RLPA chief Clint Newton (right) and souths star Tom Burgess on Wednesday.

Origin blackout:NRL hits back after players boycott media over pay war

The players,frustrated at being unable to get a pay deal done,have opted for a media blackout. Now the NRL has had its say.

  • Adrian Proszenko,Zoe Samios andAdam Pengilly

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Multi-talented ABC star Sammy J,like many of his colleagues,faces declining ratings.

Radio was the ABC’s crown jewel,but new data shows how it has fallen

Five years of ratings data from the industry’s official provider shows the scale of the challenge faced by the national broadcaster as it deals with a generational shift in its ranks and audience.

  • Nick Bonyhady andZoe Samios
Jase Hawkins is one half of KIIS 101.1’s breakfast show,Jase&Lauren.

Goggle Box is KIIS host Jase Hawkins’ guilty streaming pleasure

Jase Hawkins is one half of KIIS 101.1’s breakfast show,Jase& Lauren.

  • Zoe Samios
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has previously removed newspapers from lounges because of scrutiny.

Qantas’ Financial Review boycott:Cuts copies from lounges,in-flight Wi-Fi

Qantas has removed The Australian Financial Review from its in-flight Wi-Fi and no longer provides copies of the newspaper in its Chairman’s Lounge despite a commercial agreement with Nine to do so.

  • Zoe Samios andAmelia McGuire
Google has continued to make vastly more money than Twitter even as it attracts far less attention.

Google quietly makes billions from Australia as Twitter hogs headlines

Twitter has a huge public profile that is relative to its earnings,making $19 million from Australia,according to its latest accounts.

  • Nick Bonyhady andZoe Samios
Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes,left,with chief executive James Warburton.

Seven West Media flags $15m in further cost cuts as ad market tumbles

The television and publishing company is trying to offset weaker-than-expected market conditions.

  • Zoe Samios
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Grant Blackley has run Southern Cross since 2015.

Southern Cross boss to exit after tumultuous tenure

Grant Blackley is leaving the company,which owns Triple M,after an eight-year stint as CEO that coincided with the pandemic and a share price fall of nearly 80 per cent.

  • Zoe Samios
Social media app TikTok is causing concern in many Western democracies because of its Chinese ownership.

Australian media to remain on TikTok despite government fears

Most media companies have no plans to leave TikTok,despite government security fears and revelations by the platform’s owner,ByteDance,last year that its employees tracked journalists.

  • Zoe Samios
Labor will impose local content quotas on streaming services by mid 2024.

How Netflix,Amazon may be forced to make more Australian programs

The federal government is planning to make streaming giants produce more local content. But nearly every proposed model will discount film acquisitions and sports broadcasting.

  • Zoe Samios
Lachlan Murdoch will have to give evidence at the defamation trial in October this year.

Crikey alleges Lachlan Murdoch morally culpable for Capitol riots

The online news publication has added a new defence in the defamation lawsuit brought against it by the Fox Corporation chief executive.

  • Zoe Samios andMichaela Whitbourn