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Hugh Marks is the new managing director of the ABC. Is he the right person for the job?

Aspects of Hugh Marks’s record as chief executive of the Nine Entertainment Company raise questions about his suitability for the position of managing director of the ABC, to which he has just been appointed.

The Conversation

Australia’s media movers and shakers on who survives in Australian journalism

From Jordan Baker to Justin Stevens, we asked 200 of the nation’s most influential media figures who will survive in this media climate and what they have to do to tough it out.

Crikey

Over a year on, how is Capital Brief going?

Capital Brief was once described as ‘if the AFR was written for people without grey hairs’. Is that a sustainable business model, one year on?

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The underground tale of Arts Centre's electric glow-up

One of Australia's biggest performing arts centres is midway through a major renovation. But theatregoers will never see the most vital part of the project.

AAP

The certain death of local news is dragging democracy down

In most of regional Australia, local news has vanished from the community narrative. And local democracy is being gutted as a result.

Crikey

Where’s the beef? Gina Rinehart puts past journalism quarrel aside with pies at the Kennedys

Mining billionaire, who hasn’t always been on good terms with reporters, bankrolls journalism awards. Plus: cuts continue across media companies

The Guardian - AU

An exposé of whatever-it-takes culture, Eric Beecher’s The Men Who Killed the News is an idealistic book for the times

Eric Beecher is a rare beast: a combination of journalist, media owner and idealist. In 1984, aged 33, he became the youngest-ever editor of the Sydney Morning Herald and he has worked around the world as a journalist. He is currently chair and the largest shareholder in Private Media, owner…

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Powerhouse Museum acquires David Jones’ archive, brimming with forgotten stories of Australia’s past

David Jones is donating its archive to Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, it has been announced today. It is a timely reminder of the significance of “DJs”, Australia’s oldest department store, to the development of modern Australia.

The Conversation

Nine journalists do their block over Scott Cam’s Paris Olympics appearance amid strike

Age reporter questions expense of flying TV personality to Europe while up to 90 staff are cut from newsrooms. Plus: Murdoch’s real-life succession drama

The Guardian - AU

Nine’s cultural problems have been around since I was there in the 1980s

The culture of power games reported in the wake of the Darren Wick scandal is nothing new at Nine, where they’ve been going on for decades.

Crikey

Labor’s deal with Star Casino is looking grubbier and grubbier

Why is Star Casino in Sydney so arrogant and contemptuous of regulation? Because it has a political party and a major union on its side.

Crikey

Trump presents a historic opportunity for the left and AUKUS critics

If Donald Trump is reelected US president in November, it will deliver a gift to those who want greater distance between Australia and the US.

Crikey

Which Australian politicians have tried to sue for defamation over the past decade?

Defamation is one of the great Australian pastimes. Crikey took a look back at which politicians have decided to take their tiffs into court.

Crikey

The office commute: The journalists that went to the dark side

Katharine Murphy’s departure from Guardian Australia ruffled feathers, but she’s not alone in crossing over to politics from the media.

Crikey

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The ABC and Nine are showing their hand with their new appointments

Kim Williams chairing the national broadcaster and ex-News Corp editor Luke McIIveen running Nine flag big changes on the way.

The Guardian - AU

Safe bet: the media relationships that give horse racing a good run in NSW

Sydney’s main news providers have many interests in common with the pugnacious leadership of Racing NSW. Have they become too close?

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3 Smart Insurance Stock Picks for the Week Ahead

The insurance industry is known to thrive in a rising interest rate environment. Although inflation has eased significantly, it remains well above the Fed’s 2% target, making room for more rate hikes. Hence, smart insurance stocks Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Fairfax Financial (FRFHF), and Heritage Insurance (HRTG) could be ideal additions…

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Money, power, influence: How ‘media monsters’ used journalism to cement their empires

Media Monsters, by Sally Young, is indispensable for anyone interested in the dynamics that drive Australian politics.

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A reciprocating engine of money, power and influence: how Australia's 'media monsters' used journalism to cement their empires

Carl Sagan said that in order to understand the present, it’s necessary to know the past. Nowhere does this apply with greater force than to the Australian media and its place in the nation’s power structure.

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Australia launched in a spirit of hope and determination. Ten years later we’re going from strength to strength

Since May 2013 our once-tiny news site has achieved what some thought impossible

Liverpool Echo

Made in Chelsea's Georgia Toffolo shares all three of her Aintree Grand National outfits

She shared her looks on TikTok and fans were loving the outfits

Crikey

News start-up Scire plots raid of Nine newspaper talent

The fledgling news start-up has secured $5 million in funding, with more on the way. Now it’s hunting for talent.

ABC News

Tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle faces trial after his immunity defence fails

Former public servant Richard Boyle has lost his legal bid to be declared immune from prosecution as a whistleblower, meaning he could face the prospect of life in prison.

ABC News

Malcolm Turnbull's WhatsApp texts reveal Robodebt concerns and assurances offered by ministers

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull faces questioning on Robodebt, appearing on Monday via video link at the Brisbane royal commission into the illegal scheme.

AAP

Nine to pay $545k after defaming PNG minister

Nine will have to pay $545,000 to Papua New Guinea politician William Duma over a series of defamatory AFR articles that falsely accused him of corruption.

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