In this edition of On Background,an update on Kyle Sandilands’ brain surgery,Nick Papps’ Californian dream begins and Guardian Australia closes the book on its Canberra headache.
The company is in the sights of the media union,which suspects it has underpaid a significant number of staff over the past decade.
Lachlan Murdoch’s closest adviser,Siobhan McKenna,has resigned from her overarching position as CEO of broadcasting at News Corp and is also leaving his private investment firm,Illyria.
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It’s not easy to gain trust,clout and power in News Corp if your last name isn’t Murdoch,but Siobhan McKenna has quietly become indispensable to Lachlan.
The NSW upper house will hold a parliamentary inquiry into the serial killer,which has been widely attacked by the disgraced former Labor leader.
Nobody will officially say who bought a $21 million trophy home next door to the Murdochs’ palatial Sydney residence. But all signs point in one direction.
Sunday’s NRL showpiece lacked a Sydney team. That didn’t stop plenty of political and corporate personalities descending on Accor Stadium.
Unlike a newspaper or subscription TV,social media isn’t seen as inherently biased. Now,TikTok could creep to one side of politics without us noticing.
Donald Trump’s deal to spin off TikTok from its Chinese parent company and move it into US-based ownership could have big ramifications for how the app operates.