A “massacre” within the senior executive ranks of Channel 7 has shocked industry watchers, who say it’s a sign of just how serious the crisis is at the network – and in television broadly. Seven West Media chairman Kerry Stokes, the billionaire media magnate who owns a controlling share ofContinue Reading
Vagabond law student Bruce Lehrmann has been hit with a $13,250 bill for alleged “extensive damage” to the luxury pad provided by Channel Seven in exchange for his exclusive tell-all TV interview. The former Liberal staffer, who is currently of no fixed address, has been staying with friends and supportersContinue Reading
Advertising millionaire and philanthropist Harold Mitchell has been farewelled in a state funeral, where he has been described as a fearless, funny and provocative industry giant who had a famed hatred of meetings which ran late. The Melbourne man, who ran one of Australia’s first independent media and advertising companiesContinue Reading
Landlord Lady Gaenor Meakes became increasingly alarmed according to confidantes when she watched her $2 million plus property splashed across the news as a result of its high-profile inhabitant Bruce Lehrmann. Now, it’s emerged that Lady Meakes is pursuing her ex-tenant in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), withContinue Reading
The Seven West board, led by Kerry Stokes, has probed shock claims of cocaine and sex workers plaguing investigative program Spotlight, with questions raised over the extent of knowledge in the finance department and among Seven executives. News.com.au understands that news and current affairs boss Craig McPherson told the executivesContinue Reading
Ex-Spotlight producer Taylor Auerbach has dropped a new bomb on Channel 7 sending a concerns notice regarding comments purportedly made by a number of the network’s executives. The concerns notice names Seven chief executive James Warburton, Kerry Stokes’ longstanding right-hand man Bruce McWilliam and producer and blogger Robert McKnight, andContinue Reading
That was the succinct description from a senior Channel Seven figure of the weeks of turmoil that have rocked the network. On Wednesday, it emerged that Seven ordered two separate investigations into claims a small number of staffers at its top-rating breakfast show Sunrise had engaged in fraud. The SydneyContinue Reading
Channel 7 ordered two separate investigations into claims that staff at its top-rating breakfast show Sunrise had engaged in fraud, it can be revealed. The existence of the probes, which began in March 2022, has remained secret – until now. It was reported today in The Sydney Morning Herald andContinue Reading
One of the most senior figures in Australian media has defended sending a graphic email to a reporter at a rival organisation, in order to defend a colleague and “friend” from a looming negative story. Bruce McWilliam, commercial director at Seven, fired off an angry message in 2022 to ZoeContinue Reading
Ben Roberts-Smith’s financial supporters at the Seven Network, including billionaire Kerry Stokes, will have to hand over thousands of documents, including personal emails, showing their level of involvement in the soldier’s failed defamation trial. In July, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko ruled some of the imputations against Mr Roberts-Smith putContinue Reading