This Month
Seven makes Albo pay for Perth snub
If you want to know the cost of inadvertently snubbing Seven in Perth, look no further than the front page of Wednesday’s The West Australian.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
After losing a deal, Stokes’ newspaper pursued Forrest
The West Australian published dozens of critical articles about Fortescue’s founder after he refused to buy trucks from a related company.
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- Aaron Patrick
Stokes’ anti-AFR price rise could breach competition law: Samuel
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has faced political criticism – and calls for an ACCC investigation – for forcing The Australian Financial Review print edition out of his home state of WA.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones, Tom McIlroy and Tom Rabe
Billionaire Kerry Stokes takes it all very personally
In the media business, he who controls distribution, controls all.
- Mark Di Stefano and Myriam Robin
AFR to stop printing in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
Nine has been forced to pull its print editions of The Australian Financial Review from Perth after Seven West Media demanded double the cost of printing.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Stokes lieutenant Anthony De Ceglie wants a ‘unified voice’ at Seven
Seven West Media’s first company-wide editor-in-chief is now in charge of more than 30 news sites and 16 hours of news coverage every day.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
April
Post-Bruce Lehrmann, Kerry Stokes tries to reset
Seven West Media taps old heads for a refresh after a terrible few months.
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- Mark Di Stefano
Seven Group says talk of Cleanaway buyout ‘completely untrue’
Shares in Australia’s largest waste collection company surged 15.8 per cent, to a two-year-high, after reports that the conglomerate was contemplating a bid.
- Simon Evans
Seven CEO James Warburton exits with $6.6m in shares
Who needs a non-disparagement clause when there are 33 million shares riding on talking up the Kerry Stokes-controlled broadcaster?
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
‘Take a chill pill’: Graeme Samuel urges calm on environment law delay
Former competition tsar Graeme Samuel has urged conservation groups to “take a chill pill”, and for miners to stop talking “rubbish” on plans to overhaul federal environment laws.
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- Phillip Coorey
Taking out the Bruce Lehrmann trash
Historic day leaves Seven counting the costs of its sullied Spotlight exclusive.
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- Mark Di Stefano
The damage done to Seven West Media from cocaine and prostitute claims
Weeks of headlines haven’t dampened advertiser appetite for Seven’s footy ads, media buyers say. But that is not strictly true for its reputation and its board.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Seven’s new Boral bid; Mercedes mortgage pain; $77m Toorak double deal
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Kerry Stokes’ Seven rains dividends to win over Boral
The independent directors of the cement group are now recommending shareholders accept the revamped $1.9 billion bid, with one-off dividends attached.
- Simon Evans
Up in the air: Seven’s new boss braces for impact
Jeff Howard watched ex-Seven producer Taylor Auerbach give evidence on Friday while flying back from Adelaide, two weeks before he takes over Seven’s top job.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones and Max Mason
Ghosts of Seven’s past return to haunt executives
Outgoing Seven West Media CEO James Warburton preps his successor, as the notice period drags on.
- Mark Di Stefano
Auerbach tells court of drugs, prostitutes and a ‘pay rise’ offer
In bombshell evidence in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation case against Network Ten, ex-Seven producer Taylor Auerbach described nights out with Mr Lehrmann.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
March
Bankers’ housing alert; Lew’s $3b bet; PwC’s power players
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Seven attacks Boral deal expert over ‘fundamental errors’
Seven Group, controlled by billionaire Kerry Stokes, has stepped up the pressure in its push to buy out the rest of cement and asphalt group Boral.
- Simon Evans
Mining rock stars Beament and Finlayson face their reinvention tests
The divergent paths taken by Bill Beament and Raleigh Finlayson over the past two years sum up Australian mining’s green transition. Who’s on the right track?
- Peter Ker