Media & marketing
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age land 19 Kennedy Award nominations
An investigation into former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo, live coverage of the Bondi Junction attack and photojournalism from Fiji were nominated.
- by Elizabeth Redman
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‘To a certain extent, I’ve been in denial’: Ray Martin on life’s great mystery
He climbed to the pinnacle of Australian TV journalism. What challenge was left? The ultimate one.
- by Tim Elliott
99 not out: Cricket signs seven-year radio deal with the ABC
The public broadcaster will carry radio coverage of the men’s Twenty20 cricket for the first time in a decade and share rights with commercial stations.
- by Mathew Dunckley
Lachlan Murdoch hosts Albanese, Dutton, billionaires amid real-life succession drama
The chair of News Corp and Fox Corp hosted an event celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Australian on behalf of his 93-year-old father, Rupert Murdoch.
- by Calum Jaspan and James Massola
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Nine Entertainment
The Age and SMH staff to strike after pay offer rejected
Staff at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review will down tools for the first time since 2017 after last-minute talks and an improved pay offer failed to deliver a resolution.
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
News Corp
Rupert Murdoch’s attempt to rule from the grave is stranger than fiction
Through the decades, the media billionaire has been no stranger to taking risks – but this latest roll of the succession dice is next level.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Brisbane Times welcomes two new trainee journalists
The two new journalists have joined the newsroom for a 12-month program to hone their reporting skills.
The ‘secret battle’ over the future of the Murdoch empire
Rupert Murdoch is locked in a legal battle against three of his children over the family’s media empire, according to a sealed court document obtained by The New York Times.
- by Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler
Prince Harry says fight with British media ‘central piece’ in family breakdown
Harry has also blamed the British media for the death of his mother Princess Diana in a 1997 car crash.
- by Sam Tobin
Michael Stutchbury retires from AFR, James Chessell appointed editor-in-chief
Michael Stutchbury, the editor-in-chief of The Australian Financial Review, has announced he will retire after 13 years in the role and will be replaced by Walkley Award-winner James Chessell.
- by Colin Kruger
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Nine Entertainment
Nine vows to keep investing in youth media, appoints new Pedestrian boss
Nine has appointed a new chief executive for its youth publishing division, Pedestrian Group, two weeks after it made as much as 40 per cent of its staff redundant.
- by Calum Jaspan