Facebook is expected to follow Google in striking lucrative lump sum deals with Australian media companies to avoid being stung under world-first laws.
Australia's media code will be tweaked to make it clear tech giants are expected to pay news organisations a lump sump rather than for every time an internet user clicks on a link.
Seven West Media has today become the largest Australian news organisation to strike a content sharing agreement with Google, while also announcing a profit recovery.
Google has launched a fresh bid to tackle a federal government move to make it pay for news content, offering a $1.3 billion program to support journalism.
ASX-listed marketing company IVE Group has acquired Australian Community Media’s printing operations in Mandurah and signed a contract to print and distribute the company’s newspapers.
Western Australian writer Holden Sheppard’s debut novel, Invisible Boys, could make it to the big screen, after director Nicholas Verso and producer Tania Chambers optioned the film and television rights last month.
Having worked hard to adapt to the digital threats of an evolving media market, many publishers and broadcasters are now struggling with the impacts of COVID-19.
Newswire service AAP has announced a crowdfunding campaign to fundraise to support its services, two months after it was purchased by a consortium of philanthropists and investors.
Advertising agency Meerkats has been acquired by ASX-listed marketing company WPP AUNZ, and will operate in Perth under WPP’s Wunderman Thompson brand.
There have been many surprises in this pandemic and one of them is learning who amongst us has the right level of resilience, appetite for risk and can keep a cool head under pressure.
OPINION: Marketforce chief executive Adam Marshall, who spoke at the inaugural BN marketing and advertising webinar today, mapped out the three key questions organisations need to ask when they evaluate their strategy.
Public relations may not immediately spring to mind in terms of business sectors likely to experience ongoing demand amid the COVID-19-driven economic downturn.
Marketing and communications firm WPP AUNZ has promoted Steve Harris to a regional leadership role as the group starts to implement a strategy that includes bringing together its multiple brands into a single location.
Western Australia faces a major challenge because of the declining influence of the traditional news media, according to one of the state’s top advertising executives.
Former federal MP Dennis Jensen has been awarded $325,000 in damages by the Supreme Court of Western Australia following the outcome of a defamation case against The Australian for articles it published in 2016.
Perth creative agency Rare has joined forces with one of the sector’s newest data and technology players, Omnicom Media Group’s Hearts & Science brand, to launch a media firm in Western Austral
The state government has announced a campaign to encourage Western Australians to change their spending habits to better support small businesses and local entrepreneurs.
Seven West Media has struck a deal to sell its magazine assets, which include Marie Claire, Men's Health and New Idea, to Bauer Media for $40 million in cash.
Seven West Media has announced an agreement to acquire regional TV broadcaster Prime Media, while the Kerry Stokes-chaired company will also divest its radio assets in Western Australia to Southern Cross Austereo.
Share market online chat forum HotCopper Holdings will venture into the North American market after signing a deal to acquire its Canadian equivalent, as it seeks to bounce back from a fiscal 2019 loss.
