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- 3/24/2021
- by Gaius Bolling
- JoBlo.com
Mike Sneesby, currently the head of Australian streamer Stan, has been appointed CEO of its parent group Nine Entertainment. His elevation follows the imminent departure of Hugh Marks and other board room changes at the one of the country’s largest media groups.
Marks, who presided over the transformation of Nine from a legacy TV group into a broadcast, publishing and digital player through the acquisition of newspaper giant Fairfax, will depart at the end of the month. He resigned following revelations that he was in an intimate relationship with a former member of staff.
In recent days, non-executive board member Patrick Allaway also resigned, and local media published suggestions of an ongoing split between Nine and Fairfax executives. Another executive is also under investigation for alleged misuse of corporate benefits.
“Under Mike’s leadership, Nine will be able to maintain the strong momentum it has built in audience, subscribers,...
Marks, who presided over the transformation of Nine from a legacy TV group into a broadcast, publishing and digital player through the acquisition of newspaper giant Fairfax, will depart at the end of the month. He resigned following revelations that he was in an intimate relationship with a former member of staff.
In recent days, non-executive board member Patrick Allaway also resigned, and local media published suggestions of an ongoing split between Nine and Fairfax executives. Another executive is also under investigation for alleged misuse of corporate benefits.
“Under Mike’s leadership, Nine will be able to maintain the strong momentum it has built in audience, subscribers,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Stan boss Mike Sneesby has been appointed the new CEO of Nine, succeeding Hugh Marks.
Sneesby, who had been considered a frontrunner for the role since Mark’s resignation last year, will begin effective April 1.
Announcing his appointment, Nine chairman Peter Costello said: “We are pleased to make such a significant appointment.
“Under Mike’s leadership, Nine will be able to maintain the strong momentum it has built in audience, subscribers, content, revenue and earnings. Mike is well placed to continue to drive Nine’s transformation as a digitally led business which is actively adapting to meet the contemporary media consumption habits of Australians.”
Sneesby has been the CEO of Stan since its launch in 2015, and prior to that headed Microsoft/Nine ecommerce venture, Cudo, until its sale in 2013.
The exec also set up Dubai’s Iptv while working for Saudi Telecom/Astra Malaysia joint venture lntigral and has held...
Sneesby, who had been considered a frontrunner for the role since Mark’s resignation last year, will begin effective April 1.
Announcing his appointment, Nine chairman Peter Costello said: “We are pleased to make such a significant appointment.
“Under Mike’s leadership, Nine will be able to maintain the strong momentum it has built in audience, subscribers, content, revenue and earnings. Mike is well placed to continue to drive Nine’s transformation as a digitally led business which is actively adapting to meet the contemporary media consumption habits of Australians.”
Sneesby has been the CEO of Stan since its launch in 2015, and prior to that headed Microsoft/Nine ecommerce venture, Cudo, until its sale in 2013.
The exec also set up Dubai’s Iptv while working for Saudi Telecom/Astra Malaysia joint venture lntigral and has held...
- 3/2/2021
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Paul Fletcher.
If the Federal Government needed any further vindication for imposing a mandatory code which will force Google, Facebook and other international digital platforms to pay Australian media companies for sharing news content, Google Australia’s latest financial results are timely.
The Internet giant last week revealed advertising revenues in Oz in calendar 2019 jumped by 16 per cent to $4.3 billion – and it made a pre-tax profit of $134 million on net revenues of $1.2 billion.
Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, tells If: “Google extracts a lot of advertising revenue from the Australian market, as their latest results confirm.
“It is another illustration of the substantial market power of Google and Facebook which the Accc highlighted in its report last year.
“Google and Facebook use content that is generated by Australian media businesses to accumulate eyeballs which they are monetising through advertising revenue.”
Nine chairman Peter Costello and News Corp.
If the Federal Government needed any further vindication for imposing a mandatory code which will force Google, Facebook and other international digital platforms to pay Australian media companies for sharing news content, Google Australia’s latest financial results are timely.
The Internet giant last week revealed advertising revenues in Oz in calendar 2019 jumped by 16 per cent to $4.3 billion – and it made a pre-tax profit of $134 million on net revenues of $1.2 billion.
Paul Fletcher, the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, tells If: “Google extracts a lot of advertising revenue from the Australian market, as their latest results confirm.
“It is another illustration of the substantial market power of Google and Facebook which the Accc highlighted in its report last year.
“Google and Facebook use content that is generated by Australian media businesses to accumulate eyeballs which they are monetising through advertising revenue.”
Nine chairman Peter Costello and News Corp.
- 5/18/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Australia’s Nine Entertainment is to buy rival Fairfax Media. The move creates Australia’s largest integrated media group, spanning television, streaming video, print and advertising, with a roughly $3 billion (A$4 billion) valuation.
The move was announced Thursday (local time) and caught many by surprise. The companies describe it as a merger, though in practice Nine shareholders will control 51% of the enlarged group. Hugh Marks and Peter Costello, both from Nine, will head the new group, which will retain the Nine name. Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood will leave the business after six months.
