The Huawei deal illustrates why Kerry Stokes is the best-connected Australian businessman in China.
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Crikey Says: Seven requests Consolidated Media interests info
In a sneaky little move at the Australian Stock Exchange this morning, Kerry Stokes moved his Queen’s bishop to attack.
Packer v Stokes: who will be Australia’s last media mogul?
James Packer signalled yesterday he will defeat Kerry Stokes’ bid for Consolidated Media Holdings with “exactly the same technique that Stokes used to painstakingly build his control of Seven”. Terry McCrann explains.
Stokes sits on cash, Packer sells the farm
Which media mogul wins? Reports today show that while the Packer media empire is shrinking, the empire Kerry Stokes is building is sitting on $2 billion of cash and sharemarket investments.
Tips and rumours: Is Kevin Rudd clueless about Twitter?
That crucial question is raised today by an anonymous Crikey tipster who’s taken the time to work out where PM Kevin Rudd’s been tweeting from.
The Packer-Stokes war hots up
The dinosaurs are restless again. Australia’s last remaining putative media moguls, “Little” Kerry Stokes and “Big” Kerry’s son James Packer, are locking horns over the rump of the media empire that Kerry Packer built.
Who’ll land Seven’s coveted 6pm news job?
Everyone in TVland is watching the Seven Network to see what it does to its 6pm Sydney newsreader’s job.
ACMA finds Today Tonight breaches code of practise
Yesterday, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found channel Seven’s Today Tonight breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice.
Morning Market Report: BEN gets crushed
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN) getting smashed after releasing its Trading Update.
Free TV is going cheap
Claims the Seven Network, PBL Media’s Nine Network and ACP are worthless should be taken with a grain of salt, writes Glenn Dyer.
How is Seven travelling? Who knows
The Seven Network’s interim result seems to have been concocted at an accountants’ tea party, writes Glenn Dyer.
Open done, jobs go at Seven Sport
A series of rumours this morning suggested Seven has cut staff at Seven Sport in Sydney, writes Glenn Dyer.
Stokes poised to take controlling interest in Seven
Kerry Stokes has moved moved to increase and protect his interest in Seven, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs
Vale Sunday, no one watched. Even for its last program, Sunday was basically ignored by viewers, as they have been doing for the past three years or so. Sunday was watched by 158,000 people yesterday morning, Insiders on the ABC at 9am averaged 173,000, Inside Business, 148,000, Offsiders, 130,000, But Weekend Sunrise at 8am won […]
TV ad slump is just the beginning…
In comments yesterday Nine said it was confident of rebuilding its ad share to match its ratings share, while Seven said it would retain its share. But they might struggle, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs: Seven wins the week … the Great Global Warming Swindle swindle … more paper cuts
Seven wins the week … The Great Global Warming Swindle swindle … More paper cuts … The nerd niche … Cutting the fat … Shafer’s picks
Thinking of buying Seven stocks? Think again
After a rating reports showing Seven has lost share to its rivals, Merrill Lynch has outlined its case why Seven “is not a buy”. By Glenn Dyer.
Seven’s major announcement: “Nothing changes, really”
Although Seven boss David Leckie is staying put, an announcement today gave a glimpse into the netowrk’s future. By Glenn Dyer.
Kerry Stokes stalks James Packer’s stocks
Kerry Stokes and his Seven Network have snuck up on James Packer by purchasing a 4.82% stake in Consolidated Media Holdings, the media rump of the Packer media empire, writes Glenn Dyer
Private equity media buyouts not so crash hot after all?
Here’s a deal that will send a chill down the balance sheets of certain Australian and Canadian media companies which did deals with private equity groups in 2007, writes Glenn Dyer.
