The Ten Network has raised eyebrows by hiring Neil Shoebridge, The Australian Financial Review’s media and marketing editor of the past nine years. Plus other media news of the day.
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Media briefs: More jobs go at Ten … Google & AP fund future journos …
Crikey enjoyed this interesting piece in Saturday’s Herald Sun on how the Melbourne’s Spring Fashion week is rolling out the red carpet for pregnant mums. But it was the accompanying photo that caught our eye…
Media briefs: Gawenda quits uni … Ten’s One chases men … Vale NZ wire service …
Michael Gawenda, the former Age editor and director of the Melbourne University Centre for Advanced Journalism, has quit his post. Plus, the odd relauch of ONE sports and other media news.
Seven issue a statement on Warburton
Will Seven be able to prevent James Warburton from working for Ten until October 2012? Some very well paid lawyers will be discussing that very scenario right now, reports Dan Barrett.
Media briefs: Ten, Seven in legal stoush …. tabloid journo tell-all …
Hang Ten: Warburton might wait … Journo admits: I made it up … Facebook makes six people billionaires. …
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…
Jason Wharburton announced as Ten CEO
James Wharburton, the Chief Sales and Digital Officer of the Seven Media Group, has been appointed as the new CEO of Ten Network Holdings Ltd, reports Dan Barrett.
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.
Channel Eleven switches on
The Ten network have launched their new digital multi-channel Eleven, kicking off with an episode of the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. TV blogger Dan Barrett takes a look at the Eleven programming schedule, which includes plenty of syndicated American content.
Life according to Gina: mining magnate brings an axe to Fairfax
Gina Rinehart’s $50 million investment in Fairfax Media would seem to confirm one of the theories regarding her sudden interest in the media sector, and blow up a few others.
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?
Packer gets back into the mogul business
James Packer will discover the game has changed since he left TV. But his bigger concern is to get back into the mogul business, write Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
Neighbours’ move next door takes Ten’s drama quota with it
Ten’s new digital channel raises questions about an issue the Government appeared to want to put off until 2012: the local content quota.
Tuning into Ten in 2011
The Ten Network today announced it’s 2011 lineup. Australian TV networks are in a difficult place in that the Australian TV ratings season runs from Feb-Nov each year, while in the US their season is from Sept-May, explains Dan Barrett.
Free TV handouts: we don’t know the half of it
We’ve been seriously underestimating just how much money the free-to-air TV networks will be getting from taxpayers under the Government’s outrageous licence fee rebates, reveal Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane.
Channel Ten scores zero for AGM democracy
Channel 10’s contempt for shareholder democracy was on display at its AGM yesterday as directors used the notorious “no vacancy rort” to make it statistically impossible to get elected.
Crikey Says: Seriously, no one will buy Ten
Surely there would never be an auction for control of one of Australia’s most iconic media assets and no buyers turn up, right? Wrong. It’s a watershed moment for Australian media.
Macquarie emerges from the pack to save Ten
The Ten Network is in the middle of some major changes with Macquarie Media and 81-year-old Bruce Gordon set to emerge as major shareholders. Seriously.
Canwest wins another extension
The Ten Network’s struggling Canadian parent Canwest has announced it has won yet another extension (we’ve lost count) from its senior lenders on a deadline to come up with a recapitalisation plan.
Big Brother dying across the globe
Perhaps the most iconic of all reality television programs, Big Brother, is being axed around the world, as life for broadcasters and marketers gets rougher and losses mount.
