Kerry Stokes
AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
The Australian Financial Review will no longer have a physical edition in Perth after Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the newspaper.
- by Colin Kruger
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Media & marketing
Breaking news: Will social media kill the evening bulletin?
Competition from agile digital outlets and social media giants is forcing a major rethink of how TV news is delivered, and who is best suited to do so.
- by Calum Jaspan
Soldier on: BRS and Channel Seven stick tight
Amid all the fuss over network Seven and Bruce Lehrmann, don’t think we’ve forgotten about its dogged defence of Ben Roberts-Smith.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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Media & marketing
Seven news gets a new boss with no TV experience
The West Australian Newspapers editor-in-chief Anthony De Ceglie will lead Seven’s suite of news programs as former Seven news boss Craig McPherson steps down.
- by Calum Jaspan
New Seven boss wants to move on from ‘a few bad apples’
Seven West Media’s new boss Jeff Howard has warned he is willing to weed out staffers who show poor judgment or engage in unacceptable behaviour.
- by Calum Jaspan
Seven’s deadly sins: Network’s troubles pile up after Lehrmann ruling
Multiple defamation threats, a legal costs loss and a humiliating blunder. There’s plenty for the Seven West Media board to discuss when it meets today.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Editorial
Australian War Memorial
Conscripting war memorial into the political sphere is out of order
The people of the electorate of Cook vote in Saturday’s byelection just as Scott Morrison, the MHR who represented them for 17 years, has his reputation as prime minister tarnished once again.
- The Herald's View
Billionaire Stokes family wins support for takeover of Australia’s largest concrete maker
Boral’s independent directors have caved in to Seven Group’s hardball takeover bid.
- by Simon Johanson
Never mind the poor. In Cottesloe, the gap is widening between the rich and super-rich
Personal income analysis has declared Cottesloe Australia’s most unequal suburb. Here’s a glimpse of how the wealthiest live there – and how your suburb rates.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Gas
Shares crash over building delays and cost blowout at troubled WA gas plant
Beach Energy shares plummeted in early trading on Monday, with its chief executive conceding extreme disappointment over quality issues in the late-stage WA project.
- by Peter Milne
Seven’s deadly sins: The questionable culture of the network and Mark Llewellyn
The spotlight has been turned back onto Seven’s current affairs show.
- by Jordan Baker, Kate McClymont and Calum Jaspan