League’s Rajasthan Royals, has been banned from the competition due to irregularities in its shareholdings and ownership structure. What does this mean for Murdoch?
Rich pickings: happy joint b’day to Packer and Murdoch jnr
What do you get the wealthy entrepreneur who has everything?
Why the $47 billion media giant can handle Storm’s losses
The solvency of Melbourne’s rugby league franchise is not in question for as long as News Ltd is prepared to keep adding to the $66 million it has invested so far. Or should it cut its losses and run?
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Pricey pud at The Sunday Age‘s Xmas party
The Sunday Age charges its staffers a pretty penny for the company Chrissie bash, Packer and Murdoch Jrs have something on the boil, and the inside word from Telstra.