The deal sees Nine offer a mix of cash and shares, valuing each Fairfax share at A$0.77, or 22% above its Wednesday closing price. Fairfax directors say they have unanimously agreed to the bid, unless another group comes in with a higher offer. The companies said that combining the two will lead to annual cost savings of $37.5 million (A$50 million) per year,...
The move was announced Thursday (local time) and caught many by surprise. The companies describe it as a merger, though in practice Nine shareholders will control 51% of the enlarged group. Hugh Marks and Peter Costello, both from Nine, will head the new group, which will retain the Nine name. Fairfax CEO Greg Hywood will leave the business after six months.
The deal sees Nine offer a mix of cash and shares, valuing each Fairfax share at A$0.77, or 22% above its Wednesday closing price. Fairfax directors say they have unanimously agreed to the bid, unless another group comes in with a higher offer. The companies said that combining the two will lead to annual cost savings of $37.5 million (A$50 million) per year,...
- 7/26/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Peter Costello.
David Haslingden will step down as chairman and non-executive director at Nine Entertainment Company and be replaced by Peter Costello, currently an independent, non-executive director.
Haslingden joined the Board in February 2013, and oversaw the group's public market float. .
.I pay tribute to David for the leadership he has given the Company since 2013", Costello said..
"His experience and understanding of the industry and commitment to NEC have been invaluable throughout this period. The company is in an extremely strong financial position".
"I am delighted to take over the role of Chairman. This is an exciting time of change in the media sector and NEC is now strongly positioned to take advantage of these developments..
In a statement, Haslingden said: .I have thoroughly enjoyed my 3 years on the NEC Board". .
"The company has achieved a lot in that short time: going public, consolidating into a 5 cap city network, renewing key cricket and Nrl franchises,...
David Haslingden will step down as chairman and non-executive director at Nine Entertainment Company and be replaced by Peter Costello, currently an independent, non-executive director.
Haslingden joined the Board in February 2013, and oversaw the group's public market float. .
.I pay tribute to David for the leadership he has given the Company since 2013", Costello said..
"His experience and understanding of the industry and commitment to NEC have been invaluable throughout this period. The company is in an extremely strong financial position".
"I am delighted to take over the role of Chairman. This is an exciting time of change in the media sector and NEC is now strongly positioned to take advantage of these developments..
In a statement, Haslingden said: .I have thoroughly enjoyed my 3 years on the NEC Board". .
"The company has achieved a lot in that short time: going public, consolidating into a 5 cap city network, renewing key cricket and Nrl franchises,...
- 2/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Communications Minister, Mitch Fifield, and Shadow arts minister, Mark Dreyfus, have been confirmed to speak at this year's Screen Forever Conference..
The two politicians will speak at the annual conference event for the Australian screen industry on Wednesday November 18 at Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne.
Screen Producers Australia chief executive, Matthew Deaner said it was a rare opportunity, ahead of next year.s federal election, to be able to hear from two of the most important policymakers for the industry..
"Screen Forever is a vital platform for the industry to debate and discuss the issues with hundreds of businesses able to hear directly from minister Fifield and Shadow Minister Dreyfus about their priorities and policies affecting screen production,. he said.
.In particular, this marks the first address to the screen industry by Minister Fifield since his appointment to the communications and arts portfolio..
"This level of engagement reflects the strong relationship...
The two politicians will speak at the annual conference event for the Australian screen industry on Wednesday November 18 at Crown Conference Centre, Melbourne.
Screen Producers Australia chief executive, Matthew Deaner said it was a rare opportunity, ahead of next year.s federal election, to be able to hear from two of the most important policymakers for the industry..
"Screen Forever is a vital platform for the industry to debate and discuss the issues with hundreds of businesses able to hear directly from minister Fifield and Shadow Minister Dreyfus about their priorities and policies affecting screen production,. he said.
.In particular, this marks the first address to the screen industry by Minister Fifield since his appointment to the communications and arts portfolio..
"This level of engagement reflects the strong relationship...
- 11/5/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
SYDNEY -- The federal government is pushing to sell its remaining 51.8% share in Telstra to put an end to what it calls a "hopelessly conflicted" situation as both a regulator and major shareholder in the country's biggest telecommunications carrier. "You have a government that is regulating maybe 100 telecommunication companies, setting the rules for competition and owning the biggest competitor," federal treasurer Peter Costello said on the Nine Network's Sunday television show. "Every decision we make affects the value of our shareholding. We are a government that is hopelessly conflicted in relation to telecommunication and it has to be resolved." Telstra owns half of pay TV operator Foxtel (the other half is jointly owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and Kerry Packer's PBL) and is increasingly involved in the business of films, television and other audiovisual content through its BigPond Movies -- a DVD rental service similar to Netflix -- and via its BigPond portal site, which offers content downloads. The company has also mooted plans to move into VOD later this year and recently introduced its 3G mobile phone network, offering rich media content over phones at high speeds, and is taking part in a trial of DVB-H technology, which streams television channels simultaneously over cell phones.
- 8/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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