Media
Gina Rinehart eyes Nine Radio play
Australia’s wealthiest woman is again circling the media paddock.
According to The Australian’s Steve Jackson, Rinehart has quietly kicked the tyres on Nine’s radio assets as the company edges toward an expected block sale of its talk network.
Think the big four: 2GB, 3AW, 4BC and 6PR.
Stephen Conroy joins Foxtel’s reshaped board
Foxtel’s new owners are wasting no time putting their stamp on the business.
The Australian Financial Review’s Sam Buckingham-Jones writes that former communications minister Stephen Conroy has scored a board seat as DAZN beds in its takeover of the pay TV group and starts retooling the leadership mix.
Seven unveils five-night crime investigation series
7NEWS will air a five-part special investigation this week examining Melbourne’s surge in violent crime, as pressure intensifies on Victoria’s justice system and frontline police.
The nightly series, fronted by veteran correspondent and 7NEWS anchor Mike Amor, will explore home invasions, youth offending, policing challenges, and calls for bail and sentencing reform, aiming to offer clarity rather than panic.
OzTAM expands as youth shift screens
Broadcast TV still does the heavy lifting for Aussie screens, but younger viewers are drifting further digital.
In Q3, free-to-air and subscription broadcast held 59.8% of total viewing, BVOD took 9.3% and digital video platforms like Netflix, YouTube, Disney+ and Prime Video sat at 30.9% – firming up industry pressure for true cross-platform currency and tighter verification.
Advertising
Aussies lean into pet birthdays and card culture
The Australian’s Danielle Long writes that our love affair with greeting cards is getting… furrier.
Moonpig says more than 10,000 pet birthday cards were snapped up locally in the first nine months of the year.
The company’s international lead Alex Toft says Aussies buy cards for more occasions than most markets, which is exactly why the UK-born brand planted a flag here two years ago.
Television
Television retreats from real debate
If it feels like TV has gone quiet on real discussion, TV Tonight’s David Knox says you’re not imagining it.
Q+A bowed out in May, The Project followed in June and The Drum disappeared late last year, shrinking the roster of spaces where viewers can watch ideas collide in real time.
What is left, he argues, is a thin spread.
Entertainment
The Voice 2025 winner named
Australia has a new Voice, and she’s barely out of high school.
Nineteen-year-old Sydneysider Alyssa Delpopolo has taken out The Voice 2025 title on Seven.