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.
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 media mogul and the US president share a relationship largely built on opportunity. But despite their codependency,it looks like neither is afraid to cross swords with the other.
The proposed new owners of TikTok in the US are all close allies of Donald Trump. If their buyout of the popular social media platform succeeds,they could be gifted billions.
The Hack is good,but it would be so much better if it just knew what sort of show it really wanted to be.
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.
Lawyers for Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal called the lawsuit over a July article “meritless” and a threat to freedom of speech.