Headline grabbing Sandilands photographed in Sydney in 2023.

Kyle Sandilands’ medical update and the $180m question

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.

  • Calum Jaspan

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News Corp Australia owns a range of local assets including The Australian,the Herald Sun and The Daily Telegraph.

News Corp wrestles underpayments headache as dollars dry up

The company is in the sights of the media union,which suspects it has underpaid a significant number of staff over the past decade.

  • Calum Jaspan
News Corp’s Siobhan McKenna will retire at the end of the year.

Murdoch’s closest adviser quits News Corp and his private company

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.

  • Calum Jaspan

The October 25 Edition

Ita Buttrose on her career,feminism and the ABC| Jacinda Ardern’s new life| The quiet kingmaker| Spring racing fashion| Blanche d’Alpuget| Briggs

Melbourne-based News Corp powerbroker Siobhan McKenna has proven critical to the fortunes of the Murdoch clan,including Rupert and his children Prudence,James,Elisabeth,and Lachlan.

‘Feared,respected and disliked’:The private powerbroker who has Lachlan Murdoch’s ear

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.

  • Calum Jaspan
Independent MP Mark Latham’s motion passed unanimously.

Mark Latham,Jeremy Buckingham go to war over Ivan Milat

The NSW upper house will hold a parliamentary inquiry into the serial killer,which has been widely attacked by the disgraced former Labor leader.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andGemma Grant
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Sarah Murdoch with husband Lachlan. Murdoch is one of the high-profile candidates to join the new board of the revived TropFest.

Are Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch expanding their Bellevue Hill property empire?

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.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese taking centre stage at the NRL grand final.

Albo,Murdoch ... Allan:Inside the NRL’s grand final suite

Sunday’s NRL showpiece lacked a Sydney team. That didn’t stop plenty of political and corporate personalities descending on Accor Stadium.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Rupert Murdoch.

My generation had a chance of escaping the Murdoch grip. Now Rupert’s set to rule TikTok

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.

  • Saria Ratnam
Donald Trump has paved the way for investors including Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch to take control of TikTok.

TikTok will soon have new overlords,but will they change how it works?

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.

  • Elias Visontay