Foxtel has been sold in a $3.5 billion deal that will bring UK sports entertainment juggernaut DAZN to Australia’s shores — and catapult local codes such as AFL and NRL onto a bigger global stage.
Daniel Newell
Russian troops are moving through eastern Ukraine at the fastest rate since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Staff Writers
A legendary Australian author who wrote more than 40 books over his distinguished career has died aged 74.
Blake Antrobus
The man who oversaw the merger of two major news companies before leaving Nine under a cloud has been appointed as the next managing director of the ABC.
Luke Costin
The ABC has named former Nine boss Hugh Marks as its managing director.
Alexandra Feiam
A major federal funding initiative is designed to bolster public-interest journalism, with support for newswire AAP, local outlets and Indigenous media.
Emily Verdouw
Local media will be bolstered by a $180 million fund to support news organisations to be announced on Monday by the Federal Government.
Dylan Caporn
A court in Iran has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years on prison after convicting him of collaborating with a hostile government.
Free speech advocates are celebrating a visa win for controversial right-wing American firebrand Candace Owens.
Duncan Evans
ABC’s flagship morning TV program was seen by just 3000 West Aussies last week, as viewers and listeners tune out of the national broadcaster in droves.
Tech giants will face hefty penalties if they don’t pay Australian media companies for news under a revised media bargaining code – with the Prime Minister saying they “should pay for journalism”.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
In a bid to return revenue to Australian news publishers, the government will charge tech giants if they do not pay for local journalism.
Kat Wong
A familiar 7News face has been announced as the new co-host of Weekend Sunrise.
Kellie Balaam
The parent companies of Facebook, Google and Tiktok face paying hundreds of millions of dollars to the government unless they strike fresh deals with media companies to pay for news content.
Katina Curtis
A growing Aussie music company has just made a massive move, taking over a popular online travel guide website.
Radio listeners have abandoned the station with it recording its worst ever audience share in the final ratings report for the year.
Friends have confirmed the newsreader’s death after a battle with cancer.
Patrick Burns
The social media giant will be forced to pay publishers for news content in an extraordinary intervention by Anthony Albanese, following an extensive standoff.
Jessica Wang
The trustee appointed to sell conspiracy website Infowars "left the potential for a lot of money on the table" in a good-faith error, says a bankruptcy judge.
Dietrich Knauth
Rupert Murdoch has been unsuccessful in his effort to change his family trust and hand sole control of his media empire to his eldest son, according to media reports.
Hannah Miller and David Voreacos
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has suffered a major defeat in his attempt to alter his family trust.
Max Corstorphan
Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch had acted in "bad faith" in their effort to amend an irrevocable family trust, a US commissioner has ruled.
Dawn Chmielewski
It’s been a wild 2024 at the Aussie box office, but cinema operators say a new dawn is rising for the beleaguered movie business.
Perth radio mainstay Simon Beaumont is set to return to the airwaves, as Nine prepares to backflip on its shock scheduling overhaul at 6PR.
